Bill Moran and the Forged Blade
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- Bill Moran, American Bladesmith Society Founder and Master Smith, demonstrates how to forge a blade in his shop in Maryland and tells how he began his career in bladesmithing. This 15 minute video documentary was filmed in Bill Moran's shop in 2004. It was produced by the Catoctin Center for Regional Studies and Frederick Community College with assistance from the Maryland Historic Trust and Maryland State Arts Council and was uploaded with their permission.
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OMG!!! What a Master Class in bladesmithing!! I'm an in awe!! Thank you for this video!
Bill Moran (Uncle Bill) was my godfather. He and my Dad were good ol' Western Maryland mountain boys in their youths. Going into his shop was like walking back into history. They don't show the exterior, but the building itself was an whitewashed, stone building over 200 years old. And you had to watched where you stepped, because it was a dirt floor and he always had a chaw in and spit freely. :) He was an amazing artist and craftsman. He would have been 79 when this video was made.
I wish he would have been my grandfather there's no way I'd be doing anything else but fallowing in his footsteps but my grandfather was a good teacher i learned how to do plumbing and house framing I'd much rather have had the knowledge of your grandfather the legendary knife maker Bill
My father lived close by and used to walk over and hang out at his shop when he was little. I wish I could have had the chance to do the same. Absolute legend.
The man. The myth. The freaking legend.
I have only recently learned of Mr. Moran. One master of the knife makers. Thanks
If I was told I could apprentice with any one bladesmith in history, this man is on the top of a very exclusive list!
What an amazing resource
I will never pass up an old-time expert story. Very cool
A Great Video. A real Document. A Relic.
An example for all of us.
One of the best videos I've seen in a long time.
This was a pleasure to watch Sir. Thank you very much.
Really Fantastic! Thanks for posting this great video of one of the Masters of the Forged Blade.It was fun to watch and Bill Moran will always live on in the hearts of all of us who forge knives:)
We were friends of Bill's way back in the mid-60s. He was an amazing man. We visited his shop quite a few times and he was kind enough to gift me a dagger he made out of an icepick. I still carry it with me every day. He always gave us fresh corn from the little garden he had on the side of his shop, it was the freshest sweetest corn I've ever eaten. I treasured my friendship with Bill and have thought of him often.
nice to watch Mr. Moran forging a blade! thanks for posting this!
Huge respect for this real Master.....from little Greece,God blees Master Bill!!!!
On the 7th Day, God Created Bill Moran...
Mr. Moran, you’re truly a Legend. The greatest blade smith to ever light a Forge!
What an incredible man.
That power hammer is so incredible! I love the "Old Ways" look of it. :)
And it's always good to see the look on a smith's face that he really does enjoy the work. :)
My dad learned a lot from Mr. Moran. They became friends 50 years ago.
Wonderful video. Thank you for posting!
I ordered one in the late 70's from him and he wrote back and said he was at least 25 years behind on his orders. I ordered anyway, against all hope, which it turned out to be.
This is a different video than the "Making of a Knife " video of Bill Moran. This video is a documentary produced by the Catoctin Center for Regional Studies and Frederick Community College with assistance from the Maryland Historic Trust and Maryland State Arts Council and uploaded with their permission.
Thank You !
(gratitude also extended to the RUclips Pandemic Algorithm of 2020 for permitting me to find this video)
Amazing! Can't wait to run down to Washington, AR for a hammer-in
amazing craftmanship.
he was a great blacksmith
very nice video i have always loved knives in fact i have many what i don't have though is a good bush crafting knife
I've used a hammer just like that one a few times when I took some blacksmith training.
I've driven by that place many times...wish I had a chance to meet Bill.
What kind of gear driven hammer is he using in this video? Thanks.
I never shouldve sold my 200 pound anvil
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