How Blacksmiths make Machetes in Hoi An, Vietnam
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- Blacksmiths making a sickle style machete in Vietnam. This is Part 2 of our Hoi An video, it focuses on the steel working and finishing side of the blade. In Part 1 of the video you will see Que (the blacksmith) working alone on the handle making.
Welcome to Hoi An City! Hoi An is known for its very old, but well preserved architecture, it was a major port for hundreds of years.
The blacksmith’s name is Que, his business name is Lo Ren. Que’s son joins in to help with the heavy sledge hammer work. The Lo Ren blacksmith shop can be found in Cua Dai street. Most of the south-east Asian blacksmiths we've filmed were in more rural areas, Lo Ren is right in the busy centre!
ADDRESS: Cua Dai Street, Hoi An City
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Love these videos. No super steels, no exotic handles, just steel coal fire hammer forged, plain wooden handles. All crafted by hand. Real bushcraft tools!
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Loved this video, as always. Can't wait for the next one, the preview looks brilliant.
Thank you, if everything goes to plan the Xa Gac video should publish on the 14th of June.
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Bush Channel I hope you go to Hue City in Vietnam you will see how the Blacksmith make knife, they make some knives you never seen before very beautiful I was one of them. I will discovery a lot of things. your channel make me remembering I was one of this blacksmith. Anyway thanks for your youtube channels.
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That one you showed at the end is wild looking that they use in the coffee fields
Enjoyed very much as always and gave a Thumbs Up
Yes the Xa Gac is quite an amazing looking tool. It’s the best of our Vietnam videos so we’re saving it for last :)
WoW! That power hamer at the end of the video ! 11:43
you must admire the Vietnamese for their "can do" spirit. Hey, I got a pair of sandals and shorts how about we go making some knives today?
This is awesome. I love the set up they have in all of these. Low tech and cheap but very practical and likely efficient. The tools are lovely too. Not the highest quality in the world but who cares they are probably cheap and work well. They can be used aggressively and you don’t need to worry about keeping them in perfect shape because they are made to be used. That young man with the sledge hammers was super accurate. I’m assuming he is an apprentice or a helper. Do they burn charcoal or bituminous coal? I love how they burn in the handles. Thanks for uploading
The ones I got from him are outstanding and very practical.
Enjoy your videos
granted every smith becomes accurate with a hammer - but the guy with sledgehammer is pretty good!
S C pretty is an understatement. Especially for his age I know people who use sledge hammers daily and are less accurate than he is
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Want to forge a good knife you should go to the mountains of North Vietnam, because that is the place specializing in forging of the ethnic groups there, they make very sharp knives. In the South of Vietnam, they only make knives for gardening, but in the North of Vietnam, the ethnic groups there have to make a living in the forest, so they pay special attention to knives.
If you're in Vietnam you should check out Zwe company. It's located in Ba Vi. They're pretty good Blacksmiths.
Hey mate, where is this guy? I'm in Hoi An right now and would love to drop in
Just show this video with his face to enough people, someone local will know him.
Awesome
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1:17 that steel looks a whole lot like re bar, unless he has welded on a re bar handle for the purpose of forging, which I doubt he did. This brings to question the hardness of the finished piece. I know in some countries they have limited resources and have to use what they have. The craftsmanship is excellent though, especially without the aid of a lot of power tools.
I noticed the re-bar as well. Take a look at the sparks coming off the blade when he grinds it -looks like reasonably high-carbon to me.
It probably holds an edge well enough for them, and really, you don't want a super hard edge for a working tool since the harder the edge, the more prone to chipping/breaking it'll be
If you have a need for a high quality blacksmith in Vietnam, I will recommend it to you.
Hi !
Do you know where can i find blacksmiths in Koh Samui, Koh Phangan or Koh Tao pleas ?
Frenchie EDC , every village in Thailand, Cambodia etc has a blacksmith,just ask around
Nice
But did you notice all his girlfriends phone numbers on the wall?...….Hold on! that's my mums number!!
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Wow, rebar? Maybe the type he uses has a higher carbon content.
Use what ya got
@@Matityahu-the-God Just be sure to take a file along, it will soon need it.
Machete price
I paid 500,000 per machete after bartering. that's about $33 Australian, and well worth it. As of July 2019. I did purchase 4 though.
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To (kalimantan selatan ,indonesia) bro there are a lot of blacksmiths
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Well come to viet nam
Wow bare feet and legs right next to it all. No safety glasses poor fellas.
Making a peasant knife
8:10 Uhhh... that shouldn't happen..😛
Walang subo.
REBAR IS TOTAL CRAP FOR USING IN ANYTHING WITH A EDGE. NOT ENOUGH CARBON,
You can see the sparks in the grinding process which suggest reasonable carbon content,also it a work tool hard edge will just make it useless when you have to use it to chop tree and branch