Hand Forged Heart Pendant with Doug Lockhart

[@larryduttry9400]

Great video!! Thank you for sharing this kind of detailed information.

[@Trindal]

I’m just starting out and I’m glad I found your channel. I really went overboard for a knife I wanted to make my wife for Christmas… it took way longer than I expected. And I was still unhappy with it. A Kris is not a good starter blade, lol! I need to figure out how to make the lines crisp after forging during the grinding and finish process. I need to start smaller and milder materials. But, I made a full tang blade with a bolster and a pinned pommel with a stacked leather grip. All hardened steel and quenched it was either a chunk of car spring or hardened railroad spikes, I don’t remember. That was with a 2 pound sledgehammer and railroad track. Just the small anvil I bought just recently would have probably made it go a whole lot faster. I’ve been putting it off, but I think I’m going to have to buy a welder. I’ve never used a mig welder. welding in general kinda scares me, I worry about getting shocked somehow. I’ve got a spinal stimulator in my back and haven’t used it in several years… it would be my luck I’d get shocked and that thing would go haywire and leave my back in even worse shape. I need it for making hardy hole tools and to weld a bar on the end of a work piece. I’ve only got one set of tongs and they barely hold a spike. I lose a whole lot of work time just from constantly dropping the piece I’m trying to hold. I don’t have a vice yet either but I think I can pick up a cheap welder used for cheaper than a leg vice, and it would allow me to do more than I vice would on its own. I can’t spend much time at the anvil because of my back. I may get to spend an hour out there if I’m lucky, and that puts me stuck in bed for a few days. I just always wanted to do this sort of stuff and this was my chance even if I’m having to fight my own back the entire time. Best of luck.

[@dannymiller3095]

Doug, calling yourself a Blacksmith is only half right. You are first an Artist.

[@nofunclub]

Subbed

[@rickhissen1904]

Did you say it was 5/16 wide it looks wider thanks

[@TMichaelJKnivestmichaeljknives]

Great vid! Thanks for sharing.

[@danielbutler6823]

Challenge accepted. and liked and subscribed sir.

[@TruthSeaker444]

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[@TALLYTHER]

I would like to watch your video but even with the sound on my computer set at max and the sound in your video bar at max and I'm using headphones, I can't understand what is being said due to low volume. Please redub the sound!

[@thecommentary21]

No sound. No video worth watching.

[@lockhartironworks1651]

Hello, I’m not sure why you aren’t able to hear the sound but thanks for notifying us.

[@AnyMotoUSA]

Seems fine to me

[@thecommentary21]

@@AnyMotoUSA Its not. And I have amplified speakers.