Who ever taught you blacksmithing, should be proud of you. You have to be an artist and a mathematician to be as good as you are. There was a lot of work put into those tongs and they look perfect. Awesome!! Love your videos!!!
No doubt the best tongs making video on UA-cam.I personally watch it each time i need a new pair of tongs made for my shop just to refresh the memory. Great respect!
That has got to be some of the best hammer control I've seen in a you-tube video. Also, to those just starting out and watching this video, note the precision of the initial layout. He produced exactly what he intended without wasted material, or just being 'close' to what he had in mind. There are a few books out there that will teach you the math behind it. Kudos to you and your instructor Torbjörn.
It's inspiring to see you address small problems before they become large. Riding a bike comes to mind: one makes small corrections all the time "in order not to fall", or "in order to drive straight", while the attention is on getting somewhere.
An absolute work of art, if I can get my bolt tongs looking half as good as that, I'll be well pleased. What a great detailed visual tutorial this is and the one I am using as a guide for my bolt tongs. Great stuff Torbjörn.
I watched this film many times then I would try to make the tongs and watch it again,I repeated this process quite a few times until I started making tongs I felt happy with...I really can't thank this man enough
amazing. I really appreciate the craftsmanship. very well done video, easy to watch. I like how you show a bit in real time and then speed it up. good stuff.
Nice job! I liked how you didn't just beat a pair out and ended the video you showed how to customize them to get a better fit for yourself and liking .
Really nice work. Don't know why some people gave this a thumbs down, I wish I had them. I like your style. I don't have a power hammer , but once I am better at forge welding I forge weld on the arms. Thanks for sharing.
Really incredible craftsmanship. Those tongs will still work 500 years from now. Really inspiring video, the quality of the craftsmanship is just superb. Bravo.
I have one thought for you sir. Please make more videos? How about a hinge? Some woodworking tools like a chisel? I sat here and watched four straight videos. They are well edited and presented. No verbal commentary from you at all and still giving us some solid learning through your technique and craftmanship.. Keep up the good work! Thanx, Bubba
Nice video. You could hardly be inspired by a better smith and person than my late friend, Toby. Any smith is honored in memory by things you learn from them. Toby would be proud of you!
worked in blacksmith shop BUTTE MT --1970--1975 Best years of my life;;; the old heads the best to learn from good storys .easy wayes to get job right the firstime;;;; LOVED THEM ALL
Thank you for sharing your techniques and skills with us. I am making my first pair of bolt Tongs this week, yes, I said this week I have the reins drawn out now and I am on day three. I am having a ball.... I am retired and in no rush...
I admire your work! I work as a blacksmith, yet in our workshop we'd probably drill the holes for the rivets and make the cuts on the tip with the angle grinder. Provided that I could convince my boss to let us make our own tongs in the first place instead of buying some at the blacksmith supplier. It's a shame really when even the old blacksmith says it's not worth it just buy it elsewhere. But I'll get there eventually. Will be making my own collection of tongs some day and you're a great inspiration!
Thanks! It's ok to take some shortcuts if it does not affect the end result I think. Only thing to note when grinding or drilling is that you remove material and might need to compensate for that.
A wonderful craftsman at work . Practicing an ancient craft , whereby not only using the tools of trade , but making them as well . It completes a full circle .
The thing that keeps impressing me is the level of precision he exhibits. Many of you have probably watched the show "Forged in Fire" where they have specs like, "the blade must be between 10 and 13 inches long and sometimes the contestants miss it. Torbjorn regularly makes items with millimeter precision.
Torbjõrn, Just got anvil and though I've beat on much cold steel over the years, I look forward to forging hot steel. Your videos are extremely well made and you craftsmanship suberb! Thanks!
Loved this. Great work. I'm looking at learning blacksmithing as a hobby. It's always fascinated me. For now though I'll just go watch all your vids haha
Hola Torbjorn!!! muy agradecida con tus vídeos!!! son bellisimos!!! Eres un excelente artesano y el compartir la manufactura de tus herramientas es extraordinario!!! muchas, muchas gracias!!! que Dios te siga llenando de inspiración!!! te envió un gran abrazo desde nuestro bello México!!!
Love the attention to detail even in "simple" tongs. With nobody to learn from round here I made my first set from precut stock and find your video's invaluable for learning. I don't have the power hammers and heavier kit but learning lots.
I just keep watching this video, it's pure craftsmanship and such an eye for detail. I am attempting my first bolt tongs and if they're half or quarter as good as yours i'll be happy...hahah.
Riktigt bra videor! Jag har nyligen börjat med smide som hobby, har gjort lite krokar, spik och lite annat smått och gott innan och håller för närvarande på att göra min första kniv. Jag vill bara tacka så mycket för allt du lägger upp, jag lär mig en massa av det =)
Nice video. Very nice tip with the spring c-clamp for holding and balancing the tong while you split the end. I should do that next time I I will forge a new pair of tongs.
UMA OBRA DE ARTE! NA VERDADE QUANDO VI A INTRODUÇÃO DO PARAFUSO, ACHEI QUE IRIA TIRAR O OBJETIVO DO FAZER SEM SOLDAS OU EMENDA, MAS FOI SÓ PARA AJUSTAR A PEÇA, INTRODUZINDO O ARREBITE FICOU CLARO ISSO. MUITO LEGAL!
Who ever taught you blacksmithing, should be proud of you. You have to be an artist and a mathematician to be as good as you are. There was a lot of work put into those tongs and they look perfect. Awesome!! Love your videos!!!
Thank you Bruce!!
@@torbjornahman You're welcome!
No doubt the best tongs making video on UA-cam.I personally watch it each time i need a new pair of tongs made for my shop just to refresh the memory.
Great respect!
Thanks!
You made a beautiful tool with a lot of care. Lovely to watch you fashion the metal blow by blow. Thank you also for the natural soundtrack.
Thank you!
The precision you have punching the holes is amazing.
That has got to be some of the best hammer control I've seen in a you-tube video.
Also, to those just starting out and watching this video, note the precision of the initial layout. He produced exactly what he intended without wasted material, or just being 'close' to what he had in mind. There are a few books out there that will teach you the math behind it.
Kudos to you and your instructor Torbjörn.
gfodale Thank you very much!
It's inspiring to see you address small problems before they become large. Riding a bike comes to mind: one makes small corrections all the time "in order not to fall", or "in order to drive straight", while the attention is on getting somewhere.
I love that sound CRUMPH CRUMPH ting ting CRUMPH.
What a terrific video! I wish I'd seen it before I struggled through my first pair.
Beautiful display of craftsmanship.
An absolute work of art, if I can get my bolt tongs looking half as good as that, I'll be well pleased. What a great detailed visual tutorial this is and the one I am using as a guide for my bolt tongs. Great stuff Torbjörn.
Great! Thank you Paul!!
Such talent....my wife and I are mesmerized by your work...taking a raw piece of metal and making something beautiful and functional...
That's awesome, thanks!
I watched this film many times then I would try to make the tongs and watch it again,I repeated this process quite a few times until I started making tongs I felt happy with...I really can't thank this man enough
Great!!! I'm glad you learned something from it. Thanks!!
Great Video! These are my favorite style of tongs and I have been watching how others make them to refine my process. Very impressed.
So wonderful to revisit this video after 5 years for me at least. :D
Your attention to details is incredible! I'm not a blacksmith, but I feel like I learn a lot from you.
amazing. I really appreciate the craftsmanship. very well done video, easy to watch. I like how you show a bit in real time and then speed it up. good stuff.
Nice job! I liked how you didn't just beat a pair out and ended the video you showed how to customize them to get a better fit for yourself and liking .
Fantastic video! Lesson learned: plan well, take your time and do good work. Thank you so much!
The way you made it to fit square stock was really nice to watch. Thank you for sharing
Thanks!
Dude your work is effortless, love to see how you do things with such ease.
Really nice work. Don't know why some people gave this a thumbs down, I wish I had them. I like your style. I don't have a power hammer , but once I am better at forge welding I forge weld on the arms. Thanks for sharing.
Great! Thanks
Really incredible craftsmanship.
Those tongs will still work 500 years from now.
Really inspiring video, the quality of the craftsmanship is just superb. Bravo.
TheRicchini Thanks!
I have one thought for you sir. Please make more videos? How about a hinge? Some woodworking tools like a chisel? I sat here and watched four straight videos. They are well edited and presented. No verbal commentary from you at all and still giving us some solid learning through your technique and craftmanship.. Keep up the good work!
Thanx,
Bubba
Mclaughlin088 Thanks! I will... currently a bit distracted by other things and rebuilding/reorganizing my shop. Installing a new power hammer....
Nice video. You could hardly be inspired by a better smith and person than my late friend, Toby. Any smith is honored in memory by things you learn from them. Toby would be proud of you!
Robert Patrick Thank you! RIP Toby.
Thanks!
Thank you so much Davey! It means a lot!
worked in blacksmith shop BUTTE MT --1970--1975 Best years of my life;;; the old heads the best to learn from good storys .easy wayes to get job right the firstime;;;; LOVED THEM ALL
Thanks
very, very nicely done the skill and craftsmanship in each tool his the heart and soul of the real iron worker.
Key Lock Thanks
I forged this one together with a friend. It works awsome and your video was a great help.
Great! Good luck with your next project!
Thank you for sharing your techniques and skills with us. I am making my first pair of bolt Tongs this week, yes, I said this week I have the reins drawn out now and I am on day three. I am having a ball.... I am retired and in no rush...
:) Great!
I've never seen anyone draw the design directly on the anvil, that's pretty cool. Very good video all around.
Great work, a pleasure to watch. Thank you for publishing this.
I admire your work! I work as a blacksmith, yet in our workshop we'd probably drill the holes for the rivets and make the cuts on the tip with the angle grinder. Provided that I could convince my boss to let us make our own tongs in the first place instead of buying some at the blacksmith supplier. It's a shame really when even the old blacksmith says it's not worth it just buy it elsewhere. But I'll get there eventually. Will be making my own collection of tongs some day and you're a great inspiration!
Thanks! It's ok to take some shortcuts if it does not affect the end result I think. Only thing to note when grinding or drilling is that you remove material and might need to compensate for that.
I'm a blacksmithing student and your videos are so helpful.
Great!! Thanks
No, thank you!
A true craftsman, so far the best I've seen on YT...
Thank you! :)
You are truly a great in the art of blacksmithing . I love your videos . Thank you for the hours of beautiful creations.
Thank you!
A wonderful craftsman at work . Practicing an ancient craft , whereby not only using the tools of trade , but making them as well . It completes a full circle .
Thanks, ....inbetween you have become my blacksmith teacher :-)))
This design is the strongest I have seen and a interesting method of using flat bar for fabrication.
Excellent Tool, congratulations on the job!
So nice to look at some measurements that make sense. Love your videos.
Great craftsmanship . I love these kind of videos ...
I never thought I'd think tongs were sexy until I took up hobby blacksmithing. Good work, man!
:) Thanks
Very nice.! Thank you for showing this... and for mentioning Toby.
+Mark Aspery Thanks Mark! Your books and videos have been a great source of inspiration!
What
@@aryabima6076 "wHaT"
He read that guys book dumbass
Can I like this video every time I watch it? You do an awesome, neatly executed job. Very inspirational for apprentice blacksmiths
:) Thanks!
The thing that keeps impressing me is the level of precision he exhibits. Many of you have probably watched the show "Forged in Fire" where they have specs like, "the blade must be between 10 and 13 inches long and sometimes the contestants miss it. Torbjorn regularly makes items with millimeter precision.
Absolutely fantastic work. Excellent! Thank you for making th videos.
you are a very skilled blacksmith I have just started forging and you have helped me greatly i love your videos
William Sampson Thank you, glad to hear that.
Great job. I learned a lot from your video. Thanks
Super travail de forgeron bravo 👍👍👍
Very, very good work !!!
Thanks!
EXCELLENT! Hälsningar från Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Beautifull/ great - you show perfectly the correct sequence of work...your knowledge is superb
congratulations
Marcio Fernando Barci Thanks!
Torbjõrn, Just got anvil and though I've beat on much cold steel over the years, I look forward to forging hot steel. Your videos are extremely well made and you craftsmanship suberb! Thanks!
Sounds great! Thanks
Loved this. Great work. I'm looking at learning blacksmithing as a hobby. It's always fascinated me. For now though I'll just go watch all your vids haha
Karl Black Ha ha, thanks!
Hola Torbjorn!!! muy agradecida con tus vídeos!!! son bellisimos!!! Eres un excelente artesano y el compartir la manufactura de tus herramientas es extraordinario!!! muchas, muchas gracias!!! que Dios te siga llenando de inspiración!!! te envió un gran abrazo desde nuestro bello México!!!
Thank you very much Alma!!
Love the attention to detail even in "simple" tongs. With nobody to learn from round here I made my first set from precut stock and find your video's invaluable for learning. I don't have the power hammers and heavier kit but learning lots.
Cool, thanks!
I just keep watching this video, it's pure craftsmanship and such an eye for detail. I am attempting my first bolt tongs and if they're half or quarter as good as yours i'll be happy...hahah.
Thanks!! Hope you get lucky!
Excellent video. Thank you
I think two people pressed the wrong thumb button! And your work is awesome! :)
can't stop watching these videos.
I thought this project was doomed -- just about halfway through the video -- but these are great. Good work. I may try this same technique.
Thanks , Torbjörn Åhman! Very good video.
Couldn't help but subscribe...
Very clean work.
När du smidde ut klorna efter fyrkantsstålet blev det tummen upp& sub direkt. Snyggt!
Eskil Eriksson Tack!
I'm a little bit late to the party here, but my god, you do such beautiful work. Thanks.
Thank you!
Such quality work you do! Great job man.
Good work, good forging tongs.
Thank you!
I just missed my lunch time watching this... Great job!
Great work and splendid workmanship good on ya.
Thanks
this particular film showed quite a few techniques I am wanting to make use of,thanks!
Great! Thanks
I enjoyed every minute of this, thank you!
Inspiring. I hope to reach that level.
Great watch, Very good tool to keep afterwards.
I'm glad you offset the reins. A good 3/8 or 1/2 inch rivet. Nicely done video and fun to watch forging. Best regards from a Canadian smith.
Thank you!
Very cool. I still have yet to make my own tongs. I need to get on that.
You do great work, there's a lot of skill and knowledge involved. I like watching your videos so I've subscribed. Keep it up!
Another awesome piece of work. Good job :)
Renan Silva mn
Great work Torbjörn! Thanks for sharing
Видео просто супер , как учебное пособие для начинающих .Огромное спасибо!!!!!!!!
Человек Разумный Thanks!
Great craftsmanship
Fantastic job... you are a master...
Riktigt bra videor! Jag har nyligen börjat med smide som hobby, har gjort lite krokar, spik och lite annat smått och gott innan och håller för närvarande på att göra min första kniv.
Jag vill bara tacka så mycket för allt du lägger upp, jag lär mig en massa av det =)
Jonas Lundh Tack. Kul. Hoppas det inspirerar en del för det är nog min främsta tanke.
Torbjörn Åhman
Absolut. Har huvudet fullt med idéer!
amazing tools... seems a piece of art from the past
Very good work.
There is something aesthetically pleasing to the look of hammered iron......
DavidSixSixFive
DavidSixSixFive steel*
BLACKDOG Ha! I actually lawled.
Hllo
Excelente Video. Gracias por compartir su conocimiento. La herramienta quedó muy bien lograda.
Pablo Saro Thank you!
excellent quality forging a tweezers first, thank you very much.
Espectacular!!!! Me encantó, es un trabajo muy interesante, felicitaciones, aprendí mucho. Gracias!!!
Fantastic man! They look beautiful!!
This makes me want to learn how to do this. Nice work bud!
Impressive.... beautiful work.
Nice video. Very nice tip with the spring c-clamp for holding and balancing the tong while you split the end. I should do that next time I I will forge a new pair of tongs.
Thank you!
Very very good job!!! wonderful!
I enjoy it so much!!!!
MrSaigon1234567 Thanks!
Awesome work mate!
i just finished my bolt tongs ;) thank u very much for this realy usefull tutorial.
+thedeadhate Great!
I do such an amazing job on your products
UMA OBRA DE ARTE!
NA VERDADE QUANDO VI A INTRODUÇÃO DO PARAFUSO, ACHEI QUE IRIA TIRAR O OBJETIVO DO FAZER SEM SOLDAS OU EMENDA, MAS FOI SÓ PARA AJUSTAR A PEÇA, INTRODUZINDO O ARREBITE FICOU CLARO ISSO.
MUITO LEGAL!
Best set I've ever seen made!
Thanks Ron.
A precision pair.. Nice Job Torbjorn.
Thanks Mark.
Beautifully made , good job on the video.
+Virginia Hoffman Thank you!