Snub Nose Bolt Style Tong - GS Tongs

[@MinionsSmithy]

Those tongs are works of art! I never tire of watching you create these masterpieces, Glen! Thanks for sharing! You are so inspiring! 😁👍⚒️

[@gstongs]

Very happy you can get any inspiration from me. I'll actually make another tong for my next video. Thanks for everything. Glen 😬

[@danandreinicoara1872]

Gut gemacht!!🫶🙋😅

[@Ross_Dugan]

Love how you throw different spacers down to have repeatable dimensions. Very slick

[@TalRohan]

thats the one for me too... very tidy

[@gstongs]

Just nothing fancy but like you said, spacers make dimensions repeatable which is a must for most tongs. Thanks.

[@Sigma-sj7mq]

Another beautiful tong! Another pedagogical video! Nice tools, nice skills! Thank you!

[@gstongs]

I'm very glad you enjoy this video and can gain any insight from watching. Thanks.

[@sackofwetmice428]

This fine gent has blacksmithing down to a science and art. I am thoroughly amazed at it, and the lack of scale on his work too.

[@gstongs]

I appreciate your very kind comment. Thanks so much.

[@georgecalcei8068]

That is a great looking tong. Nice work as always Glen. Your tongs, hammers, top tools etc are unmatched in my opinion. I have many of your tools and all look and perform like new. Far superior to other tools on the market. Thank you!

[@gstongs]

I appreciate your very generous comment. Thanks George.

[@brysonalden5414]

I'd much rather watch you build excellent tongs like this one than make my own inferior version, which of course is why I buy tongs from you!

[@TRINITY-ks6nw]

I shall be joining the club soon

[@gstongs]

You're being too kind but I'll take it. Thanks Bryson.

[@dennisreyna]

Great work! I'm really loving your jigs! Thanks for sharing!

[@gstongs]

It's my pleasure. Thanks for all.

[@jimh7345]

Nice work, Glen!

[@gstongs]

Thanks for sure.

[@honeycuttracing]

Like the longer format videos, especially when you making your tongs, amazing every single time 👌

[@gstongs]

I'll keep that in mind especially since this video is doing better than normal. Thanks.

[@gregwells8764]

absolutely the best youtube blacksmith to watch. your technique + video production is top notch, with your product being most impressive of all. love your work. You know you should be teaching classes ?

[@gstongs]

You are being very kind, maybe too kind but I'll take it! Thanks Greg.

[@christopherharsh8837]

Yeah man get your website/ store up. I'm sure alot of people myself included are interested in buying some of your work. Great craftsmanship! If you put this kind of work in all your products you will do great

[@gstongs]

My website is up and has been for a long while but I just need to make some updates / change tong pics and descriptions... Thanks for your kind comment.

[@richardbryant7972]

Nicely done sir

[@gstongs]

Thanks my friend.

[@TalRohan]

I genuinely wonder how you come up with the processes for making your tongs. Just the process itself is a work of art. Those are fantastic.

[@Edgunsuk]

lol he's good love his tongs ( and his hand stands!!) but that process is about 5000 years old ( 3000 bc) its the first ( or second) thing you make as a blacksmith , second if you make the punch to make the holes first !

[@TalRohan]

@@Edgunsuk lol too true, its the way he has of using notches and swages to gradually shape everything..I hammer the whole lot on the edge of my anvil which works well enough and has since I was a kid (I still have the first pair I ever made about 45 years ago) but it doesnt have the finesse that Glen gets...theyre super tidy.

[@Edgunsuk]

@@TalRohan yep prob second best tong maker i have ever seen ( and i was in blacksmithing school with three teachers that were in the worshipful company of blacksmiths , the UKS top guild of smiths) and 60 other smiths ! , the best makes is a UK blacksmith but for the life of me i cant remember his name he is one of the only guys selling tongs commercially that are hand made , at least in the UK .

[@gstongs]

I am constantly changing how I got about tongs and I guess that's what keeps things fresh. Glad you like this one. Thanks.

[@gstongs]

You make a good point. But I also like that you mentioned my hand stands!

[@jackdawg4579]

definitely like those tongs Glenn, nice work! I'll be in for a set of these once you have them on the web site.

[@gstongs]

I'm so slow to update my website. I'll eventually get to it but if you want a pair before then, just let me know and I'll do my best. Thanks.

[@killerkane1957]

Let’s face it. Your methods are a bit unique. I have a powerhammer jig that will produce a tong blank in one heat. But I am not a tong maker. I love watching your work to see things that seem beyond my imagination. You just taught me at least three important things. Unique is the point. One must develop a protocol and tooling. Yours are always an awakening. Thanks! Texas!

[@mihailchahmatov3609]

Снимаю шляпу перед мастером! Простой инструмент , а сделан красиво , даже изящно !

[@gstongs]

Thank you for your very kind comment.

[@dennisw7350]

very nice tongs.

[@gstongs]

Thanks Dennis.

[@Alanbataar]

I like that offset tool! I'll have to try that out!

[@gstongs]

That tool works well for me and what I want to do. Give it a go, you never know... Thanks.

[@johnmichael283]

Very nice set and slow is good.

[@gstongs]

I appreciate your input and will heed the advice when possible. Thanks.

[@kamogawaedgeworks]

I'll be welding up a hardy shank pipe first chance I get. Great idea.

[@gstongs]

I find that tool very useful. Thanks for watching.

[@robertsimmons3556]

Glen, I totally agree with sackofwetmice428 below! Such quality work!! Until your next post!! Reading further in the comments, great comments one and all!!

[@gstongs]

I get lucky every now and then with my videos. This one is proving popular and my next video will also be a tong making one. Thanks Robert.

[@verndahl3848]

nice looking tongs! Love the design and detail around the boss area!

[@gstongs]

I'm always updating how I make tongs and some versions work out better than others. Thanks Vern.

[@lucassmolinski53]

Wao 😮😮😮 amazing job

[@gstongs]

Much appreciated.

[@꿈을위하여-g3l]

잘보았습니다. 영상이 저에게 만은 도움되었습니다. 감사합니다. 수고하십시요. 😊

[@ЕвгенийПерышкин-в6ф]

Мастер с большой буквы, смотришь и диву даёшься от такого произведения искуства👍. Просто золотые руки и я с удовольствием жму вашу руку, добрый мастер!

[@markturbit9974]

Great job Glen you make it look easy but im sure it took a lot of experience to get that good well done. And i like your tooling you use you have some great idea,s

[@robertyoung5748]

A thing of beauty.

[@AnyMotoUSA]

Very clean. As always!

[@gonzalo7130]

Saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷💪

[@gstongs]

Hello to you too. Thanks for watching.

[@tretowntret7541]

YOU ARE IRON MASTER

[@gstongs]

I appreciate your very kind comment. Thanks.

[@ronthacker211]

You can't go wrong with a GS tong. This one will grab holt to a bolt.

[@gstongs]

Holt of a bolt? Hey Blacksmith Poet, is this ye old English or are you losing it. I think the former and in that case you've taken it to a whole new level - boss level rhyming... Thanks.

[@ronthacker211]

@@gstongs To my fav blacksmith: Ye are no fake as ye spake.

[@billykreger9765]

Oh stop Glen… hahahahaha hope you are well

[@gstongs]

I'm doing well my friend and wish you the same. Thanks.

[@Beshanblu]

Сново смотрю и сново сплошное удовольствие! Как можно приобрести ваши работы? Есть пересыл в Россию?

[@gstongs]

I will ship to anywhere in the world but have never shipped to Russia. You can email if interested. Thanks for watching.

[@Beshanblu]

@gstongs вы сами в какой стране находитесь? Просто из за плохой обстановки в мире и этих без смысленых санкций много какие сервисы не работают на прямую в Россию. Надо определиться где вы и как лучше отправить.

[@Edgunsuk]

No tongs on your website for sale Glen ?

[@gstongs]

My website has tongs but I just need to update the styles I am currently offering as well as the pics / descriptions. I'm so slow to do this sort of website stuff at times. Thanks.

[@Edgunsuk]

@@gstongs ok my bad no link to your web site in description just the bonehead site ? add a link in next video pls m8

[@jeanambu7788]

Excellent travail, bravo

[@НиколайБнф]

Supper

[@apicultureamssayafmez1234]

TRÈS BIEN

[@hynekfuchs1378]

👍

[@ClenioBuilder]

👏👏👏👏👏👏🤜🤛

[@gstongs]

Thanks very much.

[@oscaritolozano3]

wow im early

[@gstongs]

Thanks for watching and for being the first to comment.

[@nabilbouabizi6227]

Chapeau frère de métier passes par ici

[@arko9377]

MISTRZ !!!.