Vevor Tongs and Some Integral Knife Forging

I thought this video was going to be pretty quick, but it ended up being more of a forging video than a review. Anyway, I hope you find this review useful. Affiliate link for tongs below.
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[@shauntheknifeguy]

Definitely solid advice about not letting things get too far gone. I’ve tried and failed trying to move bolster back to spine. Just too much meat at a certain point

[@Hathenbrucksteelworks]

Aside from hitting the wrong part of the steel, I think it’s one of the most important aspects of forging an integral.

[@andyc750]

useful video and the tongs mostly seem well useful, especially as a set for a beginner, might just grab myself a pair

[@Hathenbrucksteelworks]

For the most part, they’re great tongs. They just don’t work so well for steel sizes they say they’re made for. Hahaha.

[@shauntheknifeguy]

Thanks for the tong review. Hard to beat the price, since it’s essentially 4 for the price of 1.5ish… hmmm

[@Hathenbrucksteelworks]

My pleasure. Thank you! Definitely hard to beat.

[@brysonalden5414]

I really hate having hot steel fly out of tongs that weren't holding it well enough! Sounds like the Vevors might be an option, given their cost, to buy with the expectation of modifying them to fit the stock I'm working with at the time, and if it screws up the tongs, oh well.

[@Hathenbrucksteelworks]

Same here. It gets really frustrating. Yeah, they’re some pretty solid tongs. Definitely not the best you can get, but for the price they’re hard to beat.

[@stevealford230]

@@Hathenbrucksteelworks in my experience, almost every pair of pre-made tongs needs to be adjusted to the size of the material you're going to use, no matter what size they are supposedly made for. Just heat them up, grab your stock with them, hammer the bit to fit the material tightly, heat up again, and quench in the appropriate medium (these are allegedly high Carbon, so I'd go with a fast oil just to be safe, but most tongs are mild to low, so water them). I wouldn't blame any tongs for not fitting my stock fresh out of the box... that's just to be expected.

[@Hathenbrucksteelworks]

@stevealford230 oh for sure. I have a few tongs that have been perfect without any modifications, but I’d say most have needed a tweak or two.