What Are The Best Blacksmithing Finishes, & How to Apply Them

[@grandmajana]

If you ever go academic, you should consider research scientist. You’d be great!!

[@Anvil_knocker]

Material sciences could be cool, but it’s too many numbers on a screen

[@clone4211]

Nice, for small pieces I find a beauty salon wax warmer works well for melting beeswax and keeping it to a consistent temp without burning it. Have you tried gilding steel while hot with a brass brush?

[@Anvil_knocker]

That’s a fascinating idea, and I’m a bit embarrassed I didn’t think of it considering I sometimes finish small parts like tack’s in a large batch by heating all of them up and dumping them into wax which melts it all. And I have done the wire brush on a piece of steel trick, I love doing it on things with a lot of aggressive facets or corners, like when I forged my sister a (very miniature) Christmas tree.

[@JewerlyAutomata]

Love the videos man, keep it up.

[@Anvil_knocker]

Thank you!

[@HanselJimenezRivas]

Great video! Many Thanks im a begginer smith and this information is very useful for my lear Thanks 😍👏

[@Anvil_knocker]

You’re welcome! Good luck in your smithing journey and don’t lose any sense of adventure along your way

[@davidhuerta788]

Great work, I will be your subscriber # 645! Good luck!

[@Anvil_knocker]

Thank you so much!

[@freyablair5847]

Does cooking oil go bad on the metal?

[@Anvil_knocker]

It does, it takes a while, and if anyone is actually using the utensil it won’t, however if you leave it long enough it will go bad

[@JC-js9we]

Great information! Loved the experiment.

[@Anvil_knocker]

Thank you! Hopefully this can be helpful