just moved up from a brake rotor and an air compressor to an actual forge table with a fire pot and will throw a couple nails in with my old files tonight might as well make some hooks while i practice making knives. thanks for showing your learning process Dave it has surely saved me time and headache over the last couple years
Great video, thanks Dave. It was a pleasure to meet you at the convention in Louisville this past weekend, my son loved the autographed copy of Bushcraft 101. Thanks for everything you do!
You can use the holdfast to keep the hook in place while you're using the chisel, makes life easier -a bit. Plus congratulations for being able to hold the nails right after they're bent!
I like this channel a lot and I appreciate the information you put out there. Growing up on a ranch in the mountain west I am still amazed at the fact most people are never taught these skills as children.
awesome video. tying the line to the shank of the hook is a great place to use your sail needle or large darning needle, it makes it much easier to draw the line through the loops.
as always enjoyed the video.. worked this afternoon clearing an area next to my outbuilding for an awning to cover my first ever forging area, Dave I have been interested for years but your videos have given me the courage and desire to try it.. not sure I canake this weekend but wish you good times and safe travels.
great stuff Dave! i am still looking ,(not real hard though) for an anvil . i found one but it is worn deep on top and the guy wants 250. bucks. i just dont see that much value in it. thanks for the lesson and the knot tutorial. i get a lot from what you share.
Good job with the hooks Dave. Ya know, if you wrapped the hook shank with a needle under the wraps, you could stick that loose end of the line in the needle's eye and pull that line tag back through the loops. Would be easier than trying to stick that loose line under those wraps. Just a thought...
it wouldn't be too hard to make an eye,i would pound the head kind of flat and then punch a hole,also i'm don't know anything about fishing and fish hooks but wouldn't it be better to use low-med hardened carbon steel for them?that way they should be harder too bent,but would they be too brittle?
So does this actually need heat? Do they tend to crack or have significant issues without using such? Do they need to get very hot, or will a small campfire do? With the barb, why is it as necessary to use a harder material that won't bend? Is anything less just absolute trash? Cold or low temperature metalwork out in the field is perhaps more crucial and life-saving to know, even more practical; though a little different and usually more crude, I don't think any of us mind if you cover such things and can't recall any videos about such (though I could be completely wrong). Things that you could make with a little ingenuity, some scraps or items that you might have/ should pack, and basic tools, would make for great videos. Perhaps there would be a couple of small packable tools that could aid this sort of tool creation. For instance, if you just had a fire and nail you could make a hook by cold work and annealing; I'm sure it you could make the barb by one contrivance or another.
+wildernessoutfitters Dave off topic from your channel direction, but if you could please do a video on your xj, all your mods ect, I'm sure everyone would like that, I know I would big time.
I learn or remember some thing on all your videos. I just can't think of a time when I would have a forge, pliers and a file and not have fish hooks. That is just me.
+wildernessoutfitters We appreciate your sacrifice, Dave...and all of the videos. I've been watching from the beginning and still anxiously anticipate every one. Thanks a bunch!!!
Nails on their own are not sharp enough to be reliable. I wouldn't trust these one bit. If you sharpened them and maybe got some thinner nails sure but most fish (definitely not the bigger panfish) would see that thick hook and get out of the area.
just moved up from a brake rotor and an air compressor to an actual forge table with a fire pot and will throw a couple nails in with my old files tonight might as well make some hooks while i practice making knives. thanks for showing your learning process Dave it has surely saved me time and headache over the last couple years
Nice! Now we need to see a video of them in use, catching fish.
LOL at your 2 dogs playing tug a war in the background at the beginning of the video.
I was planning on doing a home bamboo rod, with eyelets made with paper clips and now I know how to do the fish hooks. Thanks Dave, you're the man!!
Great video, thanks Dave. It was a pleasure to meet you at the convention in Louisville this past weekend, my son loved the autographed copy of Bushcraft 101. Thanks for everything you do!
You can use the holdfast to keep the hook in place while you're using the chisel, makes life easier -a bit. Plus congratulations for being able to hold the nails right after they're bent!
Very cool, never would have thought of doing that! Thx Dave.
I like this channel a lot and I appreciate the information you put out there. Growing up on a ranch in the mountain west I am still amazed at the fact most people are never taught these skills as children.
awesome video. tying the line to the shank of the hook is a great place to use your sail needle or large darning needle, it makes it much easier to draw the line through the loops.
as always enjoyed the video..
worked this afternoon clearing an area next to my outbuilding for an awning to cover my first ever forging area, Dave I have been interested for years but your videos have given me the courage and desire to try it..
not sure I canake this weekend but wish you good times and safe travels.
Good stuff. I tried making hooks with a few other materials and the ended up getting straightened or snapping. Finishing nail is a great shout.
Now this I like! Thanks for the heads up and fish hook history. Answered my concerns.
thanks dave for the info
Love this video and idea Dave! Thank you for sharing it!
Great hook demo! 🤙
Brother Dave, love your TV shows just found your channel here and subscribed. Thanks for all the great informative videos. Bill USAF Veteran.
Hope to see you catching with those in the future. Any chance you'll bring back On the waters edge?
Wow I would have never thought of using nails-great idea...
really good skill to have, you should make a video on how to forge tools, like pliers and screw drivers etc
Wow, didn't know you guys were going to be at SMKWs. Hickok is going to be at Bud's Gun Shop. I'll see both of you this weekend :) Nice!
Great video. Thanks
As always, very informative and entertaining video. Keep up the good work! Love from Norway
great stuff Dave! i am still looking ,(not real hard though) for an anvil . i found one but it is worn deep on top and the guy wants 250. bucks. i just dont see that much value in it. thanks for the lesson and the knot tutorial. i get a lot from what you share.
Good job with the hooks Dave. Ya know, if you wrapped the hook shank with a needle under the wraps, you could stick that loose end of the line in the needle's eye and pull that line tag back through the loops. Would be easier than trying to stick that loose line under those wraps. Just a thought...
+Woodenarrows For sure
I suppose using a needle to simply thread the line once the wraps are already tight is difficult enough to warrant doing so?
Great Video!
great video... I was wondering if some heat treatment would make the hook stronger at least a little even though they are mild steel?
I think you tied a nail knot. Barrel same as Blood knot? Love your videos!
If you used a nail with a bigger head, wouldn't need an eye at all or a special knot. Great video.
hi that must be a strong fish hook and i was wondering if you could make some more archery videos
Dave, I love the new show on National Geographic Channel.
it wouldn't be too hard to make an eye,i would pound the head kind of flat and then punch a hole,also i'm don't know anything about fishing and fish hooks but wouldn't it be better to use low-med hardened carbon steel for them?that way they should be harder too bent,but would they be too brittle?
Fish hooks for pan fish are the most important, but hooks to sized to be used in a trotline/longline situation, should be in your "kit".
Really cool.
cool man thanks for sharing never thought about doing it like that
So does this actually need heat? Do they tend to crack or have significant issues without using such? Do they need to get very hot, or will a small campfire do?
With the barb, why is it as necessary to use a harder material that won't bend? Is anything less just absolute trash?
Cold or low temperature metalwork out in the field is perhaps more crucial and life-saving to know, even more practical; though a little different and usually more crude, I don't think any of us mind if you cover such things and can't recall any videos about such (though I could be completely wrong). Things that you could make with a little ingenuity, some scraps or items that you might have/ should pack, and basic tools, would make for great videos. Perhaps there would be a couple of small packable tools that could aid this sort of tool creation.
For instance, if you just had a fire and nail you could make a hook by cold work and annealing; I'm sure it you could make the barb by one contrivance or another.
hey dave what do you think about if you hammered the head of the nail flat and used an auger bit to drill the eye for the line? maybe it would work
could you use wire cutters to make the barb before bendin? how about a pull cord on the knot? seems it would help get the line back down
Interesting video, have you made any fishing poles and a video about them?
+girafmad He does a super sweet Tenkara demonstration. Worth the watch.
GalderIncarnate thank you, watching it now.
by the way great video as always. you are a huge inspiration and knowlegdable man thanks for sharing!
Did you mushroom out the top of the hook so the snell would hold?
nice brother.
really good.
Maybe I'm wrong, but wouldn't the barb come out better if done before you bend the nail? Thanks for the video
+Sebastian Villa Tried that you end up smashing the barb during the bending more times than not
+wildernessoutfitters Dave off topic from your channel direction, but if you could please do a video on your xj, all your mods ect, I'm sure everyone would like that, I know I would big time.
+daniel w as a fellow xj owner i agree
+wildernessoutfitters Old style wire auto antenna works great. Oh and they are stainless so the work harden really well.
I learn or remember some thing on all your videos. I just can't think of a time when I would have a forge, pliers and a file and not have fish hooks. That is just me.
good video
What are the stop start times of the demos?
Come on Dave show us you catching panfish with those hand forged hooks !!
+Chuck Harry If I had time to go fishing I wouldn't be shooting Blacksmithing Videos brother
+wildernessoutfitters good point... Speaking of which the material you you put out is great much appreciated.
+wildernessoutfitters We appreciate your sacrifice, Dave...and all of the videos. I've been watching from the beginning and still anxiously anticipate every one. Thanks a bunch!!!
just wanted to thank you for making videos Dave!
COOL !!
if you wanted to put an eye in it couldn't you have flattened the head and drilled a tiny hole, or would that have been to small to drill
Nails on their own are not sharp enough to be reliable. I wouldn't trust these one bit. If you sharpened them and maybe got some thinner nails sure but most fish (definitely not the bigger panfish) would see that thick hook and get out of the area.
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Dave, still can't comment or like posts on your Facebook page brother. Can you please fix? ;)
"Finnish nails" or "finish nails"?
(Joking)
you just took that out of the forge so how in the crap are you touching it
the pliers are cold, and drawing the heat out of the nails. Also, the nails are not "that hot" in that they weren't glowing with any color.
cool thx. mww