Forging an axe eye drift by hand

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  • Опубликовано: 25 дек 2024

Комментарии • 94

  • @jawdatfares2831
    @jawdatfares2831 3 года назад +1

    Thanks again that was awesome to see keep up the good work

  • @bearfootknivesgunforge9183
    @bearfootknivesgunforge9183 4 года назад +16

    Damn John you're a monster working that 8 lb like it's nothing. Great job on the eye drift and description of process. I'm a 2 generation bladesmith and still forging knives, but fighting cancer last 3 years.i push every day to stay on top and run my gunshop and forge for knives. Yesterday was round 14 chemo and I'm down for couple days but will be back up. Keep doing what you do and I look forward to more of your vids. God bless

  • @OldHickoryForge
    @OldHickoryForge  4 года назад +9

    Just realized I’m my haste to get the video out I forgot the intro and outtro artwork. Sorry my dudes

    • @daveg8700
      @daveg8700 4 года назад

      No worries. Btw I didn’t see anywhere that you did any tempering on this? Is that step not necessary for this type of tool?

    • @OldHickoryForge
      @OldHickoryForge  4 года назад +2

      @@daveg8700 no. No heat treating is generally needed on a drift

  • @howardmanuel
    @howardmanuel 2 года назад

    I like the way you say "nothing to it really", this is an encouraging thing to hear. You are one of the best.

  • @MedicMuffin
    @MedicMuffin Год назад

    So glad you did it by hand. One of the most satisfying things in blacksmithing is making the tools you need when you have need of them, especially when buying a pre-made drift like this can get really expensive. Not all of us have access to the press or power hammer you'd typically use for this sort of project either, so seeing it by hand is good for figuring out the process.

  • @stantilton2191
    @stantilton2191 3 года назад

    The video has all the content it needs. Nothing fancy, just the meat and spuds. Well done!

  • @RoscoPColetraneIII
    @RoscoPColetraneIII Год назад

    Hey John. Great video. You do great work.
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    Your time is valuable. If you are spending anytime messing with audio editing, this mic will pay for itself.

  • @bsforge
    @bsforge 4 года назад +7

    “Soup Sandwich!”
    “Nothin’ to it, really!”

  • @mtyson9004
    @mtyson9004 4 года назад +2

    Nutt’in to it really! Very cool! Thanks for sharing and God Bless you sir!

  • @dwayneburbridge3283
    @dwayneburbridge3283 2 года назад

    I have to make an axe eye drift myself so many thanks for the lesson!

  • @jawdatfares2831
    @jawdatfares2831 4 года назад +1

    Thanks again that was awesome to see keep up the good work we love your videos,

  • @gurvinderkau1e5w18
    @gurvinderkau1e5w18 4 года назад +1

    Man u got steel arms. Well made drift👍👍👍

  • @colinmiller7546
    @colinmiller7546 4 года назад

    Excellent video! Thanks for sharing

  • @batman45anger
    @batman45anger 4 года назад +6

    I was wondering if another vid was gonna come soon, and it totally did!
    Well worth the wait, and you do what you gotta do to provide for your family.

  • @sicdigz80
    @sicdigz80 4 года назад +5

    awesome dude! this is by far my favourite channel for blacksmithing and bladesmithing!

  • @yvesdesrosiers2396
    @yvesdesrosiers2396 4 года назад

    John you are a machine, that's all there is to it! Thanks for sharing.

  • @LawnMowerProductions
    @LawnMowerProductions 4 года назад +33

    Me: I wonder how he moves metal so fast
    *Pulls out a 8 pound hand hammer*
    Me: Ah

    • @Thebeard526
      @Thebeard526 4 года назад +2

      Lawn Mower Productions has arms like the hulk.

    • @augiezehner6059
      @augiezehner6059 4 года назад

      Great video! I love your work!

  • @craigclark2639
    @craigclark2639 4 года назад

    Thanks for the video and instruction! Good to see you posted again.

  • @Qrunch
    @Qrunch Год назад

    Thanks! I might take an axe making course at Gränsfors bruk and then go back to this vid for making my drift :)

  • @tombrown879
    @tombrown879 4 года назад

    Loved it. Have made many of these by hand and usually start with the 20lb striking sledge with a set of extra hands. Then go back to a 5lb or 3.5 lb crosspien for finish work. They are always worth the effort. Great job.

  • @stantilton3339
    @stantilton3339 4 года назад

    Hey, life gets in the way. Great job on the drift. It's a keeper for sure. Enjoyed it!

  • @jackdawg4579
    @jackdawg4579 4 года назад +1

    cheers for the video - always enjoy them!

  • @paul-emilefrancois3731
    @paul-emilefrancois3731 4 года назад +18

    Maybe we should all agree that « using an 8 pound hammer » and « nothing to it, really » shouldn’t be in the same sentence😅

  • @marty01957
    @marty01957 4 года назад

    Great video, John! Nice piece of tooling!

  • @hannemannironworks1651
    @hannemannironworks1651 4 года назад

    John your one beast of a man looks great!

  • @magnusbergroth5319
    @magnusbergroth5319 8 месяцев назад

    Great job!

  • @davedoessomestuff8176
    @davedoessomestuff8176 4 года назад

    There's the video I've been waiting for! The quality increase is definitely noticeable.

  • @manishburade1162
    @manishburade1162 4 года назад

    Hardworking man

  • @coils1945
    @coils1945 3 года назад

    Great job bud. I was gonna buy one but you have inspired me to make my own

  • @w.o.k.
    @w.o.k. 4 года назад

    Wow new video quality is amazing
    8 lb hand hammer 30 min that is crazy fast . The drift looks awesome but not as good as those axes you just posted on Instagram thanks for video

  • @BigWillSD
    @BigWillSD 4 года назад

    As you said video quality was eh, but content was great!! Thaks for the time you give to your followers and inspiring blacksmiths

  • @matthewdotson5755
    @matthewdotson5755 3 года назад

    Nice job!

  • @TheMongo1357
    @TheMongo1357 4 года назад

    DUDE, I swear you have a twin Brother named Kris Davis in Dade City, Florida!! He and I worked together at DCPD and when I first started watching your videos I freaked out!! Y'all are dang near identical ~ speech, movements, mannerisms, etc....it's crazy!!!

  • @bfrazer4126
    @bfrazer4126 4 года назад

    Hey John! I have of one of your 3lb rounding hammers! I'm #133. Recognized the name in my suggested videos, but I didn't know you had a youtube channel. Just wanted to say that it's a great tool, certainly my favorite hammer, and it sees a great deal of hard work every day. Keep up the great work!

  • @eternalforestforge
    @eternalforestforge 3 года назад

    Thank you, super helpful.

  • @JustinTopp
    @JustinTopp 4 года назад

    I just made my first axe drift like a day before this was posted haha nice work. This cake out while I forged my first axe

  • @carlkulyk366
    @carlkulyk366 Год назад

    Nice work

  • @TRINITY-ks6nw
    @TRINITY-ks6nw 2 месяца назад

    Thank you

  • @nestorknoxs3795
    @nestorknoxs3795 4 года назад +1

    Great work, all around work!!!
    Your only one man and you can only do what you can do!!! But really,!!!
    A 8lb sledge hammer,really!!
    Hahaha wow!!!

  • @janionmakes
    @janionmakes 4 года назад

    Good work, that drift looks great after getting the black oxide back on it. Looking forward to seeing you get to use it in the future

  • @redlionforge9173
    @redlionforge9173 4 года назад

    Great work man!

  • @jadabull
    @jadabull 4 года назад

    Good job John. AntiAntifaTerrier aka JadaBull Customs,

  • @lenblacksmith8559
    @lenblacksmith8559 4 года назад

    Nice one John.

  • @SSSmithing
    @SSSmithing 4 года назад

    Great work man

  • @richardbryant7972
    @richardbryant7972 4 года назад

    Great video thanks for video for sure.

  • @davidtoscano1561
    @davidtoscano1561 4 года назад +2

    Ironically I have very recently been searching axe drift making.

  • @erikcourtney1834
    @erikcourtney1834 4 года назад

    Another fellow apple user. I knew I always liked you. 😂

  • @intothewild3349
    @intothewild3349 2 года назад

    Damn buddy my arm is tired just watching this ....would probably take me a couple days to draw out a hunk of steel that big lol

  • @TGSguitars
    @TGSguitars 4 года назад

    Nice! i am ordering a 3lb rounding hammer, Hammer eye punch and drift from you Etsy shop tomorrow. Be looking for the order.

    • @TGSguitars
      @TGSguitars 4 года назад

      Ordered them this morning. Can't wait to get them.

  • @johnjude2685
    @johnjude2685 4 года назад +3

    Seems you could us a double pien 45 degree hammer I can't keep my 4$ going strong but am 68 and not going try..
    Like your teaching and your test of your work
    Thanks for teaching

  • @damionlowther78
    @damionlowther78 4 года назад

    I've always enjoyed content over quality. I come from a time when video was taken on a potato so even crappy modern video is....good.

  • @brentelsing4447
    @brentelsing4447 4 года назад

    Haha! I have gotten impatient and pulled out the BFH so many times! Great video, actually going to attempt my first one today! Do you shoot all of your videos with your phone?

    • @OldHickoryForge
      @OldHickoryForge  4 года назад

      I do. I never really thought the channel would get as big as it has. Eventually I’ll sink some money into a camera and computer and all to make better videos

  • @TufStockdogs
    @TufStockdogs 4 года назад

    Thank you buddy

  • @Alexey_ILIN_PSY
    @Alexey_ILIN_PSY Год назад

    Классное видео! Классная работа! А вот с дикцией беда...

  • @drstrangefart
    @drstrangefart 4 года назад

    That amount of effort is why there's a 6 pound(ish?) hammer head waiting to get cleaned up, handled, and put to work.

  • @The_Metal_Urge
    @The_Metal_Urge 13 дней назад

    whats the usuall process for heat treatment on such a heavy use item as I've only forged a hammer punch with a handle so it was quite small which I did harden.

  • @Chevelle_addict
    @Chevelle_addict 4 года назад

    Please let us know when you get the axes ready to sell.

  • @wernerxytra6151
    @wernerxytra6151 4 года назад

    John --- do you sell the spring swedge tool?

  • @dilloncorwin976
    @dilloncorwin976 4 года назад

    Geeze you slacker! 😂

  • @adefighter
    @adefighter 4 года назад

    The more I watch these videos the more I understand why in some sagas smiths seem to have unnatural amounts of strength.

  • @HoneyBadger-76
    @HoneyBadger-76 4 года назад

    @OldHickoryForge did you heat treat it? If so how did you go about it?

    • @OldHickoryForge
      @OldHickoryForge  4 года назад

      John Whorton no. Drifts do not need to be heat treated

  • @TRINITY-ks6nw
    @TRINITY-ks6nw 2 месяца назад

    An acquaintance of mine has a 20lb hammer
    It takes all of his effort to use

  • @johannestreitner9460
    @johannestreitner9460 9 месяцев назад

    Ich weiss nicht ob ich es übersehen habe, wird das Teil auch gehärtet?

  • @geheimspionchase8658
    @geheimspionchase8658 4 года назад

    Can i use mild Steel or rebar for it? I Just want try making an axe. And i think i will use it Just once. Anyway cool Project

  • @NKG416
    @NKG416 4 года назад

    how do you train for your left arm so it's even with the right?

    • @OldHickoryForge
      @OldHickoryForge  4 года назад

      Leaf I work out usually 4-5 days a week.

    • @NKG416
      @NKG416 4 года назад

      @@OldHickoryForge i see

  • @fishingdude7379
    @fishingdude7379 4 года назад

    Great video - did you do any hardening/tempering of it? Thanks!

    • @OldHickoryForge
      @OldHickoryForge  4 года назад +1

      Fishingdude7 no. Drifts don’t need to be hardened or tempered

    • @fishingdude7379
      @fishingdude7379 4 года назад

      Old Hickory Forge awesome, thanks!

  • @jeffery19677
    @jeffery19677 4 года назад

    How much total time did you spend on this project? Half hour to get it relatively flat, and another two hours of refinement? Or am I overthinking it?

    • @OldHickoryForge
      @OldHickoryForge  4 года назад +1

      Jeff Benefield maybe another hour and a half to draw out the handle and forge it to shape. And then maybe another 30-45 minutes at the grinder

    • @OldHickoryForge
      @OldHickoryForge  4 года назад

      But I was using a pretty dull belt. Would have been faster with a fresh one

  • @Peter-od7op
    @Peter-od7op 4 года назад

    👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @axelahrenholtz7309
    @axelahrenholtz7309 4 года назад

    Don't mind me asking, but how long is the handle of that 6 pound hammer? Recently picked up a 2.5kg hammer from some second hand/antique shop around that has a handle clocking in at about 45 cm, topping my old 2.5kg hammer at roughly 35cm handle length. Seems all insanely long, while yours seems rather.. handy? for a hammer that size? Although that might be just your body size

    • @OldHickoryForge
      @OldHickoryForge  4 года назад +1

      Axel Ahrenholtz it’s about 10 inches. (25 Centimeters)

    • @axelahrenholtz7309
      @axelahrenholtz7309 4 года назад

      @@OldHickoryForge That seems quite reasonably. Been thinking about chopping my handles, so might shorten one of them. What do you think about a smaller hammer weight with a longer handle? Or do you prefer higher weight with shorter handles?

    • @OldHickoryForge
      @OldHickoryForge  4 года назад

      I prefer about 10 inches or so on my heavy hammers and I have 12 inch handles on my regular hammers.

    • @axelahrenholtz7309
      @axelahrenholtz7309 4 года назад

      @@OldHickoryForge Love that input. Slowly on the transition from bought/antique hammers to home made ones. Glad for any input I can get on handle length and ratios

  • @dieseldogforge5662
    @dieseldogforge5662 4 года назад

    Clicked so fast

  • @longhorn7809
    @longhorn7809 10 месяцев назад

    Soup Sandwich

  • @nunquamdormint
    @nunquamdormint 4 года назад +1

    Tell us a story when you are forging. Just one time.