Forging shears, Part 1.

[@derekalexander7702]

Thank you for narrating. Its what makes your channel the best.

[@emmetpbyrne]

We have a few of these that were hand made. Being a blacksmith who lives on a farm I have often wondered how a lot of things were made. Thank you so much for these videos they make my day. Roll on next week

[@RowanTaylor]

Thanks Emmet :) it was coming across all of these old things that made me want to start recreating them.

[@jasonhall1999]

I absolutely love your videos! They're always informative and fascinating.

[@wadestewart9891]

well another old tool glad your doing them this is by far my favorite channel always seem to learn something new with you keep up the great work look forward to the next one thanks again

[@RowanTaylor]

Thanks Wade :D

[@ladislauspasatelski2624]

Wade Stewart best one for sure!

[@OKBushcraft]

Its nice seeing a tradesman at work. I was skeptical why I would need to know how to make these but as usual I see how knowing this would help in making other tools. Well done. I'll be waiting anxiously for the next part.

[@RowanTaylor]

Thanks OKBushcraft. What I find with blacksmithing is that you can pick and mix techniques. For instance the faggot-weld technique used for steeling the edge can be used to make chisels and the spring making technique can be used for power-hammer tools. The edge forging techniques I'll be using next week can be used for knife making, so everything is interlinked. This is one of the things I love about blacksmithing :)

[@petardragoev7106]

I just recently came across an old pair of shears like these and was wondering about the way they used to forge them. Great video, as always, really looking forward to the next part as I will definitely have a go at it myself!

[@RowanTaylor]

Thanks Petar :) Good luck and let us know how you get on with it!

[@ladislauspasatelski2624]

thank you. your videos are highly appreciated as is the manner of explanation you are giving.

[@RowanTaylor]

Thanks Ladislaus :)

[@jackdawg4579]

One of the things I like about your projects, I have absolutely no idea what you are doing, you seem to go about things the exact opposite of how I would - then all of a sudden the light bulbs comes on and I can see the "method in your madness" and realise it was a really easy / cool/ or obvious way it should have been done!

[@RowanTaylor]

Hahaha, thanks Jack :) The trick is to be lazy and do the least amount of work for the best result! I'll also say that you can stick ten blacksmiths in a room and they will come up with 11 different ways of doing the same task and then swear blind that THAT is the only valid method, lol.

[@ravindersingh-tp4eg]

your sound and you are sounding like captain of plane announcing......and also i like your skill.....good luck

[@garybirtwistle4520]

Another excellent video Rowan, I've been asked by my lad to forge some shears(scissors) and this video will be invaluable I'm sure. Thank you

[@RowanTaylor]

Thanks Gary :) Hope it helps and good luck!

[@stokkelandsmia1631]

another fascinating video :) love your work man !!

[@RowanTaylor]

Thanks mate :)

[@verdatum]

This is a fantastic idea for a project!

[@wevikings1790]

Great Video Ones Again!

[@RowanTaylor]

Thanks mate :)

[@jpWW2fighter42]

I cant wait until next week!!

[@RowanTaylor]

Thanks Jon :) I'm quite excited about it myself as it is the first time I have ever made some of these!

[@TheIlliniviking]

Oh hell yes, I've been wanting to try to make some of these for a while but have lacked the motivation til now!

[@aries_9130]

Beautiful!

[@plalonde2]

I really enjoy that you make objects we don't already see all over - the shears are really inspiring. I'd love to know more of how you come to your dimensions - experience? volume calculation? a magic book?

[@chaukenschmiede7371]

What I really like about your videos is that you leave in small mistakes, blunders and when things didn't quite work out as planned.

[@luketownsend4527]

Love your videos! Can you make it completely out of spring steel?

[@laparfitt]

i think i may love you. perfect video again :D keep up the good work :)

[@alexanderhinman4454]

Do you have any problem with the wrought coming apart or cracking when you work at a dull red? I have in the past, but I might have been working with hot-short. Wonderful stuff here pal, glad to see someone making proper hand tools.

[@menace965]

Dude where are you? You coming back to KZbin?

[@troytreeguy]

What is silver sand? I think that was one part of your flux and I am not familiar with it. Are the proportions thirds? Thanks, love what your doing, be well!

[@RowanTaylor]

It is basically clean fine river sand. In Europe it is used instead of Borax but I don't like it much on its own as it forms big lumps which mark your work. Just put "silver sand" into amazon or ebay and it should come up. It is used by horticulturalists as well. It forms a molten layer over your weld. I find that it stops the borax from running off.

[@troytreeguy]

Thanks. Do you collect your own filings?

[@RowanTaylor]

I do indeed. I run a magnet over my grinding station every now and then when I need a top-up. I don't measure the quantities but I would say I roughly use 2 parts borax, one part sand and one part filings, roughly.

[@richparker7778]

Rowan, I was curious why you didn't do a step down on the scarf joint. Is the step down not used when joining wrought iron and high carbon steel ? Thanks for sharing.

[@RowanTaylor]

Hi Rich. That is a good question! :) When doing a scarf weld the step-down gives a bigger welding surface over a shorter length as well as aiding in fitting the two parts together. I do the step when I am doing a regular scarf weld, but I did these welds as laid-welds as they are called in the U.S. or faggot-welds as they are called here in the U.K. so the step-down wasn't actually necessary - all I needed was a weld-place as opposed to a shearing plane. The reason I did the weld as a faggot-weld was so that the steel would have a wrought-iron backing for a bit more strength. So as a recap - had it been a normal scarf-weld I would have done the step-down but as it was a faggot-weld I didn't need to.

[@siggyincr7447]

Why make this mostly out of wrought iron? It would seem to me that making it entirely out of spring steel would create a better set of sheers.

[@andyroo4887]

I think it might have to do with his style of blacksmithing. He is very traditional, so I would think that back in the day spring steel would have been harder to come by than wrought iron. So you'd make most of your tool out of more common material and only use the good stuff for the cutting edge. I could be wrong but that makes sense to me :)

[@drunkenyoda1]

Is this a historical recreation build like some of your others? If so, do you have any links to the examples you are copying or taking inspiration from?

[@christopherneelyakagoattmo6078]

So I am having difficulty, here in the US, locating Wrought Iron. For this project, what would you suggest as a substitute?

[@KowboyUSA]

Prior to scissors and razors, sans shears, or even a knife, I'd have to use a couple rocks to trim my beard and that would pretty much suck.

[@RowanTaylor]

It certainly wouldn't be very good for your teeth!

[@heelf5277]

i hope you don't take AGES to upp the second part ¬¬

[@RowanTaylor]

A week between videos normally!

[@pierdevries4020]

I give it a devil of a like 666

[@sparXKuijper]

Also you don't do a lot of that useless hammer-anvil stiking ; which I hate and if not prompting an assistant , I find "poncy" and pointless, soooo , thanx for that too.

[@huntermoody9152]

Everytime I watch you do a forge weld I cringe so hard.