As an amateur blacksmith I love how you didn't just use generic footage of a man hitting metal but actually show things being made. Blacksmithing really is an art, this song really encompasses that beauty. Thanks
To those who dont know the amazing context for this song. blacksmithing requires a true rhythm to, you have to in order to make the blade evenly balanced. the two on the side strike the anvil to make it bounce up so the blacksmith doesnt have to lift it so hard. This song uses that timing and some of the rhythm to these motions
I have never heard of or seen such a hammer and i don't know if it was just how i was taught but i'm pretty sure bouncing your hammer after every strike would actually interrupt your rhythm and make you a lot slower, ik some blacksmiths do it when turning your piece but that is more to keep you strikes in time once you're in a rhythm so you can keep your flow if you're not used to turning your piece as fast but none of my blacksmith friends or i have ever done that. no hate intended just don't want misinformation going about. please inform me with links to stuff if i got any of this wrong
@@fujin657 so specifically it’s the rounding hammer that has the curve, and yes you don’t bounce every strike but the other key that I misunderstood is that tapping the anvil with the hammer to make it bounce to the rhythm. Source for is “why tap the anvil” by thecoaldragonforge
@@TheLocomono9 ok cool yeah it was definitely how i was taught then 'cus i was taught to not hit the anvil so i was just taught a different method of rhythm and how to keep it. thank you for informing me always cool to learn something new.
Blacksmith here. I usually use a 3-1 rythm - so three strikes to my piece followed by one on the anvil. I do that for two reasons: For one it bounces back and helps me lifts the hammer, as you have said in the replies. Secondly I use the non-working time to assess where I have to hit next, which at least for me is the more important aspect. What I have not heard is a hammer with a seperate striking side for hitting the anvil, and I also would know the purpose. As the sides of the hammer often aren't - or at least not quite as- hardened as the front and the back it wouldn't bounce as well.
Was once working in a smithy loved the smell of metal and fire in the air it was amplified as well since the smithy was in a basement with just one window
My mare doesn’t require hot fit shoes, but to hear a farrier shape bar stock iron into custom shoes for a horse is a real treat. A journeyman level farrier is amazing to watch, plying their craft...and the music and rhythm of the anvil is different than shown here. It's truly a dying art. Thanks TLJ for a great song! ⚓️⚒️🔥💕🐴💕
I just wanted to say thanks for choosing the anchor. I've seen plenty of swords forged on television, and more than a few horseshoes in history and Renaissance faires, but I've never seen an anchor forged from scratch before
This song is amazing. Coal forges are more of a pain in the ass to work with than a gas one, but the feeling of satisfaction when the work is done goes up significantly.
I greatly prefer coal. Better control of the oxidixing, reducing and neutral parts of the flame. And gas forges just will not allow you to things like decent sized 90 degree bends
@@toddellner5283 You just need a blue flame to heat up the metal, but having an oxygen bottle could help with cutting excess metal off when you're finished forging something.
@@ColtonRMagbyTradesmen Take Pride in Their Work . I'd tell my plumbing apprentices to never do work they wouldn't be proud to have someone see their name on it in 20 years and I'd sign it on the Main.
I strive to build a company with the spirit of the first-half of the song, and the resilience to protect us all from the second-half. It's hard work, and I doubt I'm going to become rich. But if all my friends and colleagues can be proud of what we accomplish, truly proud and watch it change the world around us for the better, it'll be worth all my sweat, blood, and tears. Being late-diagnosed autistic, this song just resonates with all my life's experiences. So many Big Feelings right now....
Massive props to you folks for making a whole song dedicated to one group of people who basically made life possible in countless communities throughout the world over.
Dave isn't dead though? They announced his departure from the band, and wished him well in future endeavors. That's not the kind of message I would make if someone died, at least.
This came out at the perfect time for when I was painting some walls. Rhythm to the painting definitely made it more enjoyable and faster. Brush-brush-brush in an "N" shape, and then from top to bottom using the "N" with the most paint to spread it all evenly.
and there's nothing more american than a song about making weapons well... maybe school shootings but eh, those aren't as prominent as some would lead you to believe
@@Speed001 Mostly herding documents, making sure production has the drawings and spec sheets they need to hit management's deadlines. And cursing the marketing team for constantly blasting pics of prototypes out to customers before we know if we can make the product at scale as designed.
i absolutely love this song and what i love even more is that the music video is nothing but a jacked blacksmith doing his thing. simplicity leads to purity.
Thank you. I was fortunate to be taught by Frank Turley, a blacksmith and anthropologist. This rings true. Iron is the framework of the earth. I'm still working on being worthy of my anvil.
How did you know I was singing this earlier today? Or did I know this video was going to happen? Something psychic must have been involved, surely. Anyway, I'm super hyped! This is such a great song.
@@joeross8863 I hadn't sung it in some weeks, I keep forgetting which songs I know and like to sing. So it was more of an interesting coincidence that I remembered it today. But it's definitely one that deserves to be sung all the time.
This is the first time I’ve come privy to this songs existence, and now that makes me a bit sad… That said, I could not have asked for a better introduction to it! A banger to be sure.
@@Otatsuke Good thing you found it though. They have a live video of it too, from one of their gigs. It's pretty great. Banger is definitely the right word for this one :D
That was cool! (I didn't mean to write that in Magpie's voice, but that's how I read it now) Great song, great hammering, great anchor for the sea. Or for the studio, I guess. Very impressive, October 10th, quite adequate. Also imagine this as a community song, with lots of different visuals for the hammering sounds.
This is easily my favorite song you guys have done. It reminds me of my first DnD character, who started a blacksmith, but was exiled and called to war. He still wishes to return to the simple life of smithing, though that really isn't possible anymore.
Ahhhh, I’d been waiting for a version of this with a forge to watch. I would watch craftsfolk at their trade for hours, I think that’s part of why I love this song so much
Agreed! I actually mentioned that a couple of months ago (in the Wayfaring Stranger video), and got a reply that they had an idea for a video for Ashes. So hopefully it'll happen at some point.
An excellent song for a noble trade, my dad used to work with metal and as a hobby he did some blacksmithing he was also part of a historical reenactment group made some good stuff even a chainmail shirt or two. I miss those days, sadly I’ve always only been good at Illustration and painting, well I was.
The hammer is truly the most noble of tools. I know swords are more frequently associated with nobility and heroism, but what use is a sword without a war to fight or an enemy to slay? In times of war, the hammer can shatter wood, stone, and steel as easily as bone. In times of peace it can be used to clear away the debris from the battlefield and build new homes and tools.
I wanted to learn how to forge a blade, but I never had put forth the effort in signing up for classes. I learn best hands-on and something inside me calls out to be a blacksmith like it's my calling from an unknown past life and deep in my soul crying out to learn. I'd love to learn enchanting from the Greek Goddess of Magic and use metals nearly unheard of by the Modern mortals... P.S. I'm being very straightforward with this and I have a constant desire to pursue learning the Forge.
I like how the rhythm is at a certain tempo where it keeps the tempo. So like when you hit a anvil, the hammer, kind of bounces back up and a lot of blacksmiths kind of use that to minimize the energy spent as constantly hammering on up anvil with those repetitive motions can get tiring pretty quickly, but if they take advantage of the momentum that is already there. They can conserve energy and work for longer. Plus its very hot and sweaty in a forge
Too warm actually. You'll also notice no gloves are worn. If a spark gets on you you brush it off. If it gets in a leather glove you won't get it off for several seconds, or notice until it has burned a hole through it if it lands outside. If you wear a plastic fiber glove heavens help ye when it melts to your skin. It's a safety issue. A few small first degree burns is better than one third degree burn any day.
@@SAOS451316 The joke is that blacksmiths are always asking if they can buy half a dozen lefth-handed gloves... I do 19th century crafts and historical interpretation for the national park service with historically accurate clothes thanks to the seamstress and the archaeologist. Most of the tradespeople wear cotton shirts. The smiths wear double-weight wool since it provides decent protection against sparks.
@@toddellner5283 Ah the ever-burning punch and chisel hand yes. I've done some smithing as a hobby and one of the first things I made were handled top tools so I specifically don't keep touching the red-hot workpiece lol. It's going to depend on the weather, the work, and preferences but yes you do see records of thick clothing! If you're making nails and horseshoes the radiant heat will be less than if you're forging an anchor chain or heavy machine parts. With wrought iron and mild steel you shouldn't be getting many sparks unless you're forge welding. If you're a smith in Australia you'll have a different opinion on shirts than a smith in Scotland. My work area is outside and being topless is frowned upon by the coppers (the gay ladies approve though lol), so I just wear a work shirt and a leather apron.
Thought it was gunna be a sea-shanty-i-fied version of Between the Hammer and the Anvil by Judas Priest, which still sounds dope, but this was also very cool.
Absolutely marvelous. Breathtaking work. I love smithing and I love me some good singing. Put em together and you have art. It actually reminds me of some poetry I wrote. It really speaks to me.
"hey so we're hiring you to make a statue of a general" "Got it" *months later* "Here you go" "He wasn't a black smith" "It's a noble art" "We didn't pay you to make a self portrait." "Oh so now you're taking my soul!" "What."
There is a humble RUclips channel named Surap or something like that. This guy is a modern blacksmith from Ukraine who works with interesting and rare sorts of steel and also makes his own custom reworks of steel, to create interesting and gorgeous Damascus steel blades. And this song is perfect for his chennel as an anthem. Thank you for this song, it was gorgeous
Very cool. Yeah, takes a man with a heart and deep soul to be a good blacksmith. My Uncle was a blacksmith of sorts. Although he used modern welding technology and such. He still have a hammer, an anvil and a forge. For those times when he'd have to make a part from scratch.
No! If I recognize it, it's from the "Roll Alabama" video (woke from a dream the other with "Roll on Northumbria" stuck in my head, and I got the titles mixed up)
No instruments, but the clear ringing of the anvil, struck by a hammer. Hypnotic and beautiful!
Fun fact: An Anvil is a percussion instrument that is used in several music pieces from the 19th century.
And you should see it in concert using a used beer keg and other recuperation stuff to use it as anvil
woah I didn't even notice there wasn't any instrument's till I read this 😯
@@Fredministratorstill prefer the break drum sound compared to an anvil
I think it sounds more anvil like than an anvil if that makes any sense
Instruments can be anything, not just the traditional sense.
As an amateur blacksmith I love how you didn't just use generic footage of a man hitting metal but actually show things being made. Blacksmithing really is an art, this song really encompasses that beauty. Thanks
Wish I could learn it but where I live I cannot. I’d love to make my own sword or spear
@@Hockey-gn2tj I might be able to if your interested?
You successfully hit metal 17 times, so you are now proud owner of this photograph of motorcar.
@@floydthomas5562 fair enough
@@floydthomas5562 but property is theft
To those who dont know the amazing context for this song. blacksmithing requires a true rhythm to, you have to in order to make the blade evenly balanced. the two on the side strike the anvil to make it bounce up so the blacksmith doesnt have to lift it so hard. This song uses that timing and some of the rhythm to these motions
I have never heard of or seen such a hammer and i don't know if it was just how i was taught but i'm pretty sure bouncing your hammer after every strike would actually interrupt your rhythm and make you a lot slower, ik some blacksmiths do it when turning your piece but that is more to keep you strikes in time once you're in a rhythm so you can keep your flow if you're not used to turning your piece as fast but none of my blacksmith friends or i have ever done that.
no hate intended just don't want misinformation going about.
please inform me with links to stuff if i got any of this wrong
@@fujin657 so specifically it’s the rounding hammer that has the curve, and yes you don’t bounce every strike but the other key that I misunderstood is that tapping the anvil with the hammer to make it bounce to the rhythm. Source for is “why tap the anvil” by thecoaldragonforge
@@TheLocomono9 ok cool yeah it was definitely how i was taught then 'cus i was taught to not hit the anvil so i was just taught a different method of rhythm and how to keep it.
thank you for informing me always cool to learn something new.
@@fujin657 cool happy to have helped
Blacksmith here. I usually use a 3-1 rythm - so three strikes to my piece followed by one on the anvil. I do that for two reasons: For one it bounces back and helps me lifts the hammer, as you have said in the replies. Secondly I use the non-working time to assess where I have to hit next, which at least for me is the more important aspect. What I have not heard is a hammer with a seperate striking side for hitting the anvil, and I also would know the purpose. As the sides of the hammer often aren't - or at least not quite as- hardened as the front and the back it wouldn't bounce as well.
Probably my favorite song from this album so I'm very happy to see it represented on the channel! Adequate work, lads.
High praise indeed
"Much as I know the hammer is a nobler thing to wield"
Godbert Manderville approves
Ah a true Mandeville man I see
Bring out the salamander oil!
as does Roran Garrowsson
I've been thinking of getting into hand woodcarving, I'm going to carve that line in oak.
@@archdornan3694A fellow man of culture. Well met.
We have a working blacksmith shop in my museum. I can smell this video. 😂
There's a living history museum where I live and the little smith shop always smells like a campfire
Was once working in a smithy loved the smell of metal and fire in the air it was amplified as well since the smithy was in a basement with just one window
❤
Hephaestus's theme song
Or Vulcan’s
My mare doesn’t require hot fit shoes, but to hear a farrier shape bar stock iron into custom shoes for a horse is a real treat. A journeyman level farrier is amazing to watch, plying their craft...and the music and rhythm of the anvil is different than shown here. It's truly a dying art. Thanks TLJ for a great song! ⚓️⚒️🔥💕🐴💕
My blacksmithing teacher taught me this song the difference was he always said " So I stuck a hammer out his arse while an anvil he did stride" 😂
Haha I think I like those lyrics better 😅
That would certainly explain the pushback from the army a bit better.
because that is the actual lyrics. LJ just try to make it family friendly lol
I just wanted to say thanks for choosing the anchor. I've seen plenty of swords forged on television, and more than a few horseshoes in history and Renaissance faires, but I've never seen an anchor forged from scratch before
This song is amazing. Coal forges are more of a pain in the ass to work with than a gas one, but the feeling of satisfaction when the work is done goes up significantly.
I greatly prefer coal. Better control of the oxidixing, reducing and neutral parts of the flame. And gas forges just will not allow you to things like decent sized 90 degree bends
@@toddellner5283 You could always just use a torch at the bend point.
That is definitely an option. I'll need to think of getting an oxygen tank.@@ColtonRMagby
@@toddellner5283 You just need a blue flame to heat up the metal, but having an oxygen bottle could help with cutting excess metal off when you're finished forging something.
@@ColtonRMagbyTradesmen Take Pride in Their Work .
I'd tell my plumbing apprentices to never do work they wouldn't be proud to have someone see their name on it in 20 years and I'd sign it on the Main.
I strive to build a company with the spirit of the first-half of the song, and the resilience to protect us all from the second-half. It's hard work, and I doubt I'm going to become rich. But if all my friends and colleagues can be proud of what we accomplish, truly proud and watch it change the world around us for the better, it'll be worth all my sweat, blood, and tears.
Being late-diagnosed autistic, this song just resonates with all my life's experiences. So many Big Feelings right now....
Massive props to you folks for making a whole song dedicated to one group of people who basically made life possible in countless communities throughout the world over.
RIP Dave.... Sometimes I still hear him sing 😢
Dave isn't dead though? They announced his departure from the band, and wished him well in future endeavors. That's not the kind of message I would make if someone died, at least.
@@barnstormer546 it's a running joke they have on stream. They do the same for josh aswell
you scared me for a second there, be careful what you say please
@@hadeez2651💀
This came out at the perfect time for when I was painting some walls. Rhythm to the painting definitely made it more enjoyable and faster.
Brush-brush-brush in an "N" shape, and then from top to bottom using the "N" with the most paint to spread it all evenly.
Nothing more British than making tea on a forge fire
I just noticed that 😮😅
Or the blacksmith lighting my clay pipe with an ember from his forge!
and there's nothing more american than a song about making weapons well... maybe school shootings but eh, those aren't as prominent as some would lead you to believe
There is literally a published book “the blacksmith’s cookbook” 1986. “Well I got the fire, meat smells better than sulphur”
As a young engineer this song hits hard. The gods of war want me bad, but they can't have me.
What are you doing in your field?
@@Speed001 Consumer manufacturing, but my university focus was robotics. As you can imagine, I've gotten a lot of emails from Raytheon and the like.
@@EnsignGeneric Ah, mechatronics. What's that like? Processes and quality control I imagine.
@@Speed001 Mostly herding documents, making sure production has the drawings and spec sheets they need to hit management's deadlines. And cursing the marketing team for constantly blasting pics of prototypes out to customers before we know if we can make the product at scale as designed.
@EnsignGeneric ahaha, classic marketing. My specialty is CAD stuff.
i absolutely love this song and what i love even more is that the music video is nothing but a jacked blacksmith doing his thing. simplicity leads to purity.
Is there a word for nostalgia you never felt?
A longing for the Old Days that you weren't around to see
Hiraeth.
Romanticism
There is a word for it. It’s called anemoia I think.
A longing for a time or place you have never personally known.
I don't know. Man I with there was one.
❤
next thing you know they’re going to sing "When The Hammer Falls".
YES
My grandpa passed recently and left me his fordge. I learned the basics of blacksmithing recently and am looking forward to putting his forsge to use
If he has anything, should add it to the first forge lighting.
Something small that you feel holds his soul in some way.
A tradition of sorts
As a tradesmith, this song gives me so much joy. If people only knew how much they count on us.
I didn't expect him to actually be making an anker
Man this song is soooo good, I wish the anvil hits had more bass though - other than that, one of my fav songs and its sung so well!
Kudos to them for keeping the anvil sounds accurate
Thank you. I was fortunate to be taught by Frank Turley, a blacksmith and anthropologist. This rings true. Iron is the framework of the earth. I'm still working on being worthy of my anvil.
I haven’t been able to do any smithing since school started up again but this song warms my heart almost as much as the forge does
this is the most beutiful song that has ever blessed my ears
If you are a blacksmith reading this comment, may Hephaestus bless you!
May you strike true
May your forge burn hot, your hammer fall hard and true, and your quenches never bend
@@holdendrake4403 Thank you. Perhaps one day I will take up the forge
@@eragonawesomeThank you
May glory and good harvest find you brother
this is the best genre of music, stuff that sounds like ACTUAL work music youd hear at the time
How did you know I was singing this earlier today? Or did I know this video was going to happen? Something psychic must have been involved, surely. Anyway, I'm super hyped! This is such a great song.
@@joeross8863 I hadn't sung it in some weeks, I keep forgetting which songs I know and like to sing. So it was more of an interesting coincidence that I remembered it today. But it's definitely one that deserves to be sung all the time.
Something psychic going 'round - was listening to some filk and this song just crossed my mind - and hey, new video for it, still fresh.
They must be magic, its the only explination. I was thinking the same thing when they released their version of big iron.
This is the first time I’ve come privy to this songs existence, and now that makes me a bit sad…
That said, I could not have asked for a better introduction to it! A banger to be sure.
@@Otatsuke Good thing you found it though. They have a live video of it too, from one of their gigs. It's pretty great. Banger is definitely the right word for this one :D
The fire burning in the background with the hammer strikes so simple it's beautiful
That was cool! (I didn't mean to write that in Magpie's voice, but that's how I read it now) Great song, great hammering, great anchor for the sea. Or for the studio, I guess. Very impressive, October 10th, quite adequate.
Also imagine this as a community song, with lots of different visuals for the hammering sounds.
That would be so cool!
This was very good 👍🏼 I loved how the story was the blacksmith making something-an anchor- and not just random moments of his day of smithing ⚒️
I took a blacksmithing class recently where we made some nails and I hummed this was one of the four songs I hummed the whole time.
Our Lads just Droped the most hard hitting Song. This was fier❤🔥🔥🔥🔥
This is easily my favorite song you guys have done. It reminds me of my first DnD character, who started a blacksmith, but was exiled and called to war. He still wishes to return to the simple life of smithing, though that really isn't possible anymore.
Ahhhh, I’d been waiting for a version of this with a forge to watch. I would watch craftsfolk at their trade for hours, I think that’s part of why I love this song so much
This feels like it wandered out of an blacksmith in Middle-earth or Númenór or something, very awesome song
Honestly one of my favorites from TLJ. So glad to see a music video for it
0% nudity
0% profanity
0% drugs
100% Smithing
Man, I hear you, but I always want to sing. "They'll take your hammer, take your anvil, take your bloody soul!'
Smithing is way hotter than any amount of nudity anyway.
@@predwin1998quite literally
So glad to hear Dave's voice was included. And now you have an anchor! Do you get to keep it?
They performed this the other day during their segment on Desert Bus for Hope and can confirm, they still have the anchor!
Beautiful
We need a music video for Ashes
We really do! My favourite from Cures What Ails Ya, and one of the few that hasn’t had the video treatment yet.
Agreed! I actually mentioned that a couple of months ago (in the Wayfaring Stranger video), and got a reply that they had an idea for a video for Ashes. So hopefully it'll happen at some point.
Excellent new video to a terrific song guys! Next project: get Disney to let you use Mandalorian footage of the Armorer at her forge... EPIC!
To quote a dwarf, may these wepons be whealdied with wisdom and and may they be put down when the dead is done
A real anvil finally? lol
I just started blacksmithing myself so this makes me happy to see
That is VERY cool! Do you do a RUclips channel?
@@Cry_Havoc I do not. And it's not like I'm good enough to be interesting to watch. But if you wanna see a cool blacksmith look up Torbjörn Åhman
Great to hear such skills are being kept alive!
@@moragmckay3779 Can't let the traditional crafts die 💪🏼
It's much more fullfilling to make things the old way
Welcome to your new ADHD support group! We all get our little does of neurotransmitters every time the hammer hits the workpiece!
I personally gave this song enough views to warrant a music video.
Not exaggerating. It's in my, rather short, daily Playlist. In the 10ks at least 😂
In that case, we thank you for your service! XD
Great video, I love watching blacksmithing work and the song is great as always
1:06 Woah, who's this guy? He's great! You should make him a member of the band.
LOL, agree, but he served his apprenticeship very nobly. Let him fly free now.
Adequate! Stomp! I was delighted by the Bristol vid y'all released, and I'm breathtaken by this! Thank you!
This is so cool ~ and I loved seeing how the anchor was made ⚓ Adequate!
It's fun to see a song about blacksmithing. Well done and well sung.
An excellent song for a noble trade, my dad used to work with metal and as a hobby he did some blacksmithing he was also part of a historical reenactment group made some good stuff even a chainmail shirt or two. I miss those days, sadly I’ve always only been good at Illustration and painting, well I was.
Has anyone else noticed how well the first two verses of this song line up with Genesis
This song is fantastic for helping me get into a working mindset, something I've always struggled with.
This is an incredible ode to a beautiful art. LOVE IT.
The hammer is truly the most noble of tools. I know swords are more frequently associated with nobility and heroism, but what use is a sword without a war to fight or an enemy to slay?
In times of war, the hammer can shatter wood, stone, and steel as easily as bone. In times of peace it can be used to clear away the debris from the battlefield and build new homes and tools.
I love this one. I listen to it every morning.
I wanted to learn how to forge a blade, but I never had put forth the effort in signing up for classes. I learn best hands-on and something inside me calls out to be a blacksmith like it's my calling from an unknown past life and deep in my soul crying out to learn. I'd love to learn enchanting from the Greek Goddess of Magic and use metals nearly unheard of by the Modern mortals...
P.S. I'm being very straightforward with this and I have a constant desire to pursue learning the Forge.
I've worked in a forge for a while and man this brings back memories, thanks The Longest Johns.
This brings me back to AFI 20 years ago.
The dwarf fortress blacksmith being asked to make 600 iron cages and 70 amulets of silver
I like how the rhythm is at a certain tempo where it keeps the tempo. So like when you hit a anvil, the hammer, kind of bounces back up and a lot of blacksmiths kind of use that to minimize the energy spent as constantly hammering on up anvil with those repetitive motions can get tiring pretty quickly, but if they take advantage of the momentum that is already there. They can conserve energy and work for longer. Plus its very hot and sweaty in a forge
This is a very accurate describtion, are you speaking from experience?
@@terry2295I have done it before but only once but wold like to do again
@@mid1429 I understand that entirly, it's a really enjoyable activity.
The first song that hooked me on TLJ, today is a good day
Awesome. I love watching smiths work.
honestly one of my favorite song to this day!
Why didn't the blacksmith wear a shirt to protect himself from flying sparks burns? Too cool? 😂
Great singing as always guys! ❤
Too warm actually. You'll also notice no gloves are worn. If a spark gets on you you brush it off. If it gets in a leather glove you won't get it off for several seconds, or notice until it has burned a hole through it if it lands outside. If you wear a plastic fiber glove heavens help ye when it melts to your skin.
It's a safety issue. A few small first degree burns is better than one third degree burn any day.
@@SAOS451316 Thanks for this information. I had been thinking of a linnen shirt.
@@SAOS451316 The joke is that blacksmiths are always asking if they can buy half a dozen lefth-handed gloves...
I do 19th century crafts and historical interpretation for the national park service with historically accurate clothes thanks to the seamstress and the archaeologist. Most of the tradespeople wear cotton shirts. The smiths wear double-weight wool since it provides decent protection against sparks.
@@toddellner5283 Ah the ever-burning punch and chisel hand yes. I've done some smithing as a hobby and one of the first things I made were handled top tools so I specifically don't keep touching the red-hot workpiece lol.
It's going to depend on the weather, the work, and preferences but yes you do see records of thick clothing! If you're making nails and horseshoes the radiant heat will be less than if you're forging an anchor chain or heavy machine parts. With wrought iron and mild steel you shouldn't be getting many sparks unless you're forge welding. If you're a smith in Australia you'll have a different opinion on shirts than a smith in Scotland.
My work area is outside and being topless is frowned upon by the coppers (the gay ladies approve though lol), so I just wear a work shirt and a leather apron.
He literally did. That thick leather tunic/apron wasn't for show, y'know.
This is my new favorite song ever, I've discovered an awesome genre tonight
I feel like you could do a remix for basically any profession. This is an awesome song.
It's like shanties, but from the forge :D
Good song for the campfire
That was glorious! Thank you ❤
Nice to hear Dave's voice in the song
Thought it was gunna be a sea-shanty-i-fied version of Between the Hammer and the Anvil by Judas Priest, which still sounds dope, but this was also very cool.
I need to remember the lyrics, am def gonna be singing this as i forge blades
Simple yet elegant. A work of art.
God... this is so good, i walk in step with it. Its like almost instinctual
Absolutely fantastic. Just started blacksmithing and this just warms my enthusiasm no end
Great song & brilliant video to go with it. Well done again.
I'm a 31 year old father 3 boys, and man this song made me tear up and cry
This is pretty cool.
Nice to see you still care about this album even though it’s nearing two years old now
Absolutely marvelous. Breathtaking work. I love smithing and I love me some good singing. Put em together and you have art.
It actually reminds me of some poetry I wrote. It really speaks to me.
My cat loved this he says it’s a masterpiece🎉🐈⬛🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 also he is a blacksmith⚒️⚒️⚒️🐈
My cat can out-smith your cat!
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It's like listening to Roran Stronghammer's theme song. Hells, _Horst's!_
It makes me think of perrin aybara
"hey so we're hiring you to make a statue of a general"
"Got it"
*months later*
"Here you go"
"He wasn't a black smith"
"It's a noble art"
"We didn't pay you to make a self portrait."
"Oh so now you're taking my soul!"
"What."
Narcissism on its peak 😂
There is a humble RUclips channel named Surap or something like that.
This guy is a modern blacksmith from Ukraine who works with interesting and rare sorts of steel and also makes his own custom reworks of steel, to create interesting and gorgeous Damascus steel blades.
And this song is perfect for his chennel as an anthem.
Thank you for this song, it was gorgeous
That is a seriously sweet forge setup
Getting ready to cut and sew a Boy Scout patch fest for myself, and I needed something to motivate me. This song fit the bill.
1. Listen to the latest LJ’s release
2. Decide it’s now my favourite LJ release.
3. Go back to 1.
Any most Adequate offering, Thankyou ❤
This song is absolutely beautiful
Awesome song! I love blacksmithing!
Superb videography love this
A really nice song.
the national anthem of the Salamanders.
Love this, one of my favourites which the video really enhances. ❤
Very cool. Yeah, takes a man with a heart and deep soul to be a good blacksmith. My Uncle was a blacksmith of sorts. Although he used modern welding technology and such. He still have a hammer, an anvil and a forge. For those times when he'd have to make a part from scratch.
Nice! 🔥🔨⚓ ... Do I recognize that kettle from the "Roll Northumbria" video?
No! If I recognize it, it's from the "Roll Alabama" video (woke from a dream the other with "Roll on Northumbria" stuck in my head, and I got the titles mixed up)
This gives me chills.
I got chills watching this.