Wow, it looks amazing! Thank you so much for putting all this time and effort into making the axe, and paying so much attention to detail. The wrought iron makes it special. I've rarely seen anyone work with iron, most bladesmiths use mild steel. Anyway, it was great to see the process, and I'm looking forward to trying it out. :)
@@Altair1193 blacksmiths work with iron based and hard metals. A whitesmith works gold and silver, precious metals, and I may have left some metals out, as I don't know much about whitesmith work yet. Since steel is just iron and carbon, any smith that works steel is a blacksmith. The information on whitesmiths is just what I've heard, but I'll look into it. It may be different.
Okay, so what I was told about whitesmiths was wrong completely. It referred/refers to anyone that does finishing work on metal or works tin. I always thought that tin workers were in their own category, but i guess there are places where smithing work overlaps.
You’re very talented! I’m glad you decided to stick it out with the forging, it certainly is worth the aggravation and now you learned how. Thanks for sharing!
The rustic aesthetic you got going on with some of your stuff is really great in my opinion. Also saw it performed well in Skallagrim's vid. Cool stuff!
I do not forge knives or axes and never look at videos on the subject. I decided to look at yours in this quiet morning before going out of my comfort zone to my forge welding and I am very glad I did. The transformation of the billets in this axe is magic. Truly magical. The video is well made. The work is expertly conducted. I enjoyed every minute of it. Comments in videos are often boring : we do not need to be told what we have seen. Your comments added information we could not have seen in the video. I thank you.
4 года назад+1
Oh thank you very much! I plan to make a in depth video on the folded eye in the future! Hope you stick around for that!
Man you are one brutal skeggøx maker to use traditional techniques. Also thanks sharing with us and for making this for skallagrim that was very righteous of you.
Lovely work. Love the use of wrought iron instead of mild steel. Do you think you would've gotten some sort of interesting pattern from etching the wrought iron?
4 года назад+16
I did! I mean it depends on how you stack and/or turn the billet. Its not as clear a damascus pattern, but it does show grain and therefore reminds me of wood a little bit. Compared to mild steel its very beautiful!
I found your channel because of skallagrim (and it appears that im not the only one) and i cant say how pleased i am to have another cool channel to watch!
Very awesome! Saw Skallagrim opening the axe you sent him then tried to go to your website, which didn't work for me. But then YT's algorithm did its job for once and recommended the video of you making it!
4 года назад
Sorry about that, my website is under construction, will be back shortly!
Hello I enjoyed your video, the Axe looks really beautiful and it´s interesting to see the way you have forged the Axe. Thanks for sharing and that we could find your channel. I needed to subscribe ! Thank you for this all - till next time
That is a amazing axe and I like that kind of axe I would like to see how u would make a tomahawk there are a bunch of different ones out there but thanks for all u do I have learned alot from u and black bear forge thanks again
wow, that is one awesome axe, and probably fast in hand,as slim as theprofile is ... congratulations to this very awesome axe! Well done job !! Cheers, Erik
pretty sure a basic form of crucible steel was available during the time of the Vikings, but I'm not sure where. Ulfberht swords were made with steel if I'm not mistaken.
Amazing work. It’s difficult to find a well made bearded axe now. Most are not in the same style as this one which is my favorite style. How much for one lol
Boiled linseed oil is fine to use, but if you want deeper penetration into the wood you can mix it with white spirits or mineral oil to thin it a bit more!
@ I heard that raw linseed oil takes much longer to "set" in the pores of the wood because it contains more moisture (this is what protects the wood). For deeper penetration in the wood you can dilute the BLO as suggested above or maybe slightly heat it up with a torch to reduce viscosity.
Excellent video ! I've got a little question for you ( or anyone who sees this). I'm planning to start amateur blacksmithing, and so I watched some videos on the topic, and they often said that it was important to stop hitting the metal when it becomes dark red, because it's not hot enough and it could result in cracks in the metal. Since you dot it a couple times in the video, I was wondering why, is it simply ok to hit the metal at any moment, is there another reason why you do it ?
4 года назад
It depends what kind of metal you are hitting. Some you can even forge wothout heat. It also depends how hard you hit! A harder hit will result in more stress rather than a light hit
@ ok thanks. So, it depends on the hardness of the metal ? Do I understand it correctly ? Like if it's iron it's soft enough to hit when it's relatively cold, but if you were working with carbon steel you'd be more cautious right ? Anyway, thanks for answering and good luck for the future. I hope your channel will be successful.
4 года назад+1
@@thrownswordpommel7393 yes thats basically it, as far i understand. Thank you very much and welcome to my small but humble channel!
Camera lighting is very tricky, i have heated metal that still looked relatively bright in person but was much darker and colder looking on video, so it may not have been as cool as it appears.
4 года назад
@@DH-xw6jp that is also very true! For example, when i quench, it looks as if im at welsing temp. In reality im not.
Nils Ögren In New Zealand farms had fence stakes that were made of low grade wrought iron and occasionally we come across the odd one or two. They are corroded but the corrode on the surface and sometimes delaminate. These were put in the ground between 80 and 100 or so years ago. You would ever find a 100yr old mild steel stake. It would have returned to where it came from. Question: what is your starting stock dimensions for your axe eyes please? Christo
would really like an axe like this. Please let me know if you are making them. I have signed up for emails from your website...but dont know that will get an axe like this as it seems they are not one that you are producing.
Wow, it looks amazing! Thank you so much for putting all this time and effort into making the axe, and paying so much attention to detail.
The wrought iron makes it special. I've rarely seen anyone work with iron, most bladesmiths use mild steel. Anyway, it was great to see the process, and I'm looking forward to trying it out. :)
Yo
Damn northmen!!!
So he really is a blacksmith, cause blacksmith work with iron. the most other smiths with steel
@@Altair1193 blacksmiths work with iron based and hard metals. A whitesmith works gold and silver, precious metals, and I may have left some metals out, as I don't know much about whitesmith work yet. Since steel is just iron and carbon, any smith that works steel is a blacksmith.
The information on whitesmiths is just what I've heard, but I'll look into it. It may be different.
Okay, so what I was told about whitesmiths was wrong completely. It referred/refers to anyone that does finishing work on metal or works tin. I always thought that tin workers were in their own category, but i guess there are places where smithing work overlaps.
I find this more relaxing than any ASMR video.
This is a man’s ASMR.
Great axe you made. I enjoyed when you talked about the axe at the end, good to get more insight.
Thanks alot!
Great job on that axe. I came here from Skals channel to see how it was made. Not disappointed.
7:15 Traditional Scandinavian angle grinder from 900 AD.
You’re very talented! I’m glad you decided to stick it out with the forging, it certainly is worth the aggravation and now you learned how. Thanks for sharing!
Very Nice. Just saw the Testing by Skall video today. Really a nice tough axe. Really dual purpose... primary fighting, but very usable for bushcraft.
Thats true! Thanks for watching!
I realy like fitting a axe head onto the handle...I've learned some things from you . Thanks
very beautiful axe!!!!!
Coming from skall here! Great work!
Can't wait for more!
Thanks and welcome!
The rustic aesthetic you got going on with some of your stuff is really great in my opinion. Also saw it performed well in Skallagrim's vid. Cool stuff!
Great job! That is a great looking axe. Thanks for sharing
My pleasure! Thanks for watching!
That is some good craftmanship Nils!
Beautiful work, man. It was oddly therapeutic to watch you shape that axe by hand. Thank you.
Beautiful! As another artist I follow (Bobby Duke) would say..."I want that." Someday...
Not gonna lie...if it was me unboxing that thing I'd giggle like a little girl
I do not forge knives or axes and never look at videos on the subject. I decided to look at yours in this quiet morning before going out of my comfort zone to my forge welding and I am very glad I did.
The transformation of the billets in this axe is magic. Truly magical. The video is well made. The work is expertly conducted. I enjoyed every minute of it. Comments in videos are often boring : we do not need to be told what we have seen. Your comments added information we could not have seen in the video. I thank you.
Oh thank you very much! I plan to make a in depth video on the folded eye in the future! Hope you stick around for that!
Man you are one brutal skeggøx maker to use traditional techniques. Also thanks sharing with us and for making this for skallagrim that was very righteous of you.
Lovely work. Love the use of wrought iron instead of mild steel. Do you think you would've gotten some sort of interesting pattern from etching the wrought iron?
I did! I mean it depends on how you stack and/or turn the billet. Its not as clear a damascus pattern, but it does show grain and therefore reminds me of wood a little bit. Compared to mild steel its very beautiful!
Thanks. I like your comments after the build. Keep posting please.
A thing of beauty, no wonder smiths were revered
That is a beautiful piece of work.
this looked way more complicated than I was expecting. Great work!
I found your channel because of skallagrim (and it appears that im not the only one) and i cant say how pleased i am to have another cool channel to watch!
Thank you much! Welcome to the channel!
Wow! Amazing work! How nice to see a true master at work! Rare sight these days!
I really enjoy watching you work. It's a fascinating process and oddly soothing as well.
Thank you very much Josh!
Beautiful axe, excellent workmanship, Sir!
I'd be beyond proud to own such a tool.
Thank you very much!
Amazing that you successfully pushed your limits! Great craftsmanship!
Amazing! Glad to have found your channel!
Thank you! Im glad you found it :)
Glad you stuck with it after some challenges at the start. I enjoy your videos and appreciate you sharing your skill and talent!
Thank you Curt!
In your previous attempts which step was the most difficult? It took me the most time to learn how to weld the beard to the eye correctly.
Getting the eye welded propperly is the hardest part in my opinion!
Can't wait to see Skall trying to destroy everything around him with that piece of art. Great work.
Beautiful axe. Raw linseed oil is best for saturating the wood. Boiled linseed oil cures to make a coating in the end if that is desired.
Well done Nils! Forge welding a wrapped axe can be tricky indeed. But you did a great job.
Indeed! Thank you very much
Amazing craftsmanship. You deserve way more subscribers
Thank you!
How many tanks of propane did you go through? In Scandinavia is coal cheaper to forge with than propane?
It's a beautiful axe, well done!
very nice job and like how you work that is old school style i like it
Absolutely amazing work brother.
Gorgeous build!
Very awesome! Saw Skallagrim opening the axe you sent him then tried to go to your website, which didn't work for me. But then YT's algorithm did its job for once and recommended the video of you making it!
Sorry about that, my website is under construction, will be back shortly!
@ its all good. amazing craftmanship on the axe though.
Thanks man!
Hello
I enjoyed your video, the Axe looks really beautiful and it´s interesting to see the way you have forged the Axe.
Thanks for sharing and that we could find your channel. I needed to subscribe !
Thank you for this all - till next time
Thank you very much!
What an absolutely gorgeous axe! Well done mate!
the scenery is beautiful, at the end
Amazing work. It’s hard to find a true well made bearded axe. Especially in this style which is my favorite. How much to get one lol
I would like to know that also.
Just incredible sir. Thank you.
Thank you very much!
That is a amazing axe and I like that kind of axe I would like to see how u would make a tomahawk there are a bunch of different ones out there but thanks for all u do I have learned alot from u and black bear forge thanks again
Quite the marvel, great job!
Beautiful work! Looking forward to watching more.
Nice work, I enjoyed watching you make that
The Buddy Rich of the forge right here
I love watching craftsmen at work, odd question what are those pants and where can I get some?
These are made by a Swedish company called "blåkläder" you can search on google and you will find them
@ thank you, I work in electro mechanical and they look like they can (hopefully) stand up to the job
wow, that is one awesome axe, and probably fast in hand,as slim as theprofile is ... congratulations to this very awesome axe! Well done job !! Cheers, Erik
Thank you very much!
You have awesome skills with metal.
It’s a smokn hot forge that will weld wrought iron, would live to see a video on tour gas forge.
Beautiful work!
Maybe i should do a tour video + q&a as a 1k sub special?
Nils Ögren Now you’re talking!!!
Cheers from NZ🇳🇿
Awesome job,think how hard it was outfit a large Army.
pretty sure a basic form of crucible steel was available during the time of the Vikings, but I'm not sure where. Ulfberht swords were made with steel if I'm not mistaken.
Absolutely beautiful
Beautiful axe! Well done!
Beautiful axe!
If you plan on making a lot more shafts you should look into getting, or building, a Täljhäst.
I actually made one, and it was terrible! I need to make a better one ;)
Amazing work. It’s difficult to find a well made bearded axe now. Most are not in the same style as this one which is my favorite style. How much for one lol
They're on his website. I think this one is 4500 SEK, which is about $450.
Beautiful work!
Boiled linseed oil is fine to use, but if you want deeper penetration into the wood you can mix it with white spirits or mineral oil to thin it a bit more!
Why not raw linseed oil?
@ I heard that raw linseed oil takes much longer to "set" in the pores of the wood because it contains more moisture (this is what protects the wood). For deeper penetration in the wood you can dilute the BLO as suggested above or maybe slightly heat it up with a torch to reduce viscosity.
Very well made
Awesome!! Great job !😉👍🏽😁
I never knew the beard had to be inserted like that. Very interesting.
Doesnt have to be done this way, its just one way of making them
@ Cool.
Well done.
väldigt bra gjort och väldigt vacker yxa :)
Tack så mycket!
@ rent nöje att se :)
I think you did a great job. Nice work
Thank you very much!
That axe is gorgeous! Keep up the awesome videos!
Thank you very much Liam!
This axe is epic! Well done!
Tack you very much sir!
I need to know how much that would cost to have one lol
Beautiful axe.. well done sir!
Thank you very much sir!
My fav axe from a game
What game?
@ Counter blox. Its counter strike. But in roblox XD
Nice Job as usually Nils looks awesome
Thank you buddy!
Were there any one-handed axes that had a head shaped like a Dane axe head?
I am going to save up for one of these...great work
Thank you!
Great video and axe man! Would you consider making a Native American tomahawk? I’m native myself and would love to see how you make yours.
Never thought about it, but sure. Ill keep it in mind and do some research!
@ sounds good can’t wait to see it!
what is the source of the wrought iron you use. i'm Nils Enier Osterberg just found your site by accident
Beautiful work of art! This is exactly what I've been looking for myself. How much is something like this for purchase?
Info@nilsogren.com for buisness
Wow this axe is super nice !
I didn't know you could make a handle from a square block like this ! Is it how it's usually made ?
What did ancient smiths use instead ob angle/belt grinders? BTW displaying the axe on top of the mossy rock looked really cool 😎.
Files, stones and so forth! I guess
Great video! What weight is the head?
I love these videos man
Really nice job. New subscriber for sure. By the way love your anvil!
I want one! Brilliant!
nice.. can´t wait to see the test!
Thank, me neither!
Excellent video !
I've got a little question for you ( or anyone who sees this). I'm planning to start amateur blacksmithing, and so I watched some videos on the topic, and they often said that it was important to stop hitting the metal when it becomes dark red, because it's not hot enough and it could result in cracks in the metal. Since you dot it a couple times in the video, I was wondering why, is it simply ok to hit the metal at any moment, is there another reason why you do it ?
It depends what kind of metal you are hitting. Some you can even forge wothout heat. It also depends how hard you hit! A harder hit will result in more stress rather than a light hit
@ ok thanks. So, it depends on the hardness of the metal ? Do I understand it correctly ? Like if it's iron it's soft enough to hit when it's relatively cold, but if you were working with carbon steel you'd be more cautious right ? Anyway, thanks for answering and good luck for the future. I hope your channel will be successful.
@@thrownswordpommel7393 yes thats basically it, as far i understand. Thank you very much and welcome to my small but humble channel!
Camera lighting is very tricky, i have heated metal that still looked relatively bright in person but was much darker and colder looking on video, so it may not have been as cool as it appears.
@@DH-xw6jp that is also very true! For example, when i quench, it looks as if im at welsing temp. In reality im not.
Har du funderat på att göra en kockkniv? Det hade varit kul att se
Det har jag absolut funderat på!
How thick is your billet before the set down for forming the eye?
So much effort!
That's pretty cool axe, how long is the axe handle anyway.
I dont remember
Wrought iron will outlast mild steel for waayyy longer too Nils ( if you didn’t know this already)
👍
Had no idea
Nils Ögren In New Zealand farms had fence stakes that were made of low grade wrought iron and occasionally we come across the odd one or two. They are corroded but the corrode on the surface and sometimes delaminate. These were put in the ground between 80 and 100 or so years ago. You would ever find a 100yr old mild steel stake. It would have returned to where it came from.
Question: what is your starting stock dimensions for your axe eyes please?
Christo
Beautiful!
would really like an axe like this. Please let me know if you are making them. I have signed up for emails from your website...but dont know that will get an axe like this as it seems they are not one that you are producing.
Hello there Nils. I want to buy this axe this is a masterpiece! Can we somehow arrange it?
awesome axe
Beautiful.
You should attempt to forge a viking seax knife
I just watched the video on Skillagrim