Smokehouse Prep: Making Log Dogs - Townsends Wilderness Homestead

[@theheckwithit]

Log Dogs sounds like a great local folk band out of North Carolina.

[@googiegress]

Oregon! XD

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Or a bad, low-effort reality TV show about lumberjacks.

[@phildxyz]

The fan group of UK folk band 'Show Of Hands' is called long dogs :) - after one of their songs...

[@googiegress]

@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Oregon! 🤣

[@tejaycollier9559]

They're playing at the Stumble Inn this weekend!!!

[@andrewallason4530]

I think I’m gonna like this ‘thread’. After all, it covers 4 of my favourite things, heatin’ and a-hittin’ metal, building things, smoking tasty meats and learning how our ancestors lived and thrived through adversity (even though I’m a Tasmanian, our antecedents were remarkably similar).

[@sambowz9077]

Nice video! In the 1990's I lived on a small island in the SW Pacific. Our kitchen ( separate from the House) was held together with "Log Dogs" salvaged from WWII Japanese coconut log bunkers.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

I love the sound of the hammer hitting the metal; it's pretty much my favorite part of these videos. The sound is just so euphonic.

[@bunnyslippers191]

Brandon makes it all look so easy, but knowing exactly how hot to heat the metal, how hard to hit, where to hit, and at what angle takes years to learn.

[@EmpressAndrina]

This seems like such a cool project! Being a blacksmith seems like such a novel, practical skill

[@scribejackhammar]

It was. It was also a reasonably good job, but pretty physically demanding.

[@jmsmith1767]

So my last name is Smith, I live just outside NYC so we always went to the NY Renaissance Faire every year. So we’ll before the time period depicted by the Townsend channel but, I always loved it none the less. When I was a kid I was wearing one of my football jerseys and one of the Smith’s saw the name and was hilarious saying I must become a Smith it is my destiny. I became a Social Studies teacher but I’ve always loved blacksmithing.

[@dadegroot]

Aye, and still a very useful skill. I smith all sorts of things to use around my property.

[@randy-9842]

I think smithing would be one of the most satisfying jobs in a frontier setting. Thanks!

[@KairuHakubi]

oh man the physics of the 'upsetting' process make so much sense, yet i've never remotely thought of blacksmiths doing that before.

[@libbyjensen1858]

Brandon, the amount of skill and patience you show while doing blacksmith projects never ceases to amaze me! Well done!

[@GeschichtenUndGedanken]

Hello from Germany! A smokehouse? You really seem to never run out of ideas! 🍁

[@natviolen4021]

Well, may I suggest a wife and a couple of kids as the natural next step? 🤣🤣🤣

[@chubbz4211]

I'd honestly pay good money for one of those scribes. Something about the simple elegance of its shape combined with the passion put into its creation really make it a beautiful piece to behold

[@meganlalli5450]

Wow, a smokehouse! Looking forward to seeing those videos as well.

[@suzibikerbabe8073]

I always find a kind of relaxation and comfort in watching your 'how we did it' videos. I envy your jobs while grateful we don't struggle and work hard every day to just survive any more. But this is knowledge we should never be without.

[@ennisdelmar807]

Have you tried Gravlax "gravad lax" which translates to burried salmon from Swedish. It's an old tradition that's so tasty. I believe they used to burry it underground to cure it to later eat.

[@sheldondean7949]

I like how Townsend is keeping these traditions alive, food, building products, was very important in the 1800, what a great way to teach us how it was done

[@phearedphantom]

May be important eventually

[@pietadon]

Those are great for solo log house building. Grandpa had a couple pairs made from repurposed rebar that was bent by hand and filled into points.

[@brianphilbrook5262]

You are really quite the craftsman. Good job

[@gamermanzeake]

Wholesome channels such as Townsend's, are amazing glimmers of light in this terrifyingly evil world we live in today! Watching this kind of content is something I have always enjoyed. It's grand to see how our forefathers had to work and live, and what the men did in their days. Keep up the great work! John 3:16-21 Authorized.

[@patrickharmon9459]

Good work Brandon, I enjoy your work. Keep up the good work and God bless 🙏

[@robzinawarriorprincess1318]

Such exciting news about the smokehouse! Onward and upward!

[@Dr.Mrs.TheMonarch]

Blacksmithing videos are so good.

[@JeffGloverArts]

Brandon does an excellent job explaining the trade, the project and the "why" of why he's doing. outstanding!

[@bigchiefmsu]

Im so excited to see what is going in the smokehouse! Fish, pork, beef, or whatever was handy in the 18th century woods. Keep up the great work y'all.

[@squirrellydan4987]

Looking forward to the smokehouse build.

[@johnphillips4708]

always a good day when it's a Townsends upload day!

[@WiredTurkey316]

I really like these longer format crafting videos

[@SimpleDesertRose]

Brandon's blacksmithing skills have come along way since they first set up the forge. It's exciting to see what he makes these days.

[@0Hillbilly]

Very enjoyable video. Great work!

[@Dav3Campb3ll]

Cool that you explained everything and I learned the terms. Solid video

[@JerryB507]

Three cheers for Brandon and the video team. Excellent work, I'm looking forward to the next project.

[@MilagroMadMan]

Thank you so much for educating us on how to do so many things in danger of being forgotten.

[@PaulTheadra]

I really enjoyed watching the entire process hammer out and explained, so interesting (for some reason)

[@kearnsey64]

I like the finess you practice, it's not always a powerful hit with the hammer! Nice work!

[@santiagoperez5431]

It never occurred to me that staples could be that big

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

comically large staple

[@VashGames]

You're getting better at this with each episode.

[@cabcalloway674]

It's getting to the time of maple syrup harvest in a couple months. Do you guys have any maple trees nearby? Even if they're not sugar maple, you can still make some tasty syrup or natural sugar for cooking from any species. A tap and bucket are all that are required and a tap could be easily be fashioned on the homestead. Old fashioned taps used to be simple wooden tubes with a taper and trough cut on one end. People (especially indigenous people) used to gather in sugar camps for the labor-intensive syrup harvest and boiling down process.

[@motherwolf8407]

I really enjoyed watching this video. I will probably never do any sort of blacksmith work, but learning the process is enjoyable. I love how well this video is out together. The background sounds as well as music are so delightful. Thank you for making such excellent videos! I love listening, watching and learning!!

[@manchu6005]

Hey y'all. Greetings from Kansas. Really appreciate the insight into our past. 🇺🇸⚔🇬🇪

[@thecaveofthedead]

Watching the scribe get made was very satisfying.

[@Winterascent]

Since your homestead will have a smokehouse, will you start raising period hogs soon? Dabbling in early American farming, that which can be done, might be interesting.

[@asddsa28]

love the ending made me feel good seeing it all.

[@nate3270]

And here I was planning on building a smokehouse of my own. Planning a little more modern but I love the information. Thank you for sharing this stuff! Looking forward to the rest of the videos I’m this series.

[@richarddelotto2375]

As always, entertaining, informative and strangely soothing. Thanks!

[@PhilEvansOnline]

Excellent video, beautifully filmed.

[@dwaynewladyka577]

I really enjoyed watch this. It's pretty fascinating to see how tools were made back in the time period. Blacksmithing is cool to watch. A friend of mine and I saw one at a historical site we went to, a few years ago. Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Canadian viewers of this channel. Cheers!

[@paulring4267]

I so enjoy your videos. Thank you 😊

[@S1lva139]

I quite like the videos that this dude shows up in. All the small little projects he does are fascinating to watch and cool to see the skill and technique that go into them.

[@carolhaeberle5489]

I greatly enjoyed this video, and hope to see many more .

[@CleaveMountaineering]

very nice. I tried to forge a log dog once (as a total newbie smith), and didn't even try to upset, just went for a tight corner and only had moderate success. It still works well enough as a log dog, so if you're new to blacksmithing, give this one a try!

[@jeremyhicks6367]

Great work! Thanks for sharing!

[@davidmcpherson9260]

I still say if you have enough room, have a rendezvous. Let people come in, set up camp. Then you can show people how to do the blacksmith things. Teach them to bake breads and things. Make it clear if you don't help, you may not get to share in the "booty". You may not have enough space to shoot but the rest would be a great time....

[@gtbkts]

Thanks for the great video and awesome content!

[@Mr_Bob84]

That drop at the end was very cool to wrap this high quality video.

[@BenjaminBrewer25]

Mr. Blacksmith could you forge a rod that would connect lever to bellows? So when you pull down it opens and push up it compresses? Would for more air

[@Oxmanfarmer]

Excellent video Brandon! It is amazing how skilled you are. Thank you for sharing your skills with the rest of us.

[@winnerscreed6767]

Such a cool relaxing video thank you Townsends and Brandon for making that hard work look so simple and easy.

[@johnross5909]

I used dogs in the ship yards. They hold !

[@markcdeyoung3118]

Aaauh them fresh cooked log dogs straight off the grill just like me great great great great grandpappy used to make !

[@Q-BinTom]

Looking forward to seeing it all being put into use

[@nordicson2835]

We are going to have to re learn how to do these again. Thanks for teaching us .

[@ciphercode2298]

Thank you so much,wonderful video. A smokehouse is a fantastic idea!

[@ohusky271]

really enjoyed this video's music pick

[@pmichael73]

What forms of iron would have been available to settlers/farmers, etc.? Where would they get it? (General store? From the blacksmith?) Fascinating stuff; thank you!

[@pkthunder9443]

I love Fall time in Indiana

[@CarolusInciusEtScoti]

Hello. Fellow smith here. What material did you use to make your forge there? What kind of daub or mud or what not is that? What is the lifespan of it and is there stuff you must do to keep it from falling apart? Also, are you using charcoal or regular coal most? Those log dogs are genius... God bless!

[@NeonThoughtBox]

Perfectly timed music outro.

[@MrJjd77]

I would really love to see more blacksmithing videos as well. I would like to know where they got their iron and steel from back during that time. How it arrived and from where and how they processed it into bars and rods.

[@katanatac]

Should the world collapse and things go crazy, this is the perfect channel to come to and relax and learn something.

[@yourcommander3412]

lovely craftmanship

[@g3heathen209]

Log dogs? Sound like a great band name!

[@Raging_Red_Bulls]

Yes forging the worldwide web of its time😊

[@faithmorehouse5940]

Amazing what blacksmiths can do 🌞

[@agimagi2158]

Ooh I'm early!! Smokehouse sounds cool!!

[@eatmorenachos]

This channel is my happy place.

[@rosemcguinn5301]

Awesome presentation from Brandon as always. And great news about your smokehouse plans!

[@earlshaner4441]

Good afternoon from Syracuse NY everyone thank you for sharing your adventures in living history

[@jeromethiel4323]

Log dogs, not to be confused with dog logs. ^-^ But yeah, those giant staples were probably more useful (but also more expensive) than nails for construction of wood cabins. I have watched videos where modern cabin builders used these log dogs to hold the entire structure together. But that was probably not economically feasible in the 1800's.

[@jdsmith5060]

One of the best channels on KZbin❤

[@aguythatworkstoomuch4624]

And here I thought you were gonna make food lol😂

[@Ramhanks]

Good craftmanship!

[@andreweden9405]

Good to see someone actually wearing the proper pants for the period!

[@mtn.homeforge351]

No blacksmith no tools and life would of been a whole lot harder! Nice job.

[@KataisTrash]

Just wondering about the upsetting: Wouldn't it be easier the other way around? Like having it held/fixed in the middle, and hitting the hotter end? It feels like that way, it won't slip around as much, but I have no clue about these things :)

[@J.A.Smith2397]

Y'all should sell long dogs!!! Been wanting some over two yrs!

[@CarJul666]

I'm impressed again by Brandon's skills. He probably thinks this was easy to make.

[@MrFredstt]

I know they're not as popular as the cooking videos but I love the black smithing videos

[@nathanholtzclaw]

Brandon makes me think of like an 18th century version of Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys

[@Prismatic_Pixie]

"Thank you for watching, we'll see you next time" he says at the 3/4 point of the video

[@robertsantamaria6857]

When he days log dog, all I hear is Stephen Lang in Tombstone saying "law dog"

[@Swishersweetcigarilo]

Next project idea. Make some log dogs but for your anvil so it isn't flopping around all over the place

[@guysview]

The flat chisel ends should be at right angles to each other. Just sayin.. Not certain I explained that very well. But some Google searches will show what I mean. If the chisel point on one end goes the long way of the dog then the chisel point at the other end should orient crosswise the dog.

[@kenbutcher5158]

historically, and in practice you are correct. You want the flat point to always be with the grain of the wood, so when you have logs that cross one flat should be parallel to the dog, the other should be perpendicular to the dog. I expect they will work okay as forged, but the will leave a big chisel mark in the log where the flat goes across the grain.

[@Seminex222]

nice project! the first step was kind of upsetting....but the endresult turned out really great :D

[@bunnyslippers191]

*groans then laughs*

[@loriannlarocco]

Loved this video!

[@CormacHolland]

Really really cool.

[@woodsmanforlife1677]

Excellent!

[@thIDthIRreenactor]

You should try to make a courting candle holder

[@davemlbc]

Another fantastic video! I'm curious- are these log dogs also useful for updog?

[@jcast25]

I'll take this one for the team. What's up dog?

[@LindaCasey]

Just wow

[@jackiemason2145]

Great video

[@bridgetanne8242]

This fascinates me. Strong hands needed.