Tools for the anvil hardy hole - blacksmithing tools

While it is fairly obviouse that a cutoff hardy goes with the hardy hole, there are many other tools that may be used in the anvil by adding a square shank that fits your hardy hole.
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[@bluecollaroutdoors8529]

I’m a beginner at Blacksmithing and you present the information in a simple and straightforward way love the videos

[@gailpengelly8581]

Fantastic tutorial. THANK YOU…so useful. Have subscribed after just 6.52mins!!! Hey from Plymouth 🇬🇧

[@BlackBearForge]

Thanks and welcome

[@joelkoonce8559]

Thanks again John. I've learned so much on Your videos .

[@TheWoodYogi]

Great video John. Really helpful ॐ

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Lol love the intro lol

[@BlackBearForge]

Sometimes you just need to have a little fun. I was hoping to find a more comical character, but this was all I had that fir in the hole.

[@williambarnhartblacksmith414]

It was pretty comical, but I couldn't tell what that was.

[@BlackBearForge]

Its a little carved wooden figure, I was afraid it wasn't obvious enough.

[@williambarnhartblacksmith414]

Black Bear Forge Don't worry, it was still pretty funny! The perfectly calm voice, the stare right into the camera, and then the non-obvious thing coming from the hardy hole.

[@MV-uh7kr]

Thank You for answering my curiosity question! Great video!! ❤

[@kosutokiriguya3205]

Im currently getting tools to start forging and i dont know much yet so this helps

[@mjdl532]

Best title and intro ever! Lovely channel though. Still learning woodworking with hand tools, so I am trying to postpone blacksmithing a few years (too many hobbies 😬)

[@DocBadger]

Awesome content John, thanks!

[@Leanderdw]

I've been forging for over 15years now but still get to see new jigs on the anvil! I absolutely love this video and it inspired me a lot. Thanx for sharing your knowledge!

[@BlackBearForge]

Glad it was helpful!

[@johnossendorf9979]

Great video, Thanks !

[@adeh503]

A proper blacksmith with dirty hands and a bandaged finger 🔨🔨🔨

[@marcs4738]

That hardy wedge is a handy tool, i like that concept.

[@grahamhughes2025]

nice, given me lots of ideas.....appreciated

[@goshnodo]

well John, that's a pretty personal question.

[@kensmapleleafretirement]

I made a hardy stem to put on a bending tool because, I got tired of walking to the vice. Much nicer to just stay at the anvil and bend some items. Thanks for the ideas.........

[@williamsultana3848]

Thanks john

[@goldpannerhager]

Thanks

[@reneemills-mistretta790]

Thank you so much for this very helpful video! I'm learning & soaking up everything I can before I begin.

[@cogpastorc]

I have a hitch ball that the bolt part just fits the Hardy hole that is good for making rounded shapes.

[@VintageJunker]

Amazing Rundown, Totally appreciate!

[@cholulahotsauce6166]

*Love* the slotted shank idea with the wedge, such an elegant solution!

[@anthonykent7983]

Bro your saying about remember your safety glasses. Well today in my shop just finished a little job and saw a bolt that needed shortened. 10sec job! Remembered you put on my goggles. Well the slitting disc exploded , shards hit the goggles! Still got my sight thanks John😀 Anthony Kent

[@chrisjones6002]

That's scary stuff, glad you are OK.

[@BlackBearForge]

Wow, close call

[@anthonykent7983]

Chris Jones thank you. I'll never forget to wear my safety glasses again! Anthony Kent

[@motome8]

Anthony Kent sometimes you want more. I got a shard in the eye while cutting a steel pice of a giant plate. Bounced off my hood, and somehow behind the glasses and into my eye. That was a fun trip to the eye doctor to get it removed. I now try and wear a shield and glasses when throwing lots of sparks.

[@swflKVNC]

Thanks for some more ideas, Enjoyed !

[@freebird7284]

making a hardy mount plate for an extra vise, now it's going to have that wedge feature, thanks for the idea!

[@mheman1]

Great video as always! Thanks!

[@82finesa]

Thanks for the tool video.

[@robphone4895]

Like Roy said, I love the intro! Saw some great new options which I will try, thanks.

[@GONE2VT802]

Awesome video John! Love the variety of tools that can be used in the hardy hole.

[@fleastomper]

Thanks John - good tool vid!

[@onecrowingrooster2239]

Great job as always. Have a great week👍

[@keeganrussell1073]

That was good info thanks for all yours videos

[@florentinoperez393]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@beni2094]

Love the intro. Fun idea. Great show.

[@burtlade1705]

Thanks! I'm just getting into this and your video is just what I needed. Yes, that was very useful!!

[@davidhillman7004]

The wedge is brilliant never thought of it thank you

[@richardbryant7972]

Very good video as always and gave me some great ideas

[@shifty3453]

Ohh man! That intro! Interesting topic as well I'm trying to make more hardy tools for my shop.

[@patricksmiley6075]

Wonderful video,

[@matonmongo]

Welding the custom tool onto a piece of 1" square tubing used as an inexpensive base to fit into the hardy hole... great idea, thx!

[@TheAsoomti]

Wonderful and beautiful explanation

[@revmichaelm]

I like that last tool you showed in the video..

[@scooptractornorthorchard2397]

Great video. I think It’s more fun making the tools than anything else.

[@DavoShed]

A lot of great stuff there. Most of the jigs are logical and I could think them up given enough time. I would never have thought of the wedge. That was really effective.

[@BlackBearForge]

I have several tools that have the option, but don't use it often. On a little bick though it is really nice

[@TheBigfatmatt]

Hoping to start just hobbyist projects soon and already really liking this channel for its down to earth, no BS style , thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@user-rh4qc5dp6p]

Thanks that does sound like a lot of work and I think that is above my level. Maybe I could talk you in to making one for me. Lol

[@scottreynolds4827]

One of my favorites is the vertical bick. They kick ass and , well......just look cool setting atop an anvil.

[@shaundunn3195]

I'm just getting in to blacksmithing and knife making. Your videos are great and I've learned so much from you. I appreciate your hard work, you keep it up and I'll keep watching.

[@Guitarplayer724]

I searched for a video that would explain the different types of tools/jigs used with the hardy hole. I couldn't ask for a better explanation than from what I learned in this video. Thank you sir. Subscribed!

[@BlackBearForge]

Glad I could help!

[@drason69]

Love the wedge idea. Great option if you have a shop anvil and a smaller travel anvil

[@drason69]

For my small travel anvil, I have a small bench vice with a square shank. Needs the jaws replaced, but works well

[@bogomir67]

I like the diagonal flat stock idea.

[@tonylewis7644]

mmm diagonal thanks for that have a great day

[@jimbarbara1704]

ty jim

[@dustiestspade339]

Working on a flatter hardy tool

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Power hammers can also go in there :-) great video on the subject John!

[@BlackBearForge]

Haven't made an anvil mounted hammer yet.

[@tomcarlson3244]

I have just started to make different tools for hardy.. first tool I made was hardy cut but it is too bulky. I have just made one from part of a axe head that the eye was crushed. After fixing welding problems it work’s very well

[@maxprophet2401]

I'll save most of my first few thoughts forever, as I'll never get the chance to use them again. Slight chance they might be inappropropriate. Thanks for the laugh this morning!

[@G-G._]

perfect video = no dislikes subscribed

[@chimera91977]

4 people disliked cause you wrote this... lol j/k

[@ke6bnl]

great ideas, what about a vice in the hardy especially with the wedge hold down, great idea. I go way to fancy machining the hardy tool your are the way to go.

[@BlackBearForge]

I have seen people do that and for a traveling set up it works well. My anvil is close enough to the forge that I wouldn't want to stand there while doing vise work.

[@RajbirSingh-wg9pf]

Very interesting. Wish you would stayed just a bit longer on some of the tools. The slotted shank was something new. Thanks for sharing. And yes , hope that finger’s fine now.

[@edwarnock4534]

For those using a improvised block for an anvil this may seem like a severe disadvantage and, well it is.But like anything else there are alternatives that provide a way around this dis advantage. You can make a "stake plate" from heavy steel plate to affix to you bench. Simply drill/punch a hole and work it with a square drift. You also could accommodate different sized stakes/hardies by making more than one hole. Stake plates were at one time quite common in blacksmith shops. My grandfather had one on an old heavy wooden work bench probably from the turn of the Twentieth Century.

[@BlackBearForge]

I had a big stake plate once, it took up way to much room. I keep thinking I'll make a smaller one that fits in one of my benches. Many old stake plates were meant for the tapered shanks on tinsmiths stakes as opposed to the straight shanks blacksmiths use. But making a plate just for blacksmiths hardys is a good idea.

[@billygildark4565]

What’s in your pritchel whole? Umm...a holdfast and that’s it 😂

[@waywardshed9721]

Before watching your videos I didn’t even know it was designed for tools 😂

[@ronthacker211]

Hey John, i'd like to see a video on Tool Storage... tongs, hammers, hardy tools, etc, etc. thanks.

[@BlackBearForge]

did one on that a while back - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKbLl6dpitt2nLc

[@ronthacker211]

Sorry... i'll look it up. thx

[@BlackBearForge]

No need to apologize. KZbin could use a better index system to look up specific videos per creator.

[@GibClark]

👍👍👍

[@Roarke6]

*”Only my square hole is a pretty big square hole....inch and a quarter”*

[@casper1240]

Love the way you weld and fabricate stuff instead of spending all day splitting metal

[@davidmills1874]

Have you made a spacer to drop down in your hardy hole for those smaller tools

[@BlackBearForge]

I have for the 1" tools. But I have so many old tools with odd sized shanks they don't all fit.

[@user-rh4qc5dp6p]

Can a cone be forged and how would you go about it ? Thank you

[@BlackBearForge]

Yes, but it's a lot of work. I would start by forging the hardy shank. That will give you a square section to grip with tongs. Then draw out the bar to a square taper, then octagon and finally round. Depending on the size it could take a day or two with a hand hammer.

[@Loan--Wolf]

some day would be nice if some one would do a basics video for a coal forge me and a friend slaped one together but im not optimistic on how its going to work

[@BlackBearForge]

Building a forge from scratch I don't have a need for will be a big production. But I will probably get around to it at some point. In the mean time there are lots of videos on the subject already out there.

[@Loan--Wolf]

wouldn't need a detailed video on building it just some of the basics that need to be in like good size good depth of the pot the one we built is going to be way to small i fear and its about 3 foot around

[@shifty3453]

Half a 9 kg lpg gas bottle. That's a good option. If you want to know more just ask for my email they work great and are easy to make.

[@standardaussie]

How's Jamie going black bear?

[@JeffSearust]

How much wiggle room is good?

[@Theelderdragon01]

Looks like you might have to cover first aid for the shop.😁

[@BlackBearForge]

That is a compression wrap to keep the swelling down from last Novembers injury.

[@Theelderdragon01]

Ouch, I hate those little injuries. They seen to take forever to heal.

[@BlackBearForge]

While I can use the finger all I want, they say it may be a full year before it quits swelling

[@Loan--Wolf]

power hammers have 0 mercy on skin and bone

[@Theelderdragon01]

Thats why I detest power hammers.

[@danieldavis9508]

Should we harden our hardy tools?

[@BlackBearForge]

Cutting tools yes and I prefer my swages and fullers hardened, but they aren't as critical as a cutter.

[@LowlanderNurse]

2:08 Would a tow hitch work?

[@BlackBearForge]

Yes, but I would look for an old one with all of the chrome worn off

[@danieldavis9508]

I know that this is off topic...I couldn't figure out how to message you, without commenting on a video. My question is...can Canister Damascus be done by hand? Just my hammer, an anvil, a hot forge, and some stainless? Thanks

[@BlackBearForge]

I have never done canister Damascus but I'm sure it could be done by hand. I'm not sure what happens if you use stainless in the mix.

[@danieldavis9508]

@@BlackBearForge I will be filling the nooks and crannies with stainless 316, or 316L powder.

[@johnjude2685]

Built a cone would be a good video. If not you could pick something better perhaps Thanks John and I will try to be safe

[@BlackBearForge]

I have some material I was thinking of making a cone out of

[@notgivennotgiven7776]

Hardy har har

[@cwgumby]

Some of those objects i thought would be too big for my Hardy Hole.