i found alec steele..now i found brian brazeal.the hammer machine.iv watched 20 vids and have yet to see him use an 4 inch grinder even once..good stuff
This video has saved me at least one tank of LP a day. Amazing how much more rapidly material moves by merely adjusting my strike point over an inch or so. Thank you very much.
Great vid very helpful but the only problem is i don't have a anvil i have a tree stump will it do the job of an anvil until i can get one im very new to forging.
Brian Brazeal it looks like your really moving some metal with each blow. I am a begginer and found some three quarter round, I would get it nearly yellow and beat the snot out of it trying to draw and taper it. Do you think its just a hard piece of steale?
Hi Brian, thank you for this video. It looks as if you are switching the face of the hammer with each strike, but it is hard to tell. If this is the case, can you explain why? I am imagining it is the spread the heat across both faces of the hammer, but then considered that perhaps one face is different and you are using it to different effect. Maybe there is audio with this video and I just couldn't hear it. Thanks again.
Great Skill and workmanship makes this look oh so easy! But it ain't! Talk about a fine touch... Thanks for sharing your talent! Roy Lewis Buffalo, New York USA
@99pppo Hello, thank you! Brian has been forging over 100,000 hours and has rediscovered and perfected the forging techniques that he now shares in his classes and videos.
Outstanding, Brian! I am forwarding links two some of your videos to a beginner friend of mine, so she can see how basic hand forging SHOULD be done. May I offer one idea? If you leave the blob on the tip as a blob until the very end of the final heat you will only have to work the point once, so it will be less likely to crumble from overwork or cold working. If you notice in the video, by the time you got to the end of the "rounding" the tip was long since dark, and therefore in the "crumble zone" temperature-wise. Anyway, great technique, awesome video!
jody333, I syart the transition from the bar to thetaper with the flat side of my hammer then switch to the round side to reduce surface area contact to move the metal fastter and keep it hotter. Then I will switch back to the flats to planish and take off edges.
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I love it. As a beginner smith, I am always looking for the right methodology for efficient forging. Thank you for this video🙌🏻
Great vid!
Its nice to see you posting on your idols videos just like so many people now, including me, do with yours! :D
Wow. I have been forging tapers backwards all this time. you do make it look easy. thanks for the class
i found alec steele..now i found brian brazeal.the hammer machine.iv watched 20 vids and have yet to see him use an 4 inch grinder even once..good stuff
A true master always makes it look easy
These are all acceptable techniques that just take understanding and practice. Try them out they really work well.
its always amazing to watch you work sir.you make it look so easy!
Great job Brian, It's always informative watching you forge
This video has saved me at least one tank of LP a day. Amazing how much more rapidly material moves by merely adjusting my strike point over an inch or so. Thank you very much.
man and hammer in perfect harmony!!!! Thanks
you sir have hammer finesse. thanks for the video.
You just did in 1 heat what took me hours to should've watched this first oh well live & learn great videos thanks
Great vid very helpful but the only problem is i don't have a anvil i have a tree stump will it do the job of an anvil until i can get one im very new to forging.
Brian Brazeal it looks like your really moving some metal with each blow. I am a begginer and found some three quarter round, I would get it nearly yellow and beat the snot out of it trying to draw and taper it. Do you think its just a hard piece of steale?
Hi Brian, thank you for this video. It looks as if you are switching the face of the hammer with each strike, but it is hard to tell. If this is the case, can you explain why? I am imagining it is the spread the heat across both faces of the hammer, but then considered that perhaps one face is different and you are using it to different effect. Maybe there is audio with this video and I just couldn't hear it. Thanks again.
I am making a scent stopper pommel for a sword that I have forged out and was looking for a few tips on tapering large diameter round steel. Thanks.
Video consultation can be arranged. Email Brianbrazealblacksmith@gmail.com
@TheBlacksmithJosh
Thanks Josh, look forward to forging with you in Ontario!
Great Skill and workmanship makes this look oh so easy! But it ain't! Talk about a fine touch...
Thanks for sharing your talent!
Roy Lewis Buffalo, New York USA
I can´t see one mistake. Great videos! You are very skilled!!!
@rlewis1946
Thanks for the kind words words Roy! Brian teaches these techniques in his classes.
Be right back; I'm just gonna go throw my forge in the creek now.
@99pppo
Hello, thank you! Brian has been forging over 100,000 hours and has rediscovered and perfected the forging techniques that he now shares in his classes and videos.
Brian Brazeal when I go from 4 to 8 to round sometimes my work seems to fold and also the tip of the taper splits. What am I doing wrong?
He taught Alec Steele
Outstanding, Brian! I am forwarding links two some of your videos to a beginner friend of mine, so she can see how basic hand forging SHOULD be done. May I offer one idea? If you leave the blob on the tip as a blob until the very end of the final heat you will only have to work the point once, so it will be less likely to crumble from overwork or cold working. If you notice in the video, by the time you got to the end of the "rounding" the tip was long since dark, and therefore in the "crumble zone" temperature-wise. Anyway, great technique, awesome video!
Dam nice .pat from Belgium 🔪
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jody333, I syart the transition from the bar to thetaper with the flat side of my hammer then switch to the round side to reduce surface area contact to move the metal fastter and keep it hotter. Then I will switch back to the flats to planish and take off edges.
I wonder how he would be able to do a distal taper on a sword
Forging any taper it is best to be smarter than the piece of steel.;) It is all about surface area contact.
Is it just me who has no audio?
John Wawrysh I don't know what happened to the sound.
dont be rash! come take a class!...Karen