I watched this video in late 2019 and it inspired me to become a blacksmith. Now it is 2021 and because of this video i built my own shop bought all my owns tools and am now making beautiful pieces of iron work. So thank you for inspiring me.
@@sixpointforge5573 wow. Well done bro. Do any stock removal or just forging? I actually saw this guy and some his videos maybe 5 years ago when it first come out, I'd already been knifemaker a fair while at that time. Kinda nostalgic. Times gone fast haha. Any pics of your knives anywhere I can see?
I mostly do forging knives and then file in my exact profile afterwards. I don’t have an etsy page right now but i’m hoping to get it up and running within the next couple months.
My grandad picks the stuff up wherever and whenever we can, I wouldn't be surprised to find out we have over a ton of rebar and old lawnmower blades and the like.
Having just made a knife for the first time ever, I offer two pieces of advice to others who may attempt as a result of this video. 1, When you think have enough coal in the forge, add more. 2, When you think the work piece is hot enough, leave it in there for a while longer. Please note that neither of these is a criticism of this video, he was obviously doing it right, just the two most glaring and continual mistakes I made.
I tried my hand at a forge like this today, kept adding charcoal and it was glowing orange hot with the air I was adding,, but it would turn to ash before my rebar ever got hot enough to work.
Nice to see somebody cut through the bullshit and mythology and just say "Here, do this and just get started." Thanks for your video, this was really insightful.
Really appreciate your time , and for the video its giving me the gumption to use what I have instead of buying "proper forging tools " I have everything u used in this vid . And want to see if I can forge !
“Like I said earlier, I’m a firm believer in using traditional hand tools and would never stoop so low as to use any power tools” *cuts to an angle grinder* that actually got a chuckle out of me. Great work man!
Just so ya know, since your name is Your F.B.I Agent..... there's a channel called The CIA with one video, that video is called the FBI sucks... you should just say hi on it
I love how laid back this is. Often these kind of videos are so specific: "you need a QR57 Specialist Hammer and a ball joint inverted blacksmithing high pressure anvil.." This makes me feel like this is something I can do.
You got that right. Don't overthink it. You can make a pretty good bow with just a stick, a string, and a knife. I've seen it, pretty impressive stuff. There's always a world without power tools, just throw yourself into it and let your brain work out a logical solution, it will make you feel more enthusiastic on the matter.
"The hammer faces are not as hard and can explode and shoot shrapnel in all directions." Bro a claw hammer is plenty capable of hammering on steel without exploding what kinda drugs are you on? You're more likely to snap that wooden handle than you are to break the head...
@Billy McCatty Powell obviously this is not a super forge bud. It's not getting the bricks hot enough to explode. I've never seen exploding bricks and I've used plenty for fire rings and places that have got pretty damn hot. Also never seen steel spontaneously explode by hitting shit. The only way that makes sense is an extreme change in temp from hot to cold and it probably wouldn't explode it would just crack
You just opened a door for the that I could’ve never gone through otherwise. I’d always watch a ton of diy black smithing videos, but I’d always get turned away from actually attempting to blacksmith myself when I would see the expensive forge setups people have. I happen to also have cinderblocks and rebar naturally appearing in my backyard so it took only about 15 minutes to set up my forge. Now I’m on my way to forging a Bowie knife thanks to you!
"Again, we'll do this all by hand, with forging methods or with hacksaw. Because it would be just totally wrong for us to save time by using power tools." *proceeds to use angle-grinder a second time* _LEGEND_
Depends. I was lucky enough that my parents would advise, but let me suffer the consequences. That made me smart enough to bail on anything too sketchy.
I remember when my mum and dad finally let me out of our holding cell at area 51, I loved the freedom, the only other time i was let outside was when we crashed in the desert and mum n dad shouted "run, nanaril, run, use all 8 legs like we taught you"
being an old duffer I have to say … some drier areas, with trees around the root systems travel underground and on dry seasons I personally have seen fire travel underground thru root systems. so be careful digging trenches and blazing fires. carry on.
There's a video of a guy he want to burn some ants in his garden, he pour some gasoline and then light a match.. an other piece of video shows he at night, he has a tree and a portion of his house on fire!
Old topic but some kids set some grass on fire in Scotland last year, it had a coal vein under the ground ... it's still on fire under the ground and we had like 3 months of the rain this winter ... sound advice especially if you live in a dry climate
I can personally say that is my life struggle in terms of forging. I'm 17 yrs old and I know how to not burn myself. I also am watching the fire intently to make sure it doesn't spread, yet I will always be turned down when I ask...
One week into covid19 lock down: "Oh cool a nice little hobby" 3 months after lockdown: *Travelers pass through my parts of town as I strike down with my hammer on hot steel* "Travelers I see, how may I be of service to you?"
They use it in a lot of construction. They'll also use it for things like your house's electrical ground and for marking where your property actually physically is.
I love videos like this! I started with a similar rig because I had always wanted to do it and learned how on UA-cam. 12 years later, I'm running a non-profit teaching veterans to forge to get them back into working as a team on a potentially dangerous project. Little videos can sprout big things!
My son (14) and I hit up Harbor Freight today for an anvil - created your basic in-ground forge with my wife's hair dryer (oops) and banged out some pretty sweet knives from rebar we had laying around. I really can't express our gratitude for this super-simple intro to forging. Keep up the awesome work, many thanks! We found that wood scraps and kindling worked as well if not better than charcoal (we heat the house with firewood, so we've GOT some wood around) ... such a good time. You Rule, keep up the inspiring videos!
@@martinferezin5598 Still crankin' - between my wife & daughter, a dryer lasts a few years, so I expect this one to hang on a while longer :) Second hand stores have 'em all day long for a few bucks ...
DJ ARSENAL that goes for literally anything. I call it “going down the rabbit hole.” If you wanna do something as simple as walking someone will tell you you’re doing it wrong, and you need expensive equipment to do it.
I cannot think of any exception to your statement.. including photography as one mentioned. It's called "the power of limitation". If you learn to do something well with as little as possible, you will gain much more skill and knowledge than someone relying on high tech tools.
i like how this actually shows what is advertised. its "basic backyard garbage...and if you can find this its a bonus but this caveman thing here works. i see so many videos that are like "How to start blacksmithing for 20 dollars...we start with this here propane forge i built for 200, probably need a forge, and this here anvil, hand made tongs you cant find, some expensive pre-ground bar-stock 1095 and a power hammer. just basic tools we all have in the shed. (rolls eyes) ive been smithing for 16 years and i remember (vaguely) when i started out with a flat chunk of steel for an anvil, claw-hammer i found somewhere and some vice-grips. i jammed a cast iron pipe in a wood-stove and connected it to an old junky air compressor and threw some logs in there. made the shittiest knife you ever seen, basically a rustic butter-knife, thinner (like stupid thin) and more warped than the one in this video. terrible friggin junk-ass knife. i was so proud. worked in that wood stove for years. upgraded to a ten-inch chunk of railroad track someone gave me for an anvil. got an angle grinder eventually ground that track to a horn. just kept adding better tools. now i have a Swedish steel 210 pound anvil, propane forge, hollow grinder (that blew something yesterday i need to fix) and i got a wall covered in Damascus knives and swords and axes. you gotta start somewhere kids, and i learned a lot on garbage tools. even now on a budget, i use garage sale files, scavenged steel, quench in used transmission oil, and get handle wood from the log-pile out back. nothing wrong rustic means and elbow grease.
So honest question. I see a lot of people talk about old railroad track as an anvil, but how do you get them? The only way I can think of would be stealing it but that's not an option I'm willing to consider.
Eric Romano Same problem here. I have yet to “find” these supposed pieces of rail. Though I’ve seen quite a few being sold on line for ~$50-100 plus shipping
Wow. thanks for this comment. Always wanted to give this a shot, and finally spent the whole day researching. Was kinda on the edge of starting and this really inspires me to go ahead with this.
I literally just bought one about 45 minutes ago. These guys know of dead tracks out in the country and they chop off 12" hunks of them. I just got a 40 pound chunk for $20. They sold it online in Facebook Marketplace.
Better to say make sure they are DRY. Like put up in a dry spot with a lot of ventilation totally out of the rain for a few weeks or months. Cinderblocks are likely to just crack and will be rendered useless (for anything). Natural stones however can and will explode if they are not bone dry. Clay bricks are probably good even if they are wet they're just liable to crack.
A bazillion people (running panickly around): I need a gun, an axe, gasoline, a saw, a radio, gas lamp, crossbow, survival tent, jump boots... You: I need a hairdryer.
This video gave me the courage to forge my own knife today. Didn't think you could heat steel up properly with such simply improvised forge, but it worked wonderfully and the knife turned out much better than I expected. Thanks for uploading this video, it was a huge help!
Lol yeah you would be suprised how easy it is to get a fire going up to extremely hot temps, hell with a bit of mud and know how you can quit easily even build your own smoke stack oven set up which you can get things even hotter, tho with that to get it hotter you may need to up the fuel intake and air feeder
Starts making little brick forge outside our house... wife asked what are you doing. I'm making a forge like this guy on youtube...she says no...just no.
It been almost three years since I first saw this video on my regular down time channel and man, thank you! Ive wanted to get into smithing for years, I mean 7th grade.(Colonial Williamsburg D.C.trip, great traditional demonstration)But I had other things going on at the time. Life rolled on by, and I had been at a foundry busting butt and such. I was bored one day at home, and like fate this vid got recommended, and I was off! Built me a forge similar to this but outta an old footed fire pit, and some bricks. Used black pipe and a mattress pump for air, got me the 55 lb from harbor freight, and haven't looked back since. Now as said, near my third year in and Im close to getting a small business up and running on the side, made so many projects, got this youtube channel going, two new forges, anvil,ect and filled the hole that was left in me due to my past bad decisions. Its truly been life changing, and you're to blame! Haha! Thank you again man! Check my stuff out if you'd like, I love being apart of this community of UA-cam smiths. Take care🍻🍻
Oh how this brings back memories for me as a 14 year old. I had a collection of machetes and hatchets that i still have today. Building forts in the woods with other friends from the neighborhood. We built a forging system almost like the one you have setup. We cut down so so so so many trees but they were all put to great use. Damn that was 26 years ago and it only seems like just a couple of years ago.
You say there are thousands of blacksmithing videos on UA-cam, and you are right but none of them make me want to have a go like your video. Thanks for not over complicating it and scaring me off like all the others.
"I would never stoop to the level of using an angle grinder or something like that to save time" *chops off a chunk of the blade with an angle grinder*
Thank you FargoFX, this video inspired me to get out of my "If only I had/could afford this" rut and finally build a scrap forge. I sunk a few broken concrete blocks in a pit out back, set up some scrap steel piping(not galvanized) and used aluminum tape to affix a $10 hair dryer to the end. Heats metal to forging temp effectively on pretty much anything more flammable than wet leaves. Again, thank you immensely for this kickstart.
I've been smithing off and on for 15 years and of all the stuff I watch on youtube it was very refreshing to see someone break things down to the bare bones so that anyone interested in getting started can. Thank you for being a great starting point and showing anyone willing can do it
Awesome video!! "It's easier to get forgiveness than permission" lmao!! Very informative, easy to understand and some added humour along the way! Thanks!!
Much thanks, my friend. It's good to get that kind of feedback, sometimes I think my sense of humor is too dry...but it's the only one I've got. Lol! Have a great day!
I remember watching this video a couple years back, and it inspired me to start forging, and since then I've made over a dozen knives and I'm currently working on my second sword. Thank you so much for this great tutorial. Also I have that exact belt grinder lol
I wouldn’t use a power tool *as he grinds away. 10/10 favourite part great tutorial video I have everything stockpiled and this just makes me want to go ahead and finally do it
Awesome. Going to try on weekends. Update: Way easier than I thought. Could get orange hot easy. Recommend uses coal or charcoal, wood scraps burn out. P.S. Power tools make it way easier. P.P.S. If your using a blow dryer, put it on full, and if you don't have protection keep it a relatively away from the flame, and pointing to the flame.
@@DarthVader-ch4um Lord Vader.. bruh.. your fucking castle is built on a goddamn LAVA PLANET and you have a fuckmothering LIGHTSABER. A forge built in a cave with a box of scraps is useless to you. Dafuq...
Thanks for the shoutout my friend !😀 I don't know what it is, but I always liked the uneven bevel look. Perfect knives look nice but sometimes they look too nice. A knife needs character. I think that's why I like old axes so much lol. Again thanks man!😀
Thanks! yep, I know exactly what you mean about a knife needing character. I've spent a couple months trying to perfect my "pretty" knife making skills--which is good, it forces me to really work on the craft--but sometimes it feels good to just forge out a crude blade and grind an edge onto it.
Going to check out Outdoors55. I am just learning to sharpen knives and axes sense we bought our 8 acres of forest land I call it on top of a mountain in Arkansas. Husband is gone a lot so teaching myself as much I can to help him out as well.
That's pretty neat! I used Goddard's 50$ backyard smith book, but it's awesome seeing that people can cleverly do it for even less. Some tips I've learned that cost nothing but will make your life easier: 1) Find the heaviest flat surface you can hammer on. This allows most of your hammering to shape the steel instead of spending some of that energy moving the dirt underneath. A concrete patio is great for this. 2) When hammering out the bevel, the spine does like to bend backwards. If you rest your spine on the hammering surface, using a 2x4 to smack the blade edge will straighten out your spine without damaging the edge. 3) After quenching (I found motor oil to be the most forgiving), submerging your blade into a pile of dirt, sand, or even charcoal dust makes it easier to work with when you're filing the profile, either by hand or power tools. The slow cooling of the metal in a medium instead of air cooling will soften the steel enough to make it fileable. 4) Toaster ovens for heat treatment are a lot easier to explain to your wife/mother than the kitchen oven.
this really works, i started with this, now i have upgraded to a leafblower as my forge blower, a 55 pound anvil, 2 pound hammer. If you want to start forging this is perfect for you!
This is the best tutorial about making a knife on your own I have ever seen on youtube.Other channels keep making those with professional tools but I can make this one at home too and it is great.
Thanks, man. I've been wanting to forge for sometime but it seemed complex to me but you talked my kind of talk and did it the way I would prefer to do it, now am ready. Long live your channel.
FargoFX you are such a hypocrite. You make a video explaining how to create a forge, yet agree when someone says that the people that watched it are stupid because they forgot a "basic skill" Good job.
The ArcticWolfGaming821 You most likely misunderstood everything. The commenter was not saying that people are stupid for not knowing already what this video taught, he was thankful that this video now exists, so that people may learn that it's not necessary to have all of our modern fancy power tools and such to do things like forging. And Fargo probably agreed that this is something that people should really know. But I might be wrong, you never know. ^_^
Love this video watched it about 4 years ago and I havent forgotten it and 4 years later I'm still making stuff and modifying I'm 15 now and I'm setting up my first actual forge so thank you
Love this video. People often like to over complicate things when starting a hobby, thinking they need all the tools and gadgets... and while they definitely do make life easier i think its better to just get started. And i think alot more is learned the basic way. Thanks for the video, ill be making a similar setup soon
Heyo! im trying to get into blacksmithing, and this video explained everything really well, Thank You! (my mom was still kinda mad about me making a 2000 degree fire pit in her backyard but it was worth it)
Brilliantly explained....as you said there are many channels and hundreds of techniques, but you made it practical, time effective and straight to the point for beginner, thank you!
Thanks so much! I was thinking about getting into smithing as a hobby because of how much time summer break gave me, but i was DISGUSTED by the cost of anvils, forges and stuff. But then youtube recommended me THIS video! I cant wait to try for myself! Again, THANK YOU!
I'm inclined to try smithing blades, but my biggest concern is the noise, especially on an urban environment. I wish I had a sizable patch of land away from anybody.
Yay! I’ve been looking whole quarantine to find a video this easy on how to start blacksmithing. It’s been my dream my whole life to do this and thanks to you I can start! Also to some people who have a vise. There are usually anvils on the vises too.
dude I know I'm 6 years late but I'm wanting to start blade smithing and the way you say "I'm not going to us a angel grinder" and then do it any way is very funny to me. And for that I will sub to ya. Stay safe and stay cool, well that kind of hard to do when your working in a forge.
Fantastic example of how simple it is to get started. I plan to learn the basics of smithing this year and this video is now in my playlists so I can use it for inspiration. Thanks!
@@theentirestateofalaska.4983 forgive me for I have sinned. I shall look down upon myself, pitying the mere fool I have made of me with this unforgettable mistake. Cry, I shall. For I have lowered my ways to the dark side of communication, where there exists no such thing as grammar. My sincere apologies for the outstanding abomination I have created with my unfortunate lack of attention, I wish you a good day nevertheless.
Just about fell out of my chair when he was talking about using power tools...Educational and entertaining. Thanks for the primer...now I feel much more comfortable dipping my toe into the hot quenching oil
Definitely going to get into this hobby. I have always been intrigued by the Middle Ages and this stuff goes hand an hand together for me. Can’t wait. Thanks for the video, you definitely made it seem like a cool hobby rather than some strict trade….. if that makes sense
Father: I can't find the property marker. Son: Do like your knife? Father: I'm looking for the property marker son, not my knife! Son: That is the property marker!!
Thanks to the algoritm for bringing me to this video. I've always been interested in forging and never knew the reason. A little while ago I just got to know that my grandpa was a blacksmith, he used to repair wheels and sabers. I never got to know any of my granparents since they were already gone by the time I was born. Watching this video kind of rekindled the spark of interest inside of me. I loved how you made it so simple and practical. Thank you so much!
man i uses to do all my forgin with wood and i hated it but i kept at it. This was a very informational video man your gonna inspire alor of ppl with this
backyardbladesmith Thanks! I’m really hoping to inspire more people to get started young, rather than waiting till they’re old and crusty like me. LOL.
Six months and already able to make this excellent beginner's instructional? Very well done sir. THIS is why I like UA-cam, content creators like this.
I watched this video in late 2019 and it inspired me to become a blacksmith. Now it is 2021 and because of this video i built my own shop bought all my owns tools and am now making beautiful pieces of iron work. So thank you for inspiring me.
How’s it going now
It’s going great I started making knives and i’m making quite a bit of money selling them.
@@sixpointforge5573 wow. Well done bro. Do any stock removal or just forging?
I actually saw this guy and some his videos maybe 5 years ago when it first come out, I'd already been knifemaker a fair while at that time. Kinda nostalgic. Times gone fast haha.
Any pics of your knives anywhere I can see?
I mostly do forging knives and then file in my exact profile afterwards. I don’t have an etsy page right now but i’m hoping to get it up and running within the next couple months.
@@sixpointforge5573 Ay! If you need a website hmu I’ll do it for free ( not including expenses from websites aka 12 dollars yearly )
"this is rebar sometimes you will find it laying on your property" i guess rebar grows naturally in rural areas
you can find them in construction sites i guess
if you have brick laying around, theres a good chance youll find rebar nearby,
My grandad picks the stuff up wherever and whenever we can, I wouldn't be surprised to find out we have over a ton of rebar and old lawnmower blades and the like.
🤣🤣🤣 Underrated comment 👌
Here in Kentucky it does lol
Having just made a knife for the first time ever, I offer two pieces of advice to others who may attempt as a result of this video. 1, When you think have enough coal in the forge, add more. 2, When you think the work piece is hot enough, leave it in there for a while longer. Please note that neither of these is a criticism of this video, he was obviously doing it right, just the two most glaring and continual mistakes I made.
Bro, I did the same mistakes today, thank u for infrming
Yeah I learned I had to hammer softer and heat longer
It sounds about the same advice you'd use for any activity that requires patience, solid advice
I tried my hand at a forge like this today, kept adding charcoal and it was glowing orange hot with the air I was adding,, but it would turn to ash before my rebar ever got hot enough to work.
@@christianseavoy7693 should probably use some hardwood too but at that point sounds like you need to add more
Nice to see somebody cut through the bullshit and mythology and just say "Here, do this and just get started." Thanks for your video, this was really insightful.
Adam Osborne Thanks! 👍
definitely. Nothing fancy, just simple stuff you can get at any hardware store.
Mythology? Like praying to Hephaestus?
Really appreciate your time , and for the video its giving me the gumption to use what I have instead of buying "proper forging tools " I have everything u used in this vid . And want to see if I can forge !
Adam Osborne Well said. Agree.
“Like I said earlier, I’m a firm believer in using traditional hand tools and would never stoop so low as to use any power tools” *cuts to an angle grinder* that actually got a chuckle out of me. Great work man!
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@@xaviercarpenter5662 R/ihadastroke
Xavier Carpenter me too man, me too.
@@marksaile6419 me too
It was the “after about 37 hours of filing” for me😂
"it's easier to get forgiveness than permission"
That is now my life motto
It's the motto of a selfish person.
@@ziberteck Ok 👍
For a married man lol
Just so ya know, since your name is Your F.B.I Agent..... there's a channel called The CIA with one video, that video is called the FBI sucks... you should just say hi on it
@@zragevii4705 Thank you for this information. We will be sure to speak with the pussy boys-oops I mean CIA.
I love how laid back this is. Often these kind of videos are so specific: "you need a QR57 Specialist Hammer and a ball joint inverted blacksmithing high pressure anvil.." This makes me feel like this is something I can do.
Man. That's nothing impossible to do if you have urge for that. Just some people make it complicated
Some people get payed by sponsors
You got that right. Don't overthink it. You can make a pretty good bow with just a stick, a string, and a knife. I've seen it, pretty impressive stuff. There's always a world without power tools, just throw yourself into it and let your brain work out a logical solution, it will make you feel more enthusiastic on the matter.
"The hammer faces are not as hard and can explode and shoot shrapnel in all directions."
Bro a claw hammer is plenty capable of hammering on steel without exploding what kinda drugs are you on?
You're more likely to snap that wooden handle than you are to break the head...
@Billy McCatty Powell obviously this is not a super forge bud. It's not getting the bricks hot enough to explode. I've never seen exploding bricks and I've used plenty for fire rings and places that have got pretty damn hot. Also never seen steel spontaneously explode by hitting shit. The only way that makes sense is an extreme change in temp from hot to cold and it probably wouldn't explode it would just crack
You just opened a door for the that I could’ve never gone through otherwise. I’d always watch a ton of diy black smithing videos, but I’d always get turned away from actually attempting to blacksmith myself when I would see the expensive forge setups people have. I happen to also have cinderblocks and rebar naturally appearing in my backyard so it took only about 15 minutes to set up my forge. Now I’m on my way to forging a Bowie knife thanks to you!
Yeah, that's the great thing about blacksmithing/swordsmithing. You can make such amazing pieces of art with the simplest things
Have you made one?
Did you make one
Yes
“I would never stoop to using something like an angle-grinder to save time” (queue angle-grinder). I honestly laughed out loud-bravo!
😂😂😂😂
Only 37hrs filing lol
"Again, we'll do this all by hand, with forging methods or with hacksaw. Because it would be just totally wrong for us to save time by using power tools."
*proceeds to use angle-grinder a second time*
_LEGEND_
Dude easier to get forgiveness than permission is an essential piece of information for any kid who wants to enjoy their childhood growing up!
Not *any* kid. If your parents don't forgive or will destroy your stuff as punishment, it's easier to ask permission
Can confirm I spent my childhood indoors because my mother never let me go outside.
Depends. I was lucky enough that my parents would advise, but let me suffer the consequences. That made me smart enough to bail on anything too sketchy.
I remember when my mum and dad finally let me out of our holding cell at area 51, I loved the freedom, the only other time i was let outside was when we crashed in the desert and mum n dad shouted "run, nanaril, run, use all 8 legs like we taught you"
@@daveslater9141 XD
being an old duffer I have to say … some drier areas, with trees around the root systems travel underground and on dry seasons I personally have seen fire travel underground thru root systems. so be careful digging trenches and blazing fires. carry on.
Hey Dave. Great advice, I would have never thought about that.
There's a video of a guy he want to burn some ants in his garden, he pour some gasoline and then light a match.. an other piece of video shows he at night, he has a tree and a portion of his house on fire!
Old topic but some kids set some grass on fire in Scotland last year, it had a coal vein under the ground ... it's still on fire under the ground and we had like 3 months of the rain this winter ... sound advice especially if you live in a dry climate
Thanks Karen
I better stay away from forging then since Summer is approaching soon in Australia lol,
AKA bushfire season
I've been bladesmithing for about 2 or 3 months now and have been looking for a really good diy forge video and I found it here thank you
“It’s easier to get forgiveness than permission” haha brilliant!
But was it for "borrowing" a hair dryer from your wife or was it from digging a trench in your yard without talking to the neighborhood first? 😂
That was a famous saying in the army
I think my little son practices this rule quite often.
Opposite
I can personally say that is my life struggle in terms of forging. I'm 17 yrs old and I know how to not burn myself. I also am watching the fire intently to make sure it doesn't spread, yet I will always be turned down when I ask...
"It's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission" lmao sons and mothers everywhere know this truth.
Trust me, I know!
@@sleazyp36 Since you know this, you must be an expert in being one, otherwise you would not be so sure what makes him one.
The phrase you were looking for is "Easier to ask for forgiveness than to beg for permission." Fixed.
Hahaha.. yes it is.. well said..
One week into covid19 lock down:
"Oh cool a nice little hobby"
3 months after lockdown:
*Travelers pass through my parts of town as I strike down with my hammer on hot steel*
"Travelers I see, how may I be of service to you?"
@Longfin same here bro I'm tryin a new hobby cause im going crazy if i stay at home longer
I am in need of a sharp cutting instrument, and I only have this white rolled up softened paper and an alcohol gel substance for trade. Too bad...
glad to see im not the only one doing this now LOL
Hahaha best thing I've read all day!!!
"Looking to protect yourself, or deal some damage?"
"it's easier to get forgiveness than permission "
🤣🤣🤣 first vid I've seen and I already love this guy
Thanks UA-cam recommended, now I can arm the village before the goblins attack
God speed brave soul
Is this a reference to something
@@NoobSharkey not really, it's just sleep deprivation and fever ^^
Aragorn: you have my sword
Legolas: and you have ny bow
Hey, my people need things, your people have lots of things - if you didn't want us there you should've done a better job hiding your things.
Quick, dirty and straight to the point, I be honored to join you.
Tony Walker So glad you enjoyed this video. Always love your comments, thanks for all the support!
I literally went outside in the backyard and found some rebar what sorcery is this?
They use it in a lot of construction. They'll also use it for things like your house's electrical ground and for marking where your property actually physically is.
ikr? i dont even have a backyard dude
Same!! On accident. I was amazed
Haha, when he said that i immediately remembered seeing a piece stucking out of some scrap concrete in my backyard.
I found a cat in my backyard... smells good now
I love videos like this! I started with a similar rig because I had always wanted to do it and learned how on UA-cam. 12 years later, I'm running a non-profit teaching veterans to forge to get them back into working as a team on a potentially dangerous project. Little videos can sprout big things!
This shit warmed my heart so much I don't even need to build a forge anymore. Just shove some rebar in my chest til it gets white hot.
Awesome, love that idea. Inspiring thx 4 sharing.
My son (14) and I hit up Harbor Freight today for an anvil - created your basic in-ground forge with my wife's hair dryer (oops) and banged out some pretty sweet knives from rebar we had laying around. I really can't express our gratitude for this super-simple intro to forging. Keep up the awesome work, many thanks! We found that wood scraps and kindling worked as well if not better than charcoal (we heat the house with firewood, so we've GOT some wood around) ... such a good time. You Rule, keep up the inspiring videos!
16 now?
But, 37 hours of filing???
how much did the hair dryer last?
@@martinferezin5598 Still crankin' - between my wife & daughter, a dryer lasts a few years, so I expect this one to hang on a while longer :) Second hand stores have 'em all day long for a few bucks ...
What kind of hammer do you use? Carbon steel?
Finally a REAL no special tools needed. I've seen vids where some ppl just assume that you have 10000 dollar workshop at your disposal
IKR
Every other video: BUY EXPENSIVE STUFF OR ITS IMPOSSIBLE
your video: get some bricks and some fire.
DJ ARSENAL that goes for literally anything. I call it “going down the rabbit hole.” If you wanna do something as simple as walking someone will tell you you’re doing it wrong, and you need expensive equipment to do it.
@@blueix9 there are exceptions to this, example: fotography
Or generally any hobby that requires highly technological equipment
I cannot think of any exception to your statement.. including photography as one mentioned. It's called "the power of limitation". If you learn to do something well with as little as possible, you will gain much more skill and knowledge than someone relying on high tech tools.
@Duck Soup No, maybe 6-7000 years, but not 150,000. Humans, as we know us, have only been around for 10,000 years.
@@PraxusUK humans as we know us have been around for 120 years max
The deadpan “so after you’ve spent 37 hours filing...” hahhaaaa love it. Great video dude!
i like how this actually shows what is advertised. its "basic backyard garbage...and if you can find this its a bonus but this caveman thing here works. i see so many videos that are like "How to start blacksmithing for 20 dollars...we start with this here propane forge i built for 200, probably need a forge, and this here anvil, hand made tongs you cant find, some expensive pre-ground bar-stock 1095 and a power hammer. just basic tools we all have in the shed. (rolls eyes) ive been smithing for 16 years and i remember (vaguely) when i started out with a flat chunk of steel for an anvil, claw-hammer i found somewhere and some vice-grips. i jammed a cast iron pipe in a wood-stove and connected it to an old junky air compressor and threw some logs in there. made the shittiest knife you ever seen, basically a rustic butter-knife, thinner (like stupid thin) and more warped than the one in this video. terrible friggin junk-ass knife. i was so proud. worked in that wood stove for years. upgraded to a ten-inch chunk of railroad track someone gave me for an anvil. got an angle grinder eventually ground that track to a horn. just kept adding better tools. now i have a Swedish steel 210 pound anvil, propane forge, hollow grinder (that blew something yesterday i need to fix) and i got a wall covered in Damascus knives and swords and axes. you gotta start somewhere kids, and i learned a lot on garbage tools. even now on a budget, i use garage sale files, scavenged steel, quench in used transmission oil, and get handle wood from the log-pile out back. nothing wrong rustic means and elbow grease.
So honest question. I see a lot of people talk about old railroad track as an anvil, but how do you get them? The only way I can think of would be stealing it but that's not an option I'm willing to consider.
Well said 👍
Eric Romano Same problem here. I have yet to “find” these supposed pieces of rail. Though I’ve seen quite a few being sold on line for ~$50-100 plus shipping
Wow. thanks for this comment. Always wanted to give this a shot, and finally spent the whole day researching. Was kinda on the edge of starting and this really inspires me to go ahead with this.
I literally just bought one about 45 minutes ago. These guys know of dead tracks out in the country and they chop off 12" hunks of them. I just got a 40 pound chunk for $20. They sold it online in Facebook Marketplace.
Its worth mentioning if you use bricks make sure they ARE NOT concrete they can explode if exposed to enough heat.
Better to say make sure they are DRY. Like put up in a dry spot with a lot of ventilation totally out of the rain for a few weeks or months. Cinderblocks are likely to just crack and will be rendered useless (for anything). Natural stones however can and will explode if they are not bone dry. Clay bricks are probably good even if they are wet they're just liable to crack.
@@maxdecphoenix thanks i was looking for this info
Cinder blocks will just crack and turn into powdered ash over time.
Concrete can explode
Wet clay can explode
River rocks will explode
Psh amateurs I use hand worked & leveled basalt blocks the size of my truck, get real losers ;)
@@Paid2Win you are a modern Mayan
This will come in handy when society breaks down
and fashion a blower like the old days.
aye
A bazillion people (running panickly around): I need a gun, an axe, gasoline, a saw, a radio, gas lamp, crossbow, survival tent, jump boots...
You: I need a hairdryer.
It already has
Yes
This video gave me the courage to forge my own knife today. Didn't think you could heat steel up properly with such simply improvised forge, but it worked wonderfully and the knife turned out much better than I expected. Thanks for uploading this video, it was a huge help!
You just got to remember that it all started off before hairdryers were even invented. if they could do it, you can
Lol yeah you would be suprised how easy it is to get a fire going up to extremely hot temps, hell with a bit of mud and know how you can quit easily even build your own smoke stack oven set up which you can get things even hotter, tho with that to get it hotter you may need to up the fuel intake and air feeder
I've used a flyswatter as a bellows before. Took maybe twenty minutes to get a piece of steel glowing hot.
Starts making little brick forge outside our house... wife asked what are you doing. I'm making a forge like this guy on youtube...she says no...just no.
Lol man, like the dude in the video said, forgivness is easyer to ask for than permission... lol
LMAO.. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂👍
And that’s why I’m not married.....yet
All the more reason to just do it anyways since it's your house too and no feminist matriarch should rule over your life as if she owned it. Beta.
I found 20' of 1/2" rebar on my property like you said including some bricks. My wife won't miss the hairdryer. Haha. Thanks!!!!
Step 1: have a backyard
*Lives in an apartment*
Damnit
Lol
Just head down to the nearest river and set up shop under the bridge
you could do it in a well ventilated(if not ventilated you will asphyxiate from the carbon dioxide build up) kitchen ...it is a shit idea though lol
Go to a park with a fire ring
@@shrapnel4213, I imagine that well before you asphyxiate, your friendly neighbours would ventilate you. Forging is not a quiet hobby.
It been almost three years since I first saw this video on my regular down time channel and man, thank you! Ive wanted to get into smithing for years, I mean 7th grade.(Colonial Williamsburg D.C.trip, great traditional demonstration)But I had other things going on at the time. Life rolled on by, and I had been at a foundry busting butt and such. I was bored one day at home, and like fate this vid got recommended, and I was off! Built me a forge similar to this but outta an old footed fire pit, and some bricks. Used black pipe and a mattress pump for air, got me the 55 lb from harbor freight, and haven't looked back since. Now as said, near my third year in and Im close to getting a small business up and running on the side, made so many projects, got this youtube channel going, two new forges, anvil,ect and filled the hole that was left in me due to my past bad decisions. Its truly been life changing, and you're to blame! Haha! Thank you again man! Check my stuff out if you'd like, I love being apart of this community of UA-cam smiths. Take care🍻🍻
Oh how this brings back memories for me as a 14 year old. I had a collection of machetes and hatchets that i still have today. Building forts in the woods with other friends from the neighborhood. We built a forging system almost like the one you have setup. We cut down so so so so many trees but they were all put to great use. Damn that was 26 years ago and it only seems like just a couple of years ago.
It's TRIPPY how time flies huh? Especially as we grow older! 🤯
I feel like I've failed as a woman, because I don't have a blow dryer. Now I want to get one, but not for my hair....🤷♀️🙆♀️
You and me both, sister!
DANG!
you're my kind of woman
😉
Lol 🤣 🤣
juSTIn Turner
But is she a blacksmithing goddess?
Saaame :D
Finally, a great video showing how a total beginner, who may not have many tools or a budget can be active and creating.
Jeff Jackson Exactly! And thanks for the feedback.
You say there are thousands of blacksmithing videos on UA-cam, and you are right but none of them make me want to have a go like your video. Thanks for not over complicating it and scaring me off like all the others.
"I would never stoop to the level of using an angle grinder or something like that to save time"
*chops off a chunk of the blade with an angle grinder*
"So after you've spent about 37 hours filing and you have exactly the shape you want..."
😂😂😂
"Because it would be just totally wrong for us to save time by using power tools"
As he uses an angle grinder AGAIN
I think it's a joke
@@draxusdemos8266 you THINK its a joke?
This is how i got started about a year and a half ago. Brings back memories
When you put it this way
I can more easily understand how this technology was done back then when forging was new
I respect your purity towards the craft bra
Thank you FargoFX, this video inspired me to get out of my "If only I had/could afford this" rut and finally build a scrap forge.
I sunk a few broken concrete blocks in a pit out back, set up some scrap steel piping(not galvanized) and used aluminum tape to affix a $10 hair dryer to the end.
Heats metal to forging temp effectively on pretty much anything more flammable than wet leaves.
Again, thank you immensely for this kickstart.
how much did the $10 hair dryer last? At least a year?
I've been smithing off and on for 15 years and of all the stuff I watch on youtube it was very refreshing to see someone break things down to the bare bones so that anyone interested in getting started can. Thank you for being a great starting point and showing anyone willing can do it
Were you pleased that he used regular iron instead of steel, and then he began to harden it, and then began to file it?
Awesome video!! "It's easier to get forgiveness than permission" lmao!! Very informative, easy to understand and some added humour along the way! Thanks!!
Much thanks, my friend. It's good to get that kind of feedback, sometimes I think my sense of humor is too dry...but it's the only one I've got. Lol! Have a great day!
@csknives2140
No...well....maybe....no
My dad sais it all the time. So i subscribed
I LEGIT USE THE SAME BLOW DRYER ON MY BRAKE DRUM FORGE!
@@FargoFX what do you use for quenching oil?
I remember watching this video a couple years back, and it inspired me to start forging, and since then I've made over a dozen knives and I'm currently working on my second sword. Thank you so much for this great tutorial. Also I have that exact belt grinder lol
I wouldn’t use a power tool *as he grinds away. 10/10 favourite part great tutorial video I have everything stockpiled and this just makes me want to go ahead and finally do it
Awesome. Going to try on weekends.
Update: Way easier than I thought. Could get orange hot easy. Recommend uses coal or charcoal, wood scraps burn out.
P.S. Power tools make it way easier.
P.P.S. If your using a blow dryer, put it on full, and if you don't have protection keep it a relatively away from the flame, and pointing to the flame.
Are you still forging?
Awesome, advice helps. Good luck in life!
@@DarthVader-ch4um Lord Vader.. bruh.. your fucking castle is built on a goddamn LAVA PLANET and you have a fuckmothering LIGHTSABER.
A forge built in a cave with a box of scraps is useless to you. Dafuq...
Thanks for the shoutout my friend !😀 I don't know what it is, but I always liked the uneven bevel look. Perfect knives look nice but sometimes they look too nice. A knife needs character. I think that's why I like old axes so much lol. Again thanks man!😀
Thanks! yep, I know exactly what you mean about a knife needing character. I've spent a couple months trying to perfect my "pretty" knife making skills--which is good, it forces me to really work on the craft--but sometimes it feels good to just forge out a crude blade and grind an edge onto it.
OUTDOORS55 i
I've watched tons of OUTDOORS55 vids, he makes scary sharp edges
Going to check out Outdoors55. I am just learning to sharpen knives and axes sense we bought our 8 acres of forest land I call it on top of a mountain in Arkansas. Husband is gone a lot so teaching myself as much I can to help him out as well.
Man, I have to tank you. I started my forge workshop because of your video and I finished my first knive.
Wanted to start up blacksmithing. Learned more in this single video than all the seventy other videos I saw this year. Thank you! 🔨🔪🔥
That's pretty neat! I used Goddard's 50$ backyard smith book, but it's awesome seeing that people can cleverly do it for even less. Some tips I've learned that cost nothing but will make your life easier:
1) Find the heaviest flat surface you can hammer on. This allows most of your hammering to shape the steel instead of spending some of that energy moving the dirt underneath. A concrete patio is great for this.
2) When hammering out the bevel, the spine does like to bend backwards. If you rest your spine on the hammering surface, using a 2x4 to smack the blade edge will straighten out your spine without damaging the edge.
3) After quenching (I found motor oil to be the most forgiving), submerging your blade into a pile of dirt, sand, or even charcoal dust makes it easier to work with when you're filing the profile, either by hand or power tools. The slow cooling of the metal in a medium instead of air cooling will soften the steel enough to make it fileable.
4) Toaster ovens for heat treatment are a lot easier to explain to your wife/mother than the kitchen oven.
I love how you explained things right from the basics. some of the more technical videos skip that
I showed my mom this video and she said this summer we'll make a forge in our backyard, thanks!
"Dum-brrrrum!" My forging skills just leveled up, to level 2. Only need some fire salts now, the forge knows the difference.
heh
Ah, a fellow skyrim player
"Looking to protect yourself? Or deal some damage.."
The finest weapons and armor!
Instructions unclear, house appears to be on fire now
I think the instructions are very clear and if you do it properly it WILL be achievable. Good luck forging!👍
You should probably fix that.
😂 insurance?
wow did you start in your basement or are you just a stupid person
That should get the steel hot enough, but you can probably achieve that with much less expensive fuel next time.
this really works, i started with this, now i have upgraded to a leafblower as my forge blower, a 55 pound anvil, 2 pound hammer. If you want to start forging this is perfect for you!
U being sarcastic or not it just sounds funny that u use a leaf blower for forging
asmr with liam leaf blowers work good for forge blowers. Loud ambit possible. I typically use one if I’m making / heat treating long items.
This video made me starting forging a few years ago.
Thank you for making such simple video that shows people how easy it is to start with this. ❤
This is the best tutorial about making a knife on your own I have ever seen on youtube.Other channels keep making those with professional tools but I can make this one at home too and it is great.
Thanks, man. I've been wanting to forge for sometime but it seemed complex to me but you talked my kind of talk and did it the way I would prefer to do it, now am ready. Long live your channel.
Excellent ! People have lost their self sufficiency, and need to re- learn basic skills.
Tennerondack Bassman Agreed. 👍
FargoFX you are such a hypocrite. You make a video explaining how to create a forge, yet agree when someone says that the people that watched it are stupid because they forgot a "basic skill" Good job.
he never said they were stupid though
The ArcticWolfGaming821 You most likely misunderstood everything. The commenter was not saying that people are stupid for not knowing already what this video taught, he was thankful that this video now exists, so that people may learn that it's not necessary to have all of our modern fancy power tools and such to do things like forging.
And Fargo probably agreed that this is something that people should really know. But I might be wrong, you never know. ^_^
Dbz4theFuture I know how to do both...
Love this video watched it about 4 years ago and I havent forgotten it and 4 years later I'm still making stuff and modifying I'm 15 now and I'm setting up my first actual forge so thank you
Keep these tutorials coming! I had no idea it could be done this easily thank you.
"Its easier to get forgiveness than permission." Love it!!!
Tatanka T lol you native bro?
This guy: I would never stoop to using an angle grinder
Me: *sweats nervously*
Nick Miller -he then goes on to using an angle grinder-
@@NicholleWillisLoves he was being sarcastic ....
@@kylercantrell8127 That's the joke ....
I'm from a tropical country and trust me this is a real....NO BS video I've found so far
Love this video. People often like to over complicate things when starting a hobby, thinking they need all the tools and gadgets... and while they definitely do make life easier i think its better to just get started. And i think alot more is learned the basic way. Thanks for the video, ill be making a similar setup soon
Man, I love your sense of humor! 10 pm at night, it was really refreshing! Yes, power tools are bad! Ha ha ha!
Guy H. Thanks! It’s nice to be appreciated. 😂
Its 10pm for me while im reading this
Great video! I have been wanting to get into blacksmithing for a while, but had no idea it was so simple!
Heyo! im trying to get into blacksmithing, and this video explained everything really well, Thank You! (my mom was still kinda mad about me making a 2000 degree fire pit in her backyard but it was worth it)
Great video man. I've been wanting to get into forging. This is the video I've been looking for.
Sheriff I know right.
Brilliantly explained....as you said there are many channels and hundreds of techniques, but you made it practical, time effective and straight to the point for beginner, thank you!
Thanks for making me understand forging better! Much love
Thanks so much! I was thinking about getting into smithing as a hobby because of how much time summer break gave me, but i was DISGUSTED by the cost of anvils, forges and stuff. But then youtube recommended me THIS video! I cant wait to try for myself! Again, THANK YOU!
I'm inclined to try smithing blades, but my biggest concern is the noise, especially on an urban environment. I wish I had a sizable patch of land away from anybody.
Finding a good rooftop might work. If you have a friend with a private part of a roof ore something. I’m in New York so I’m in the same boat
TheSchmeiste
I say just do it.
Screw the neighbors and have some fun.
They would tolerate more than you think, barely even notice.
@@vinceemery5943 I was thinking of lining up the walls with egg cartons for sound insulation lol. Better to cover all my bases first
@@MaliciousMollusc egg cartons can burn.
Buy your neighbors headsets to muffle the great work going on.
Yay! I’ve been looking whole quarantine to find a video this easy on how to start blacksmithing. It’s been my dream my whole life to do this and thanks to you I can start! Also to some people who have a vise. There are usually anvils on the vises too.
I can say that you *NAILED IT!*
I'm gonna go now...
Thanks dad
dude I know I'm 6 years late but I'm wanting to start blade smithing and the way you say "I'm not going to us a angel grinder" and then do it any way is very funny to me. And for that I will sub to ya. Stay safe and stay cool, well that kind of hard to do when your working in a forge.
Fantastic example of how simple it is to get started. I plan to learn the basics of smithing this year and this video is now in my playlists so I can use it for inspiration. Thanks!
I do this exact thing and the ceiling makes all the difference.
Now i'll have to convince my parents that it will be totally a great idea to build a forge lol
0:57
My parents wouldn't let me toy around with fire :-D
xyzzy51273 my parents do lol I have fires outside every day spend most of my free time sitting next to a fire
When I started I dug a hole, used a shop vac as a blower, and an old brake disc as an anvil.
Thanks a million, I've been wanting to get into forging for years now, but i always thought it'd take thousands of dollars to get into
"It's easier to get forgiveness than permission" ~FargoFX
Than*
@@theentirestateofalaska.4983 forgive me for I have sinned. I shall look down upon myself, pitying the mere fool I have made of me with this unforgettable mistake. Cry, I shall. For I have lowered my ways to the dark side of communication, where there exists no such thing as grammar. My sincere apologies for the outstanding abomination I have created with my unfortunate lack of attention, I wish you a good day nevertheless.
@@NavJordaan Dang dude no need to make a whole essay.
@@theentirestateofalaska.4983 Says the lord of grammar...
@@NavJordaan Fr like anyone gives anything about grammar in the lowest of depth called the UA-cam comment section
Very nice! Great filming and editing!
Here’s a notification
Just about fell out of my chair when he was talking about using power tools...Educational and entertaining. Thanks for the primer...now I feel much more comfortable dipping my toe into the hot quenching oil
I watched forged and fire and then this came up in my recommendation I think I want to be a blacksmith
So have you done that yet?
You shall receive no pity For the crime you are committing upon yourself as its the burden for For the great victory you shall receive
I have no interest in forging but this video was so well made, I watched it all. Great job!
Cringe non-knife maker
5:20 You might consider partially burying your anvil, to prevent it from moving around?
Small pile of sand works well.
Good idea
It helps a lot if it weighs more than 5lbs too ;)
Great tip. I have lots of rocks on my property might try that too.
Definitely going to get into this hobby. I have always been intrigued by the Middle Ages and this stuff goes hand an hand together for me. Can’t wait. Thanks for the video, you definitely made it seem like a cool hobby rather than some strict trade….. if that makes sense
Wait till you hear about the bronze and iron age
Wow, this video gives me so many memories when I first started out :D keep up the great work! :)
TRCustomKnives Thanks! Really appreciate the comment. Have a great day!
TRCustomKnives 0 p0
Father: I can't find the property marker.
Son: Do like your knife?
Father: I'm looking for the property marker son, not my knife!
Son: That is the property marker!!
Father: Ok son, let’s test this on your mother
We just have huge boulder as our property marker
Thanks to the algoritm for bringing me to this video. I've always been interested in forging and never knew the reason. A little while ago I just got to know that my grandpa was a blacksmith, he used to repair wheels and sabers. I never got to know any of my granparents since they were already gone by the time I was born.
Watching this video kind of rekindled the spark of interest inside of me. I loved how you made it so simple and practical.
Thank you so much!
If you’re going to go this route also make a stand so your back survives
Definitely going to give this a try! Thanks for sharing brother! Great job 👍🏽
Mad Dog Survival Awesome, So glad you liked it. I’d love to see the video of yours if you do one. Cheers, my friend!
man i uses to do all my forgin with wood and i hated it but i kept at it. This was a very informational video man your gonna inspire alor of ppl with this
backyardbladesmith Thanks! I’m really hoping to inspire more people to get started young, rather than waiting till they’re old and crusty like me. LOL.
FargoFX old and crusty man when i read that i lost it 😂😂 you not a day over 30 . you sound like my dad hes 50 acts like hes 70 😂
I'm actually quite a few days over 30... I'll leave it at that. :-)
Well that certainly will make it easier to craft a few pila, for my legionary project.
Frickin sweet, this is a killer vid and very informative! Thanks.
This was very helpful and inspiring to see that you don’t have to have “all the right tools” to start - thank you!
“There are tongs and other tools just there to make life easier”
Me sticks hand strait into burning hot coals
same
He just like me fr 😎
I too enjoy constant 3rd degree burns as i forge weapons
@@parmesanchease480 yeah, once you burn off those nerve endings, it's smooth sailing from there on out.
@@SecretSexSkeleton just have to make sure you dont lose your whole arm during this process
Six months and already able to make this excellent beginner's instructional? Very well done sir. THIS is why I like UA-cam, content creators like this.
FFS .... The guy is JOKING about not using power tools 😂..... great video mate 😉👍