Blacksmith: Forging a Parang.
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- This is a video-diary recording the forging of a Parang from leaf-spring which I had been commissioned to make. It is based on the parang of a famous bushcrafter whom I shalln't name for copyright reasons! Sadly my camera lost the footage of the heat treating and the sharpening so you guys will just have to make-do with the forging process.
I’m late but it’s nice to see someone use a ball pein hammer lol I haven’t really seen someone on UA-cam use one
Good safety tip about gloves and machinery. I have an uncle that lost a finger because the glove he was wearing got caught in the chuck of a metal lathe. He knew better than to do that, but he just had a little filing to do. At my own job, they try to insist that I wear gloves around spinning parts. I refuse to do it. I can handle an abrade far better than I can getting wrapped up in a bandsaw blade grinder. Cool blades too, by the way.
Great work really pleasing to watch. From someone who dabbles in blacksmithing and knife making, you make it look easy!
+duane1234561 Thanks Duane :)
Andy showed me his parang and sent me the link to this vid. Nice work ! Enjoyed watching it being made.
Like the profile of those.Nothing makes better bush blade.Was a reason island tribes used same ,all over the globe.lol..Nice.
great video and great work cant wait till the next one!
+Hot Iron Art Cheers mate :)
The gloves, I loved the gloves.
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Great quality of video. Keep up the good work.
+Rick Nowlin Cheers mate, will do! :)
I am enjoying the videos. Please keep them up
+Jamin Roy I certainly intend to! I like sharing what I do and how I do it so plenty more to come!
Great works Rowan - you're a true tutor, and there is a lot of wannabies out there ... :D
Did you mention that smithing on the edge compacts the steel and gives it a tougher edge when sharpened?
BTW would you not please fix your anvil - I know of the inerts, but it makes me crazy to see it jumping around .. :D :D
Have a nice one!
Good stuff. I have a question about forging in general. Most old, used stock is pretty rusty. Does that have any negative effect. Is there a point where you decide something is just too corroded?
+eviltwinx it really depends what it is I want to do with it. Corrosion doesn't really matter if you are forging down to section. obviously a really rusty welding-rod is no use to man nor beast, but a corroded, wasted bit of 50mm square can be forged down to something useable.
You have made a really nice job of those dude!
I bet he was dead chuffed!
Did they heat treat well, or is that a spoiler from the next video?
+ctantep Yeah he was over the moon :D Sadly lost the footage from the heat treat :( Hence the new camera arriving tomorrow!
COOL PARANGS MATE
THUMB UP
+so steve Haha, glad you like them, mate.
If Bob Ross took up smithing...
Good knife work good
+bigmanbowie Cheers pal :)
I almost got a fucking heartattack at 6:20
I’m looking for such a long time for a traditional parang.. are you making these still?
Hi Rowan, is it the DP 120 power hammer you're forging on?
Cheers.
+Blacksmith Joe Indeed it is mate. They are very good hammers for the tiny amount of space they take up. Are you the chap who sent me a message on Etsy about them? Not had a chance to answer yet :/
I'm not the chap on etsy. Could you do a video reviewing the hammer.
Cheers
At 2:22, why does it look like the hammer is punching the heat out of the metal?
you need a bigger anvil. spring steel makes good stuff
ok good.
Where can we buy that kind of power hammer
And how much too
And how much too
i just realize if you put bevel on the other side it will become kukri lol
You don't make that much money..
You only got 15 dollors off of this...
xXfirespitXx it's not about making money, it's about sharing the joy of blacksmithing.
in my opinion.. your voice could ne less soft .. you sound like your reading a toddler a bed time story. not forging metal.
+Iron Spark I take your point, but that is my normal voice :) think of it as blacksmithing ASMR
Hmm. Your normal voice is like... Way to low. Lol
Sorry, cannot understand a word oyu are saying. Bye bye!