@@Bifrostforge22 oh i believe ya, it is hard haha. Im going to be making a multiple part series on restoring my Fairbanks power hammer in the next few months so ill be on the struggle bus with ya
Happy I found your channel man. Just setting up my own smithy now and am about to follow along with Black bear Forges first suggestion on making a bunch of hooks and leaves at first to work on skill work and hammer control. Thought about documenting my own journey of figuring this out too. I like how you have taken the time to describe your experience from your own beginners perspective too. Any advice on how someone would do a hook like this without a jig? Assuming I just get to stick with the horn until I can somehow make a jig like yours.
That’s awesome! It’s incredibly addictive. Without a jig you can definitely do exactly the same thing, it just takes a little more patience. I’d watch some videos on good scrolling techniques to help. I do have a video on that I’ll see if I can share. But just take your time and keep adjusting until you get it to look the way you want.
ruclips.net/user/shortsz84VeIH3peU?si=WhylwOWVE-CguIWH In this video you can see how I start the scroll and lift my tong hand up as I work the scroll towards myself. That will help keep it nice and even.
Я пересмотрел за последние 10 лет сотню видео о том как выковать крючок. Ваше - одно из самых лучших. Спасибо.
Thank you so much!
Nice clear video, well done 👍🏻
Thank you! I’m trying to get better at making decent videos and it’s harder than you’d think lol.
@@Bifrostforge22 oh i believe ya, it is hard haha. Im going to be making a multiple part series on restoring my Fairbanks power hammer in the next few months so ill be on the struggle bus with ya
Well that will be awesome and definitely worth documenting.
Thanks mate.
You're welcome!
Hey, just found your channel. Nice work! Is that one of Brian’s keyed anvils or did you forge it out? I like the horn profile.
Thank you! This is one actually made by Andrew Larson. But it’s that same style. I love it.
Happy I found your channel man. Just setting up my own smithy now and am about to follow along with Black bear Forges first suggestion on making a bunch of hooks and leaves at first to work on skill work and hammer control. Thought about documenting my own journey of figuring this out too. I like how you have taken the time to describe your experience from your own beginners perspective too. Any advice on how someone would do a hook like this without a jig? Assuming I just get to stick with the horn until I can somehow make a jig like yours.
That’s awesome! It’s incredibly addictive. Without a jig you can definitely do exactly the same thing, it just takes a little more patience. I’d watch some videos on good scrolling techniques to help. I do have a video on that I’ll see if I can share. But just take your time and keep adjusting until you get it to look the way you want.
ruclips.net/user/shortsz84VeIH3peU?si=WhylwOWVE-CguIWH
In this video you can see how I start the scroll and lift my tong hand up as I work the scroll towards myself. That will help keep it nice and even.
Great video, working on some rat tail knives and this helped a lot. What anvil are you using?
That’s great to hear! This is a mild steel keyed anvil that Andrew Larson made.
Nice pipe, what blend do you prefer?
I really like this Casey Jones Hero’s blend a lot. I’m not an expert on pipes at all though.