Blacksmithing Masterclass - Barbecue fork Hand Forging A Toasting Fork with bottle opener handle
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- Опубликовано: 25 апр 2016
- workingwithiron Presents Hand Forging A Toasting Fork - Blacksmithing Step by Step with no step skipped.
Nath will show you how to forge a toasting fork from scrap steel to a fully forged and finished product.
Using a Gas Forge, Anvil and a few blacksmiths tools we can create beautiful works.
Bottle opener on the other end making the handle of the fork.
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Well done Nathan. It was brave of you to show the whole process essentially unedited. So many new smiths could get over enthusiastic watching edited RUclips videos thinking it takes less time than is reasonable. I love your even, low key narrating and have subscribed, hoping to see many more of your videos. Thank you.
I enjoy the longer videos. kinda gives the feeling that we're there with you watching the whole forging.
+Tanner Adams I do too, but nowadays people have attention spans of ferrets so Thank you for watching the whole vid, if you did. I find it easier to make them this way but they take a long time to edit and upload but worth it for comments such as yours. Thank you!!
really love the detail you put into each video. Most videos talk as if everyone should already know everything so to have someone like you approach it as a mini class for each step really helps. Keep up the good work!
Thats great that you Love the detail, it makes it worth the effort.
I do quite like the new format, I'm quite eager to see more. Just great to see an experienced smith explain their craft as they're doing it.
+Lord Skitch Thank you. Is there anything in particular you would like to see?
+workingwithiron I'd say make whatever you like that you enjoy doing. I really like watching your process, and the explanations of what you were doing while you were doing it make the video perfect.
Long videos are the best man, it really shows the whole process instead of just little bits and pieces.
I prefer them also, people can always skip through them anyway. Cheers dude!
***** 👍
Very nice work, looking forward to seeing more forging videos.
That was just beautiful! As a guy joining the blacksmithing world, I can't even describe how much that helped me, thanks a lot!
You are more than welcome, its a great craft to get into. What sort of setup are you using at the moment?
"You can drop it if you want, that's optional", thanks for keeping it real and casual. Love the video and commentary!
Thank You Nathan, once I get my forge up and running ill see just how much I either learned or remembered. But your video is very informative.
Thank you for the lengths you went to explain it all in such detail. ❤️
You are very welcome I really enjoy making them this way. !
Nice design, the importance of heat control was well shown, thank you.
Working 'with' iron is a suitable name. You have remarkable hammer control and a keen eye for the way the metal moves over all anvil surfaces.Tap, tap, look, correct. The refinements you make to the project make this video one for repeated views. Thanks for the numerous tips and techniques mentioned or shown throughout.
This was beyond outstanding. Your patience an technique are excellent. You shared in a way that will really help me develop my own craft. I know I will improve my skills much faster as a result of watching you work and listening to your advice. Thank you ever so much. Hope you will be able to post more videos.
+Joseph Anderson Thank you joseph for the awesome comment, i will be doing more in this style from now on so stay tuned. Im so glad i can help with the craft for you, all the best!!
Nathan
Thank you so much for your help and the way you shared it. Beautiful work and clear demonstration!!! Have a great day. Julien
Thanks for the nice long video. I'm a blacksmith and I've made a fork like yours as well. A little different, but I liked how you expained it all. Always good to see another blacksmith at work. Good luck in your shop. Greetings, Fred Bos.🇱🇺⚒
it was a pleasure to watch you hand forge your toasting fork I learned a lot and the bottle opener on the end was a great idea it will Finnish of my companion set I have forged thanks a lot a 71 Year old Smith and still at it. seven days a week
Really enjoyed the master class, very well explained.
I know I am late to watching this but this is maybe the beast instructional video about forging I have seen yet - thanks Nathan!
You're more than welcome, glad you enjoyed it. It's quite hidden in the depths of RUclips so not many people find it anymore.
The comment at the end about the olive oil or the sausage fat was really helpfull
+Jake Eldridge it would be the same as curing a cast iron pot or pan,As long as its kept clean after every use and dried thoroughly it shouldn't rust in a hurry.
Great! 1 hour is like 15 min. Thank’s
Throughly enjoyed your video. Very good teaching skills, & the length of the video was excellent. Keep up the good work!
Thank you as I live in a three dimensional world.
Wow, Nathan thank you, probably the most in depth video available on something as simple as a toasting fork! Watched every minute of it and will probably watch it again! Its simple grass roots blacksmithing and covers so many basic skills that not many of the other Utube smiths emphsaise, thanks again mate!
I have been studying blacksmithing for a little over two years now and I have never seen someone explain hammer technique so well without explaining it at all. "Hit like this, use the heel of the hammer take it back a little bit then flatten it". Taper it a little bit...and flatten. "Hit it like this... flatten it. I will be saying this to myself next piece I forge. Great instructor, thanks.
first I learned some cool tricks from this one. Using the dull chisel in the cut of the fork was great; nice small radius. I use to use a small round file to cut out the sharp cut, your way is much better. As for the bottle opener, I use to use a rounded punch to make the tab, but had the issue of second strikes the tab would look sloppy, I love the small ball peen hammer. Great tip! The other thing I took away from the vid was that slow focused control is in the end faster than hitting it harder and trying to fix it later. Thanks for the depth of this video, it helped on several levels and different projects. I would love to see more of these kind of instruction vids! I'm very happy I join your channel. Cheers! Oh I know it's six years old, but I just saw it for the first time today!
You are teaching me how to mark the anvil and horn to the geometry and symmetry you are targeting. Thanks.
Just beginning and after trying to make something like this, I'm glad you covered the metal curling on the tines of the fork. That was a real pain and now I know how to fix it. Thanks!
+Mike Harlick They are fiddly little things to get right, but so simple when you know how. im glad i could teach you something new.
Skill level, hammer control, great step by step instructions !
Thank you !
Nice to see a face to the work Nathan :-). Well done on another nice project...keep em coming!!
+Chestnut Forge Cheers mate, you will see the tongs soon... i promise, i know its been a while but i will keep to my word for you.
Good job and loving the regional accent. You have a very easy style of presentation. I might try a few of these now the BBQ season approaches.
Thanks from Lancs.
Thank you very much for this great demonstration. Very well explained and very easy to understand. You have a great voice to listen to. Thank you very much!.
+Steve Larsen You are more than welcome, i really enjoyed filming this way as its easier without the editing but they end up as long videos which in this day is hard for people to watch. Thank you for the compliments Steve.
Thanks for your great work and your time. What I have learned by watching your video has been invaluable! You are a master. Thank you very much.
+Bryan Giron Thank you! Thats awesome to know i have shown you something new.
Very well done, amazing work my friend.
Most Excellent.... Thanks so much for taking the time to make these films
Thank you for watching! Hope it helps!
This is the first video I watched of yours. Thank you for taking the time and producing this. You are a natural teacher. I hope that you take some young men under your wing and show them how to create something out of some humble bar stock.
Keep up the good work and again, thank you!
Thanks so much Bruce! Hopefully one day in the not so distant future i will get a workshop big enough to teach within.
Best video I've seen. Excellent description of process and perfect camera positioning. Great audio as well. Oh, and a really great project.
+wayne lewis Thank you, Thank you and Thank you, thats great motivation for me to make more. so glad you enjoyed watching it as much as i enjoy making it.
Great work mate! This video came just in time, I just designed a barbecue set with forged spatula, fork and knife! Just have to wait for some new coal.
Nice job, learned a lot about detail, thanks
Awesome video brother! Love how you show start to finish instead fo cuttign it down to 3-4 minute vid. Thanks!
+Kevin Robertson interesting! do you preffer longer videos compared to the short spreed up ones?
You are a true craftsman sir .
The trick with the rounded chisel will help me alot. Thanks
+T Brown That makes it worth my time, thank you for letting me know!
masterclass!! well done :-)
+Seamus Geoghegan Thank you!
Exceptionally well made! Thanks!!
+Alexander Kühn Thanks for watching, makes it worthwhile.
Nice and easy to follow. Thanks! Good quality production too
Thank you, hope it helps somehow
Well done. Much appreciation from Seattle.
+Jiān 坚, Guō 郭 Wow, Thank you for watching in Seattle, Look Mom im in seattle LOL. Cheers mate!
I really enjoy your videos. Thanks. I love the little trick of using a rounded chisel at the apex of the chisel split. So simple, yet with a great purpose.
Excellent work sir. I learned a lot and enjoyed the video very much. Have a good day.
Thats great to hear you enjoyed it Connor, Thank you!
Regular videos would be really awesome!
+Denis Runev I'm on it!
Excellent Vids! looking forward to more!
Thanks Gavin, anything in particular you would like to see?
Great video hope to see more looking forward to trying this keep up the good work
+Dickie Green Thank you. When you get it done, please feel free to upload a pic and send me a link so i can see. i love seeing others work of what they have learned from the vids ive put out.
Cheers!
Great work!
Cheers!
great video .like your others videos as well .Good to see it slowed down in a steep by steep format ..
+Sean Salmon Cheers Shaun, did you find it easy enough to follow?
thank you so much. what nice fully explained step by step. I can't wait to try it. hope you make a lot more.
You are welcome, if you make one then please do post a pic to the facebook page, If you have facebook that is!
workingwithiron
Well done! Clearly explained. Now I want to make one.
+Tedd Harris Thank you Tedd, let me know how you get on, id love to see.
Ur videos are awsome! You do such a good job! U have taught me so much, and I appreciate it. Thank you!
+Jake Eldridge Thanks so much Jake, makes it worth my time if i can teach you something, Is there something in particular you would like to see?
This was really OUTSTANDING teaching lesson, enjoyable from the start to finish, not boring at all, almost sad when it was over, fantastic way to teach others the tricks of the trade, thank you bigtime, subbed immediately(will do big cleanup among some showoff channels that show you more teeth than fruitful information), looking forward to watching your every lesson, stay well !!!
Nice job ! Thanks for sharing !
That was a great vid my friend...Thanks for sharing...Take care...Rod
+walleyefishin rod You are more than welcome my friend, Please do share if you know others that will benefit from it. Cheers Rod!
Would love to see more in depth videos like this one! Enjoyed it very much. I have been knife smithing myself for a few and enjoy it. I am just now breaking into blacksmithing. Might give this one a shot thanks again.
Perfection thank you great video
What class amazing dude !!!
The best blacksmith videos are yours, rich in detail and very well explained.
Thank you for sharing and congratulations by the channel.
Big hug from Brazil
Health, Peace and Success ...
+Diogo "Kabulozous" WOW Diogo, what a compliment, thank you so much, that really means a lot and is great encouragement to keep on getting better at them as i go. Big hug back my friend, and to you too, Peace :)
Thank you so much for this detailed instructional video! My grandfather was a very talented blacksmith who made everything out if steel including knife and fork sets for carving roast turkeys. I was too young to learn from him before he died, but am now learning from you!
I like how you explained everything in detail each step of the way. I learned so much. Thank you.
Watched the whole thing. (I'm old enough to have a decent attention span... ;-) )Thank you, very instructional. You have a good relaxed manner which is easy to follow. I am just finishing off building my own small Smithy, and this will be going on my list to make. I am a Novice and help like this is greatly appreciated. I'll post a video on my channel when I make one and reference you as the source.
P.S. It would have been good if you had opened a celebratory bottle with the opener! :-)
Thank you for the great tutorial! This will be my next project and I'm looking forward to it.
Fantastic really enjoyed the video. It looks beautiful I hope I can try to make one for myself soon.
+Buckrun11 Thanks a lot for enjoying it so. Let me know how you get on and if you are on facebook, please do post a picture up of the finished fork on the workingwithiron page for all to see.
Thanks so much! Great video!
+Aaron Nelson Thank You!
Well I made two forks for camping , they look like your forks just no way near as smooth or straight but they will work, thanks for showing us how to do this project. The bottle opener was tough , I need a bigger drift.
More than welcome Randy, its always a pleasure. How big was the drift you used? all you need to do is widen the hole enough to get it onto the bick to forge.
Great video, well done.
+steve “Smokey” thompson Cheers Smokey!
amazing work watched it twice I've just made an anvil from rail track and I need to build a forge then I'm away .learnt a lot keep forging regards martin.
Never watched you before but I love the way your doing this constantly explaining what to do and why like your teaching a class. For young people today need the teaching of the older ones even if it’s just for tips on how to do things or rectify a problem.
The fact that you tape and upload is a fantastic thing sharing the wealth of knowledge.🤔
Very informative and inspiring. Can't wait to move some steel !
Cheers Alex, Get to it! Its great fun!
Hey Nathan! Thank you very much for this very detailed video! I love your kind and calm manner of explaining what you do. It's a real pleasure listening to you and watching you work. I have just stopped doing what I did before and have been absolutely entranced for over an hour. I would just love to be your apprentice. :)
Thanks again and keep up the inspiring work!
Cheers!
Just need to practice more and slow down , the drift was big enough to get over the bick , but I'll get there one day, my son loves them and that's all that matter, he loves the bottle opener a lot, cheers
Brilliant,really impressive
Thank you!
Thank you, I just made a fork for the first time, then watched this video and saw a few things I did different but a lot harder. Thanks for the hindsight and hammer on brother . The things I learned was using the dull chisel and wetting the butcher's block brush.
awesome video I learned quite a bit liked how you said the Americas measurements I'll be making this soon and thank you so much for your knowledge I've watched a few of your videos and every time I gain insight thanks again
+Andrew Dreger Thank you!! I am trying to incorporate the different systems and its also teaching me along the way so we all win. Is this style something you would like to see continued?
Thats awesome win win Yeah I enjoyed it alot i watched it all in one sitting and I really liked being able to see you work every step
Great learning, great experience, this video is complete to form news forgers and i thank you for the opportunity to watch. I strongly recomu end to the people that is searching for what to do with your time instead iphone or to chase Pokemon Go... Thank you. Great video. Otimo aprendizado, grande experiência, este vídeo é completo para formar novos forjadores e eu agradeço a oportunidade de assisti-lo. Eu fortemente recomendo para as pessoas que não sabem o que fazer com seu tempo, exceto caçar Pokemons Go por aí. Obrigado. Grande vídeo.
THANK YOU!!
That is a nice peice of work.....
+Ravindran Arumugam Thank you!
You're videos have amazing production quality and you have immense potential!
I follow quite a few blacksmithing channels and I have to say you are one of the best. I believe that if you were to shorten the length of your videos to condense the information and quality, you would be able to climb the RUclips chain very quickly!
Keep up the hard work!
Thank You Isaac, thats great to hear you like the content.
I understand what you mean but i enjoy making them the thing is with youtube is there is a lot of shit on here, a lot of popular channels have shit content from my perspective and my view. and its easy enough to climb the Chain as you put it but it becomes a quality issue as it will flood the place with blacksmithing vids i think of lesser quality just to have more videos up which only get a few thousand views in a lifetime, whereas good quality lengthy vids get 10's of thousands of views or hundreds of thousands of views unless you have the subscriber count.
Saying that im happy with what i have so far, 15000+ great subscribers that im very grateful for, a few videos i think 12 in total and nearly a million views, i never set out to be a youtuber or a youtube whore i just wanted to help a few people out and put some quality up rather than the shite i was watching before i started making vids. Now there are some good content makers with good skills so ive sort of stepped back and relaxed a bit knowing now the bar is set higher so there is less disimformation on here for beginners and the likes.
When i get a new workshop i will be making a lot more content as im not happy with filming in my dingy little shop as its not pleasing to the eye for me, thats the main reason. But until ive saved up enough to start renting a bigger place i will keep it the same and upload now and then when i can and if i think youtube needs it. There is only so much content one can make until it starts to get repeated and boring for the viewers.
i used to follow a vlogger and after a month or so it was the same thing everyday and i ended up turning off for a couple of days as it was predictable, something i will stay away from after that i went back and it was not enjoyable so never watched again.
Its a tough place to keep people happy here, the higher you get the longer the fall but i guess it would help for a gofundme with more subs and more content to get a bigger workshop rather than doing 7day weeks and 12 hour days to fund it.
Thanks for the comment and so sorry for the ramble, this is my views on this youtube platform and my channel.
Cheers mate!
Nathan
awesome work!
Very nice!
Thanks for the detailed description! I'm learning!
Just Brilliant....Thank You
You are welcome my friend!!
I can't tell you well enough how much I appreciate your videos. They are by far the most informative/instructional videos I've come upon involving the blacksmith craft. I'd say you are the "weld monger/Jody" of blacksmithing. If you're not familiar with Jody from Welding Tips and Tricks then you won't fully appreciate the compliment but I hope you do!
no ego just pure skill.....loved watching.....again
Great vid!
Great job
Excellent videos! Great job explaining!
Great vid. Informative, enjoyed watching your technique. and that is a really nice hammer as well.
What a pleasure to watch great video keep them coming.
Thanks for your time and effort to share your knowledge. The information has been wonderful and extremely helpful. Thanks again.
Thanks again! I enjoy making them!
Thank you for showing this video
Once again man, fine work! Seems across the several blacksmithing channels to which I subscribe, your level of attention to detail is highest to be sure. I'll be giving this fork a go - perhaps from a railroad spike...not sure if there's enough material there but we'll see. Thanks for the vid!
+Vernon James Wow, Thank you for the kind words. Plenty of stock in a railroad spike for tongs but id recommend either welding the head into itself or cutting it off. just use the thick end for the working end and you should be fine. Let me know how you got on
awesome !!!
absolutely beautiful, I want one
You are a master.
Not yet, maybe one day when i am close to retiring, still a beginner.
Excellent!
Thanks Jim!
Awesome video thank you
That's amazing. The method you used to stop the crack with the chisel is new and informative to me. I like the ball peen hammer tip and the care instructions. Thank you.
Mouthhug Please I
Hello from Norway
Brilliant, learning a lot from your video’s.
Thanks a lot.