Hatchet Forged From Ball Peen Hammer | Blacksmithing

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  • Forging a usable and nice looking hatchet out of a ball peen hammer! Possibly the coolest thing I forged so far if I do say so myself!
    Thanks "Bespoke Bloke Designs" for the hammer head:
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    Shout out to all the other makers and blacksmith that did this! It sure is a lot of effort.
    @Make N' Create @Black Bear Forge @Jake's Custom Knives @Neels Van Den Berg
    Check these channel out by clicking the names, good stuff!!!
    Honorable mention to @Brett McAfee for making one out of a steel wedge:
    • Forged Hammer Axe from...
    Just a self reminder I must try to punch a hole myself.
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    Index of operation and materials:
    0:20 Coke forge
    1:00 I'm not sure how to explain this as I'm no blackmith expert. Instead of time stamps I think it's better if I explain by words here:
    I started with a heavy hammer flattening the side of the hammer that will become the blade.
    Then I quickly realized the hammer was too heavy and not effective over the large area of the hammer head after the cilinder was flattened.
    So switched to a cross peen and little by little I moved material around to reduce the big chunk of metal that was to hammer head into a wedge shaped blade. This took a long time and a lot of work.
    Forging took me a day, a good 8 hrs of hammering! (so much fun but also exhausting).
    Also, I kept adjusting where the metal moved by working the sides as well as shown here 2:18
    For last I forge the spike where the ball side was.
    3:10 I left the hatchet to annheal, cooling down very slowly with the forge to make it soft and easy to grind
    3:20 Grind profile, spike, and edge on the 2x72 belt grinder
    5:00 Quick normalize cycle just before hardening, probably not needed after annhealing but for sure won't hurt
    5:50 Checking temperature with a magnet to reach critical (over non magnetic)
    5:55 Quench in water to harden
    6:10 Tempering with the forge by slowly heating to deep straw color (around 230°C)
    I check the hardness that came between 50 and 55 on the Rockwell scale
    6:42 Remove scales with wire wheel on bench grinder
    7:07 Buff edge and spike to mirror finish with fine polishing compound and cotton wheel on the bench grinder (I did some hand sanding off camera)
    I hope the handle part is self explanatory, if not say something in comments and I'll write more!
    Thanks a lot for watching, I hope you liked the video!
    Suggestions and comments are welcome.
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  • @BlackBeardProjects
    @BlackBeardProjects  4 года назад +95

    If you want to know more about any particular process shown in this video be sure to check description, I always write detailed list of operations and products used.
    And if you like what I do consider supporting me so I can keep on making, join as channel member or check my Patreon for early access and voice-over edit of my videos. Thank you!

    • @incorporeal3793
      @incorporeal3793 4 года назад

      Those types of attacks happen to UK firefighters and other emergency services too. Just the way the world is going.

    • @kjellski
      @kjellski 4 года назад

      If you're on the edge, go for Patreon, the voice overs are really good and very consistent! They give great insights into Gaders process and what didn't work... 👌🏼👍🏼

    • @poolpops
      @poolpops 4 года назад

      Black Beard Projects if someone were to send you a knife would you do a custom restoration ?

    • @keatonlimabeans7281
      @keatonlimabeans7281 4 года назад +1

      Hey mate that handle is backwards the palm swell is supposed to go on the front

    • @البوبوالبوب
      @البوبوالبوب 4 года назад

      انا مصري

  • @glennh2965
    @glennh2965 4 года назад +193

    Great work. Now really impress everyone and turn it back into a Ball Peen Hammer! :-)

  • @Phthalo
    @Phthalo 2 года назад +4

    My 5 year old and I watch these types of videos regularly, and I don't think I've seen one done with only hand tools. Love it! Very cool looking piece.

  • @Exosfear13
    @Exosfear13 4 года назад +5

    i never get tired watching this kind of videos.

  • @craigwhite9906
    @craigwhite9906 4 года назад +13

    Great work, awesome to see someone not just take a angle grinder and destroy the metal. Nice to see so much of the work done by hand too! Looks great

  • @unknown-ql1fk
    @unknown-ql1fk 4 года назад +6

    Prior to seeing this vid, the ball peen to tomahawk was my 1st real blackmith project. I'm glad I made mine like yours (processs and shape) its a great 1st project and very forgiving for a noob

  • @sa9chit
    @sa9chit 4 года назад +8

    Not only he created the awesome hatchet, but genuinely explained how he got the hammer and its not his original idea, such humility. I wouldnt know, i dont watch many such channels. There is no limit to this guys knowledge and creativity. From Forging to casting, leather works to wood works, painting to polishing, hammering to soldering, welding to woodturning to etc etc... i dont even know the number of terms he is expert in. Hats off!

  • @Joel.Invictus
    @Joel.Invictus 2 года назад +1

    A very beautiful hatchet. I'm very inspired to build a forge at my home and start smithing.

  • @bretthess6376
    @bretthess6376 4 года назад +4

    I used to buy old tool heads from my buddy who owned a scrap yard for 10 cents a pound. I've made 12 or 15 ball-peens into hatchets just like you! Good work!

  • @Br0za
    @Br0za 4 года назад

    That's so cool that you use stuff that you repair or done to repair or make stuff.
    So satisfying to watch!

  • @OriginalMomo
    @OriginalMomo 4 года назад +9

    Beautiful piece, love the tail spike.

  • @loudieselj3165
    @loudieselj3165 4 года назад +11

    I have a strong admiration for a humble man and the fireman also, I scribed. I like to keep up with who made the hammers that usually gets lost but you can also trace back the steel.Thx

  • @redbeardsknives3278
    @redbeardsknives3278 3 года назад

    i'm going to give this a go myself. i still have some old hammerheads laying around. thank you for the inspiration.

  • @unpluglvfree9507
    @unpluglvfree9507 4 года назад +2

    This guy is talented! I enjoy all his videos

  • @00ironcross
    @00ironcross 4 года назад

    That's bad ass. Best ball pin conversion so far. Great job

  • @ManCrafting
    @ManCrafting 4 года назад +98

    That turned out great. I wouldn’t have thought to do that, cool idea.

  • @douglasfathers4848
    @douglasfathers4848 4 года назад

    Very nice hatchet and a good use of a old tool .

  • @ericstoever9577
    @ericstoever9577 4 года назад

    A nice project! Inventive use for an old hammer head.

  • @alex.ann_der
    @alex.ann_der 3 года назад +1

    Beautiful, I can imagine myself going to Valhalla with this hatchet. Awesome work man, I'll see your other stuff inmediately

    • @crown6468
      @crown6468 3 года назад +2

      With that axe valhalla can wait

  • @terrydavis2552
    @terrydavis2552 4 года назад +3

    The balance here between rough and fine finishing is fantastic! Just beautiful!

  • @23RyCat
    @23RyCat 4 года назад

    I really like the handle shape of that hatchet. Nice work.

  • @closer2theheart684
    @closer2theheart684 Год назад

    I didn't start the day thinking I wanted to learn about axe making, but here I am.

  • @mangalaarwade8280
    @mangalaarwade8280 4 года назад

    Great craftsmanship Sirji

  • @dapperdave2090
    @dapperdave2090 4 года назад +1

    very nice... You're projects are always the best... I'm happy to see that you got a new par of work gloves

  • @ph5056
    @ph5056 3 года назад

    Sweet , like your style and the way you left it with with natural marks and haven't buffed it all up . All the best from a UK metal sculptor.

  • @malia3614
    @malia3614 3 года назад

    Right on good job ! Love seeing it done old school with raw muscle and 🔥 !!

  • @666toysoldier
    @666toysoldier Год назад

    It's good to see someone making use of these hammers, which are a glut on the market and would go for scrap.

  • @brovusmarillian3303
    @brovusmarillian3303 4 года назад

    Not only did I enjoy~ you showed me better ways to making hatchets? Thank you.

  • @ASCarvings
    @ASCarvings 4 года назад

    A lovely bit of work there. Well done

  • @LongshotLennox
    @LongshotLennox 4 года назад +2

    Thank you for the video, and all the other videos you make for us. You're amazing!

  • @Swatrr
    @Swatrr 4 года назад

    Idk why i love to watch videos like this

  • @kenwhite5132
    @kenwhite5132 3 года назад

    I have fell in love with that vise...

  • @metalwave101
    @metalwave101 3 года назад +1

    Damn he can hammer really fast! Lol

    • @badlandskid
      @badlandskid 3 года назад

      David McKiernan I think he’s related to Woody Woodpecker

    • @metalwave101
      @metalwave101 3 года назад

      @@badlandskid haha that or the roadrunner

  • @stardew1986
    @stardew1986 4 года назад +1

    Amazing video it is inspiring me as a young blacksmith to get new ideas and new methods, thanks for the great content!

  • @SteveC38
    @SteveC38 4 года назад +1

    Very Nice Job Brother👍

  • @cheif10thumbs
    @cheif10thumbs 4 года назад +1

    Much Whack Whack, No Yack Yack. I like that!

    • @Repented008
      @Repented008 4 года назад

      Of course no Yacks. This is metal forging channel not wildlife. Yacks have nothing to do with this.

    • @cheif10thumbs
      @cheif10thumbs 4 года назад

      @@Repented008 Those are Yaks Not Yacks. Please make a note of it. Derp

    • @Repented008
      @Repented008 4 года назад

      @@cheif10thumbs Ok, geeze so you Americans spell it differently, what's your point? There's still a long way between shaggy oxen and forging. That's what I'm saying!

    • @cheif10thumbs
      @cheif10thumbs 4 года назад +1

      @@Repented008 Yack Yack refers to the act of talking too much. You Boob! Stay in Skrool.

    • @Repented008
      @Repented008 4 года назад

      @@cheif10thumbs 😂😂😂

  • @ignasiusanthony5518
    @ignasiusanthony5518 4 года назад +1

    Great work there Bro.

  • @محمدعليطارش
    @محمدعليطارش 4 года назад

    A real blacksmith .. Nicely Done 🌷

  • @mielgoaciagocalzadadeincoa4093
    @mielgoaciagocalzadadeincoa4093 5 месяцев назад +1

    Maestro!!!

  • @louislarose4023
    @louislarose4023 4 года назад

    Very Nice Hatchet ! Great handle design !

  • @mohammadshujah384
    @mohammadshujah384 4 года назад +1

    I wish I had workshop like you and I work like you, because I do not want work for others, I mean I'm doing job in a company,
    Take care sir, thank you

  • @flipbookproductions1407
    @flipbookproductions1407 3 года назад

    I got a forge for Christmas this year this is the first thing I'm going to do with it

  • @John_knee80
    @John_knee80 Год назад

    So relaxing. Great build.

  • @spkumar9196
    @spkumar9196 4 года назад

    He black beared, it's really wonderful

  • @scottdunbar4898
    @scottdunbar4898 4 года назад

    Congratulations on a great job.
    Thanks for the video.

  • @docara_videos
    @docara_videos 4 года назад +3

    Magnifico este projeto , dificil e ainda assim ficou com um ótimo acabamento . Parabéns
    Londrina-Paraná-Brasil.

  • @Thewulf56
    @Thewulf56 4 года назад +1

    Cool project, that turned out great. Good Work.

  • @paulabiscuit7767
    @paulabiscuit7767 3 года назад

    Love the tool Marks.

  • @chrissscottt
    @chrissscottt 4 года назад +5

    Cool. Love the shape and the hammer texture.

  • @madcapmagician6018
    @madcapmagician6018 4 года назад

    Awesome work BB 👍👍👍👍

  • @e.t.preppin7084
    @e.t.preppin7084 4 года назад

    By far one of my favorites

  • @danshazar6683
    @danshazar6683 4 года назад +1

    Beautiful work , as usual!

  • @FordFracture
    @FordFracture 4 года назад

    I real like the look of this hatchet !

  • @jerryjohnsonii4181
    @jerryjohnsonii4181 4 года назад

    Very Cool Hatchet !!!!!!!!!

  • @Echelon111999
    @Echelon111999 4 года назад

    All of it such an honest work! Quality work.

  • @carvinlambert6899
    @carvinlambert6899 4 года назад

    Good job Black Beard! Its a GOOD American Hatchet, now turn the Handle around.

  • @phillipnewton8910
    @phillipnewton8910 4 года назад +7

    (Sets up board to show how sharp axe is.) ×wack× (board breaks) Dammit!! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @hybrid5568
    @hybrid5568 4 года назад

    Dam! Thats a true blue sharp axe. Went through the wood like nothing. Id love to have something that cool

  • @thetopworks9696
    @thetopworks9696 Год назад

    Great work

  • @TheHgcop
    @TheHgcop 4 года назад +2

    Straight to it! I like that

  • @jessebaxter3143
    @jessebaxter3143 4 года назад +2

    When you heat for quench, put a steel tube inside the forge. It'll heat evenly without flipping and contain heat if you blocked off, but I can see that for the camera

  • @zoeyshoots
    @zoeyshoots 4 года назад

    A very uniquely satisfying video..👍

  • @TheRestorer
    @TheRestorer 4 года назад

    perfect work

  • @Syberz
    @Syberz 4 года назад

    Perfect for bushcraft or camping, nice work!

  • @Dave-zb9dq
    @Dave-zb9dq 3 года назад

    Very nice, thanks for the post 📯

  • @elfowl6873
    @elfowl6873 4 года назад +2

    GREATWORK!!!!!

  • @11h5p4
    @11h5p4 4 года назад

    Absolutely Beautiful

  • @N3KO_79
    @N3KO_79 4 года назад

    Old hammer evolved... In a cool axe!

  • @Dave-zb9dq
    @Dave-zb9dq 4 года назад

    That's an amazing work of art👍🗡️

  • @broo_shs
    @broo_shs 4 года назад

    Old Hammer in the Axe Nice Man

  • @GooseGosselin
    @GooseGosselin 4 года назад

    Beautiful! I'll never toss an old ball peen again! Watching you make the handle brought back a flood of memories, my first job was a carpenter, I repaired furniture for a university. I spent many hours carving down square stock to match chair arms and legs, the exact same way you just showed. Thank you.

  • @charlesfaulknerjr7841
    @charlesfaulknerjr7841 4 года назад

    Excellent work!

  • @vincentlariys8357
    @vincentlariys8357 4 года назад

    Excellent work

  • @MrDavidlfields
    @MrDavidlfields 4 года назад

    Beautiful work.

  • @rodneylangstroth4577
    @rodneylangstroth4577 4 года назад

    A workmate gave me a 2 pound ball pein, without handle. Now it will become a Hatchet. Awesome job with the build. I follow Johnny on Instagram.

  • @lawsonone6015
    @lawsonone6015 4 года назад

    Nice work! And throwing!

  • @Cnxnxnxnx
    @Cnxnxnxnx 2 года назад

    That’s a beautiful axe man you did a amazing job 🤟

  • @billjohnson5793
    @billjohnson5793 2 года назад

    Cool project

  • @SSSmithing
    @SSSmithing 4 года назад +1

    Great work man

  • @ALPACABOWLCOMPANY
    @ALPACABOWLCOMPANY 4 года назад

    Awesome job.

  • @seawayjoe
    @seawayjoe 4 года назад

    Well done .

  • @javierbritezayala963
    @javierbritezayala963 4 года назад

    Excelente idea, buenísimo trabajo, saludo desde Paraguay....

  • @johnr5545
    @johnr5545 3 года назад

    Nice job love to watch those videos

  • @michaelclark2857
    @michaelclark2857 3 года назад

    Beautiful!

  • @stevensharrow7438
    @stevensharrow7438 4 года назад

    That axe turned out friggin awesome dude. Nice job 👍

  • @forgelefemme
    @forgelefemme 4 года назад

    Your efficacy and willingness to use hand tools is amazing and makes for a great watch.
    I so many wanting the latest & greatest mechanization, and I feel so many are missing the boat in this regard.

  • @sbjennings99
    @sbjennings99 4 года назад

    Awesome informational educational video experience Y'alls

  • @TheRinkboss
    @TheRinkboss 4 года назад

    Wow , nice work !

  • @ДмитрийМалхазов
    @ДмитрийМалхазов 4 года назад

    Nice work man !

  • @rikardoguf8827
    @rikardoguf8827 3 года назад

    Class. Good job

  • @Adrianspt
    @Adrianspt 3 года назад

    Great work! Nice axe!

  • @yeagerxp
    @yeagerxp 4 года назад

    Awesome 👍👍👍Thanks for sharing

  • @pedroarmentamoreno7848
    @pedroarmentamoreno7848 3 года назад

    😱😱😱😱Good work 👍👍

  • @hossy540
    @hossy540 4 года назад

    Very cool, great work!

  • @NeelsVandenBerg
    @NeelsVandenBerg 4 года назад

    Well done brother - I like it!

  • @analyticalmastermind2569
    @analyticalmastermind2569 3 года назад

    Thank You, Great Work.

  • @aaronbeatty1153
    @aaronbeatty1153 4 года назад

    Nice work. Thanks for sharing the story

  • @1scottdees
    @1scottdees 4 года назад

    Nice work.

  • @000207poosh
    @000207poosh 4 года назад

    Awesome work!! I love it

  • @MM-fg3yi
    @MM-fg3yi 4 года назад

    Very beautiful