This is one of the few production blacksmithing channels I am subbed to that is more blacksmithing than machine shop. I wish you guys would post more. Your videos and personalities are fantastic. Edit: I am excited to see you joining the Makers Mob, but so many of the channels I really loved to follow also joined, and stopped producing videos.
I love watching Liam! But a part of me dies, knowing i will never be able to afford a Hoffman axe.. one of his camp axes was on ebay and it's already over $600 and the bid doesn't end for another day or so. It would be a dream come true to swing and work with a Hoffman axe. They are works of art. Every one of them.
Its kind of hard to tell exactly what shape your center punch is but you should try grinding the point of your center punch to a square or triangle. The advantage is that when you're metal is hot you can see your punch mark better! Pro tip
Wish you had more videos coming, but I get it you have a company to run. It’s cool how many of the tools from the old shop are still there! Nice watching you and Chad using hammers only! Respect you two! Such a fine product. Hope to own one of your axes someday. Cheers!
Therapist: Buff nerd doesnt exist, he can't hurt you. Buff nerd: (That was just a meme, theres nothing wrong with being a nerd, and, this is some great craftsmanship, so, keep up the good work!)
Dear Liam, thanks for presenting your method of axe making. It looks controlled and precise, something that I am yet to learn. The end result looks superb. The chunks of steel you started with look like my source of toughened steel - fork lift tines which is 4140. Is that what yours are? Cheers.
The axes themselves remind me of my father's "hacho" (oversize ax w/a short handle used by miners inside the mines to cut the woods w/which the lay the tunnels (passages inside the mine) a heavy oversized ax...has to be heavy for inside the mine they lack the space to swing it so it has to weight more than a normal ax....my father was a coal/iron miner in NW 'ern Spain many moons ago ....dead.
Awesome axes and so nice to see how axes would have been made with a Blacksmith and apprentice. Have either of you thought about entering a local strong man competition? Your arms are like tree trunks!!!!! LOL
Not a smith or anything, so sorry if this is a dumb question... But when you put the sacrificial plate over your anvil to protect it, you have to keep adjusting it. Why not make a piece with the edges bent around the side of the anvil so it doesn’t move around, but is easily removed/placed?
Quick question, why don't you use a Power hammer? instead of a second person. You could hook up a short activation cycle with a raspberry pie computer connected to a mic and make it voice activate to hammer at an indicated sound (s).
Liam, take my deposit and put me on waiting list, no longer than 4 years, I am 72 and Wikipedia indicates average life span of a male in USA is 76. I just want it as an heirloom, I believe your axes will be the holy grail of the future, “Hey, I just got a Black Raven”. So, check out this Hoffman Farm Axe!!
How about forging another bearded axe? And by forging I mean filming... And by bearded I mean slow motion... And by axe I mean pizza eating cinematic sequence. ?
The title should be " Forging the unattainable"!!!! To a collector and user of fine hand tools this is axe porn at its best.........ive wanted one for several years but the hordes of sheep buy them up faster than two men can forge them!!!😡
Simply amazing work. Hoping to own one someday. Truly no steps skipped, even soaking the heads. Some people say it’s unnecessary, but if it’s not done then the most important wood to be stabilized (in the eye) is left untreated! So impressive to see the attention to detail here
This is one of the few production blacksmithing channels I am subbed to that is more blacksmithing than machine shop. I wish you guys would post more. Your videos and personalities are fantastic. Edit: I am excited to see you joining the Makers Mob, but so many of the channels I really loved to follow also joined, and stopped producing videos.
Love the synchronicity between you and your co worker, guess no words are needed, when I nod my head you hit it....
I love it when you work the shaft.
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Absolutely beautiful axes! Thanks for sharing even these shots from your class.
Always an honor watching a true craftsman. Beautiful work.
that was the scariest flatter i have ever seen!!
Nice control with the drawknife, you didn’t keep going, knowing that the cut would follow deep into the grain
Amazing craftmanship,for as long as man can live on this earth no machine or robot will ever be able to produce such a masterpiece.
I love watching Liam! But a part of me dies, knowing i will never be able to afford a Hoffman axe.. one of his camp axes was on ebay and it's already over $600 and the bid doesn't end for another day or so. It would be a dream come true to swing and work with a Hoffman axe. They are works of art. Every one of them.
Buckin' Billy Ray sent me here. Beautiful work and beautiful farm axe!
Its kind of hard to tell exactly what shape your center punch is but you should try grinding the point of your center punch to a square or triangle. The advantage is that when you're metal is hot you can see your punch mark better! Pro tip
I subscribed to makers mob and really like it. It’s more than a bargain. Thank you for putting this together.
👌 Great filming and perfect audio - oh, and stunning craftsmanship as always....
Wow, that is a beautiful axe. Thanks for sharing.
Your axes are beautiful and evil at the same time I have always enjoyed your style keep going bud they are second to none.
The Essential Craftsman lead me here.
A beautiful creation
One of these days I will have the money for one of these works of ART!
Those are gorgeous thin blades.
An intresting model my father was made this a long time ago,nice work!!!
I need an axe like this in my life
That’s fantastic looking axe that’s a real axe.
Beautiful axe! Looks like a great little carpentry / camp / everyday carry axe... good work brother, keep it up!
Nice to see it hand struck nice job thanks
I would be proud to have forearms like that
Good looking axes. Hopping to be able to buy one soon.
Nice video wonderful work
Amazing!
DAMN THAT IS THE BIGGIST BELT SANDER IVE EVER SEEN HOLY HELL
Look up Fireball Tools GoKart Sander.
It's no 2x72
long time no see, welcome back!!
To be this young and talented and so committed to a craft and not afraid of hard work is very inspiring, great job...
Awesome Axe !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’ll take one of those beauties! Happy to see Chad. Don’t know how old video is though
Handle part seems to be in the new shop at least
great to see Chad again
Very nice work.
Hey man. Thanks for the video. I will own one of your axes one day.
Wish you had more videos coming, but I get it you have a company to run. It’s cool how many of the tools from the old shop are still there! Nice watching you and Chad using hammers only! Respect you two! Such a fine product. Hope to own one of your axes someday. Cheers!
Nice axe/hatchet. To bad the grain of the wood is not as good. It will work but it’s not at the peak. It is nice to see NC back in the saddle again
Therapist: Buff nerd doesnt exist, he can't hurt you.
Buff nerd:
(That was just a meme, theres nothing wrong with being a nerd, and, this is some great craftsmanship, so, keep up the good work!)
Dear Liam, thanks for presenting your method of axe making. It looks controlled and precise, something that I am yet to learn. The end result looks superb. The chunks of steel you started with look like my source of toughened steel - fork lift tines which is 4140. Is that what yours are? Cheers.
Dude has massive forearms
Wait wait wait, you have a youtube too? I thought it only was insta
The axes themselves remind me of my father's "hacho" (oversize ax w/a short handle used by miners inside the mines to cut the woods w/which the lay the tunnels (passages inside the mine) a heavy oversized ax...has to be heavy for inside the mine they lack the space to swing it so it has to weight more than a normal ax....my father was a coal/iron miner in NW 'ern Spain many moons ago ....dead.
Popeye forearms!!! True craftsmanship my friend
Looks exactly like the council tool craft carver.
Marvelous! Both the process and the product
Awesome axes and so nice to see how axes would have been made with a Blacksmith and apprentice. Have either of you thought about entering a local strong man competition? Your arms are like tree trunks!!!!! LOL
Not a smith or anything, so sorry if this is a dumb question...
But when you put the sacrificial plate over your anvil to protect it, you have to keep adjusting it. Why not make a piece with the edges bent around the side of the anvil so it doesn’t move around, but is easily removed/placed?
Outstanding
Can you do a 2 bladed sward
That's one monster fuckin anvil! Jeez!
Have you considered offering your own draw knives??
Sehr gute Arbeit. Frage zu 12:30 feilen nach dem Härten...
hey Liam
you should start producing Draw knifes aswell
I bet you could make some awesomenessss ones!! all the best
Yes indeed! Draw knives, plane irons and maybe even chisels! You've got the equipment now!
Where did you get the steel billet
Was that a water quench? Was it tempered? How do you heat treat 4140?
What steel do you use? Where do you buy it?
What steel does he use to make the axes?
Quick question, why don't you use a Power hammer? instead of a second person. You could hook up a short activation cycle with a raspberry pie computer connected to a mic and make it voice activate to hammer at an indicated sound (s).
Lovely
I would love to see you send some axes to buckin Billy ray smith. He is here on RUclips check him out he is an axe aholic.
Billy Ray in his last Video refered to Liam saying he loves Liams stuff
Technolifter which video is this??
That's a shit ton of quenching oil...
@ 1:07 were you using hoof nippers as tongs or just tongs that look like them at a quick glance?
What piece of steel did you use to start?
Cost ?
Are you still planning on selling the drifts??
If I had to go way back, Lego’s brought me here.
Do you make hewing axes?
Liam, take my deposit and put me on waiting list, no longer than 4 years, I am 72 and Wikipedia indicates average life span of a male in USA is 76. I just want it as an heirloom, I believe your axes will be the holy grail of the future, “Hey, I just got a Black Raven”. So, check out this Hoffman Farm Axe!!
What size stock and type of steel are you using?
Clean up that mushroomed flatter man! Gotta model good behavior for the youngins!
How much for an axe?
How about forging another bearded axe?
And by forging I mean filming...
And by bearded I mean slow motion...
And by axe I mean pizza eating cinematic sequence.
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How it's possible you sharpen hardened axe with a file? :o
Files are quite hard too and will do well on common steels
Do you sell you axes? If so where do I find them?
Same here...
Can u make me a firefighter hatchet
Who needs a gym? These guys are getting paid to have forearms like Popeye. That 1/2 ton rhinoceros anvil makes me jealous though.
MACHADUDO 😬😬🤫🤫
👍👍👍👏
very nice, i could do without the contemporary youth group music though
please clean up your flatter
The title should be " Forging the unattainable"!!!! To a collector and user of fine hand tools this is axe porn at its best.........ive wanted one for several years but the hordes of sheep buy them up faster than two men can forge them!!!😡
Fair to say your video production game took a step up... dang!
I need to quit the gym and pick up a hammer and striker...look at his arms...
Liam goes to the gym also....
Meh. A few more months working around that sissy power hammer will make quick work of those arms.
;-)
Hammering indeed builds the forearms in proportion as well, perhaps even to the point where they're thicker than the upper arm
I'd imagine that most of the work being done on his arms is from using tongs. When the stakes are "don't drop the hot thing and ruin it", you hold on.
TechStack Reviews keeps them arms nice and even. Holding the stock and swinging the hammer.
Hi Liam ,What steel are you using for the axes ? Thanks awesome work
This video reminded me of when liam and Chad were in the shack with the press
Chad!
Finally a new video. I've been waiting. Either way I'm glad to see an upload.
I love the bearded axe look it's on the to get list for axe/tool/functional art
Simply divine, you're a true craftsman Liam.
Incredible job!!!
Just bought one of your 32 inch handles!
What's been happening with this channel? Somebody critical die of COVID? Bankruptcy?
Very nice, If I had a chance I want to buy it
Forging newbie!
Can someone explain to me what he did at 13:00 where he rubs the blade with some... Sponge?
Simply amazing work. Hoping to own one someday. Truly no steps skipped, even soaking the heads. Some people say it’s unnecessary, but if it’s not done then the most important wood to be stabilized (in the eye) is left untreated! So impressive to see the attention to detail here
Is it nessecary to be as ripped as you are to do this?
Hi friend how much cost this axe??
what kind of steel you are using for this
Liam how does one buy one of your axes?
"Oh lay ye hammer down".