Forging a pizza cutter part 1
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Who doesn't like pizza. But sometimes cutting it is a mess. In this series of 3 videos lets make a unique one of a kind pizza cutter. This knife style pizza cutter should be a fun forging project.
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Ha ha ha, hit the tang, lose the square, say "I'm going to taper it out to make it easier to get the handle on". Priceless!
Right off the bat, your video production and editing hit a new height. This was truly a great video! I especially liked the bloopers at the end, and the clip of trying to decide how to cut the pizza. Lol
Thanks. Sometimes the late night hours watching UA-cam videos on how to make better videos actually pays off.
I like the 'light hearted' style of this video, as it makes for a more enjoyable viewer experience. Too bad you kept loosing your grip at the end, but that was fun (to watch) too...! ;)
Thanks, This is starting to feel more like the style of video I really want to produce. Always more to learn.
Now that’s a pizza cutter.
Turned out nice.
Awesome informational educational video experience Y'alls
Nice looking ice skate you got there john 😉🔥🔨 be looking forward to seeing you use them on. Your other channel "off topic with John Switzer " 😀
Great editing, keep up the awesome videos!
Definitely a 5 👍☝️ for that seriously cheesy beginning...... and I don't mean on the pizza LOL
Every time I go to our landfill I end up packing springs home. I have more than I will ever need but I just can't help myself. I do like where you are going with this my friend.
John your pizza is getting cold.
Thats for sure
He can heat it in the forge.
@@williamellis8993 I definitely scrolled down to write exactly this comment :D
A pair of correctly sized kitchen scissors actually IS a good choice for cutting a pizza
Thanks for the good idea John next time I can't find the pizza cutter I'll just grab an ice skate....
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL
looks like someone has gotten some coaching/training in making and editing to make better UA-cam videos! I love it!!!
I spend lots of time watching UA-cam videos on the subject. I'm glad to see its noticeable.
@@BlackBearForge It most definitely is! And I'm convinced that if you can keep up the style of this video, you'll notice it in the statistics too :)) (and the thumbnail on part 2 is superb as well, all the right elements to attract a click!)
@@lukearts2954 Thanks
Well i like that take on a pizza cutter. Its non conforming to the current standard. Yup i like that.
Looking forward to part 2.
Blessings 2 u sirSir ,
Crawford out 🧙♂️
There are places around here that use that style. Generally it is the wood fire brick oven real Italian style pizza joints.
I was thinking about a different kind of pizza cutter entirely...
Your pizza sword is coming along nicely.
That's the weirdest katana I've ever seen, but I like it!
My sentiment exactly.
Next video I watch will be "How to make a wood fired pizza" over on Off Topic with John Switzer.
First we will need to build a pizza oven, which I would like to do at some point.
@@BlackBearForge That would be great. Did one last spring in my buddies backyard. It was a fun project.
@@BlackBearForge That is on my list as well!
Liked the blooper at the end. 😁
I got a good chuckle in the beginning. Like your improvements in your editing Style.
I like these types of videos
Thanks
Pizza cutter/Zombie killer! Looking good !!
I have not been blacksmithing very long but my friends are already demanding pizza axes. The beginning of this is so funny to me. A friend even sent me footage of him destroying a pizza with a Fisher Price saw.
A man with my own interests , blacksmithing and eating pizza .
That is a super beefy pizza cutter! Hopefully you can hold on without lunch for all that time 😂🤣🤣 keep up the great work mate.
I gotta make an ulu for my father in law and this style I really like. I just may try this design, asy forge is not so big.
And you said you weren’t a knife maker! You just made a sword. Worthy of the Knights of the Pepperoni Realm.
Where are those Tong rings when ya need em. lol Thats one hefty pizza clever i mean cutter.
Cool I'm just getting round to catching up on your video buddy
Your additional production to advance the plot of your show is noticed and greatly appreciated. Thanks for teaching me how to be a better blacksmith in a wholesome and highly informative show.
Glad you enjoyed it
Next project session, mount a boot onto it for a handle, double purpose pizza cutter and ice-skate. LOL
Only 1 minute in and already enjoying these edits. Well done.
Thank,, you I'm glad it's noticeable.
Great idea! I acually need 1 of those myself. as the typical wheeled style makes a mess of ur toppings n is just a pain 2 clean. Thank u, im gonna give this 1 a go
I personally have used the box cutter idea to cut a pizza.
Interesting method for making the handles. Thanks for the new technique. I think I'd have slit the handles then forged the blade. Thanks for another informative inspiring video.
Even normalized that LTR is supper hard!
You know your pizza is getting cold, don't you?
Very, its been 5 days since I started this project and still haven't finished the editing for all of the series
Thank you for your response but can you recommend someone?
Not right off hand. If you use Instagram you can search for knife making related hash tags and find lots of very talented knife makers.
Fun project, John! 🐾🔥⚒
Man, that pizza will get cold b4 you get around to cutting it!
thats what the forge is for keeping it warm they do look a bit like iceskates though
Especially when you consider that the over all project with videos and editing is now in its 5th day
Magic of editing. you film the pizza at end :)
Exactly. The first 30 seconds of part one and the last 30 seconds of part three were done together.
Five days that’s cold stale and full o medicine by now pennacillen that is
Good one John so are we invited for Pizza????
Think that pizza may be a little cold by the time you get your knife done.
Seriously though, around this area pizza knives have a regular style knife handle, looks more like the blade from a paper cutter. Then on the opposite end is a flat to lay the palm on. So i was a little confused as to what the 2 "lugs" you started out with were for. But as always great video and great instructions. Thanks again.
I have seen such a wide variety of pizza cutters over the years that I think its really just a matter of style.
@@BlackBearForge Quite right.
I forgot to add, hope you and yours have a happy Easter.
I love watching your videos. I inherited two coal forges when a dear Freind passed away. I have definitely learned a lot about forging from watching you. Thank you
Nice intro. Your editing has been taken to another level. Very well done.
Thank you. I am always looking for ways to improve the presentation without loosing the information being presented.
When my sister and her husband went to Alaska they brought back an Ulu knife. It's a traditional knife used by the Inuit woman they would use for nearly everything from cleaning fish to cutting hair. It looks much like a small handheld version of this "rocker" style of pizza cutter. And they work great for cutting pizza. I think I'm going to have to try making one now.
Looking great John! But I’d bet your pizza is cold by now.
John I am again inspired to try this , Many thanx
I loved the setup at the beginning. I think I would have left the tangs angled slightly inward, but that's probably just my personal preference. It looks to like it's going to be a *beast* of a pizza cutter, only slightly smaller (but definitely more massive) than the pizza cutter Jimmy Diresta made for Alex (French Guy Cooking) (ua-cam.com/video/5B_8IHTswzo/v-deo.html).
I've had good results cutting pizza with scissors. This is really all just time wasted not eating pizza at this point.
I think your pizza got cold John probably won't be no good by the time you cut it
No doubt. Good thing I actually shot the pizza scene 4 days after the forging scene. But don't tell anyone, it might spoil the illusion. 😜
i never had a problem with cold pizza
What's wrong with cold pizza?
@@thomasarussellsr slap two pieces together pizza sandwich ate many of them for lunch at work
@@erniew5805 just fold the pizza in half, no cutter needed...
Long while watcher here and would love to have a chef knife made by you. I am wondering what you would charge to have an 8 inch solid tang feather Damascus chef knife with a stabilized wood handle made.
I am afraid I rarely make knives and haven't made one for sale in many years.
John, I loved your introduction to this video. Great job. It really made me smile. I will most likely make a smaller version once I get trough my backlog of other things promised.
Sorry that was for hickory, it sent over this comment on the autoplay lol.
Great idea! Can't wait to see the next video :)
Large pizza shears/scissors are where its at.
Call it a day what about the pizza John
Neat little (large) idea.. this tool I would have never thought of.
Just one of those things that pop into your mind and have to be tried out.
Great video! Production quality seems to be going up every video!
Thanks for noticing. I have been trying to find ways to make the videos a bit more interesting to watch
thank you for the metric !
You’re getting better with your editing skills. Anyway, I enjoy the videos!
Thanks, I have been trying to learn more as I go
Can you also forge the pizza itself or it'd get contaminated by the forge?
I think cooking in the gas forge would lead to contamination. But if you use a charcoal forge you could
@@BlackBearForge Why would a charcoal forge be cleaner than gas?
I'd guess that charcoal ones can get contaminated a lot easier with heavy metal traces and whatever the flux residues contain.
Loved the style of this video
Great Job on the Pizza Cutter !
Stay Safe !
Is it a coal shut or a cold shut???
Curly Parsley cold shut
It is a cold shut because the material is brought together to cold for it to weld and therefore leaves a crack.
ua-cam.com/video/-pTpswkqLn4/v-deo.html
Nice gag at the beginning
I was inspired by this video, and made two! I thought you might like to see how they turned out. how do I upload photos?
You can use the facebook group or tag me on Instagram.
Awesome job John!
Nice mezzaluna
Love your videos. Would you tell me what gloves you wear?
Thanks
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Very nice ! By the way I would love to see how you can forge a soup ladle.
That I will be doing in the not to distant future
Bet my Ulu can cut pizza.
John great job again Thanks you Sir
Loved the cameo hand at the beginning. We don’t see much of Mrs B Bear 😀
She is very camera shy.
I kinda guessed that. You two would be Yin and Yang then :) I just wanted you to know we are paying attention :)
Love the Mr. T suiting up sequence at the start!
I hadn't made the Mr T connection myself. This actually comes from a how to improve your video quality type of tutorial I saw. But I do think it has great potential to show where something is going without spending to much time talking about it. Glad you liked it
what is a cold shut?
Hi, a cold shut when forging is when small extrusions or fins from previous steps are accidentally forced into the work piece. This is a concern as it can cause weakness in the piece and it may not be as aesthetic.
@@codygosney976 thank you :)
I’m hurry
My little anvil really a work out with that hard spring steel.
Thanks John
Awesome project John I can't wait to see the finished project
Love the editing! 👍 You are getting very good, and I like the style
looks kinda like a pizza Bat'leth
I hadn't made that connection, now I wish I had made a Star Trek joke.
Genious! Now i want to make a roling pizza cutter!
If you have a lathe to true up the wheel it wouldn't be to bad of a project
Was hoping to må lage with just a grinder and perhaps the good lathe if nessesarry. And make it from damaskus perhaps 😊
It spent way too much time trying to figure out how he was going to attach a wheel to this flat bar.
there is no wheel on this version. It is more of a knife style cutter.
That's my point. I was poking fun at myself for thinking it was a 'wheel style' at first. 😊
Best video yet... love the intro.
Thanks
One of your best when it comes to entertainment value. I'm here for anything blacksmithing but if you keep this up your channel is going to succeed on UA-cam. Mixing in entertainment with project instructions is key. Getting your wife involved a little for a different perspective is nice to see too. Even off camera it can be seen in the finished video.
Explanation of cold shut is probably necessary.
Good editing!
Thank you
That was one ugly mess of a pizza. WOW! The cutter looks like it is taking shape. I like it. More than I could hammer out with my cheap anvil.
I can buy a pizza cutter for $3 or use a chef’s knife
I can buy a coffee cup for $3 but prefer hand made cups from small pottery shops. I can buy hinges for a door for around $10 but as a blacksmith I sell hinges for much more to people who value hand crafted work. So if it's the cost that matter, by all means buy the $3 version. Something tells me you are not a crafts person nor an artist or you would understand the value of a one of a kind hand made item. But thanks for watching, I at least hope you found it entertaining
A “ulu” knife/cutter would of been a lot easier to forge.
I think that technically this would be an ulu, just a really long one.
I must put forward the word of caution (and the word of the FDA). Only stainless steels are food contact safe materials. All carbon steels including all san-mai/damascus blades do not qualify according to FDA regulations. I can list the specific items in the code, but there is a really simple test.
Take two blades, one stainless and one carbon steel. Place the carbon steel blade flat on your tongue. Be sure to get full contact like a full inch or so. Now wait one minute and your taste will be ruined for hours. Why? Because saliva reacts with the carbon steel, creating oxides which you taste. These same oxides are created when you cut food with your carbon knife, these oxides end up in your food. Stainless steels do not react with saliva and other food stuff. The oxide reaction is one part, the other is pitting, inclusions and rough spots. These tiny pockets can harbor dangerous pathogens that can be hard to clean, because a carbon steel knife can have these small pockets. This is especially true for damascus knives, since there are many ridges and pockets for pathogens to hide.
One could argue that we have done so for many centuries. While that may be true, centuries ago we didn't have stainless steels, nor did the FDA exist. So sadly making a pizzacutter (whilst being fun of course), isn't a job for a blacksmith anymore.
Interesting, I find that most people I know that take their kitchen knives seriously prefer carbon steels over stainless. But since an individual making their own kitchen utensils probably wouldn't be regulated, I suspect it won't bother me to use it in my own kitchen along with all of my other carbon steel knives.
@@BlackBearForge of course personal preference aside you are to choose as you pleasae. The FDA wouldn't want to raid your kitchen of any knives you might own :D
As for preferring carbon steel, I find that most argue habit or other properties. Habits die hard, even if science is telling you otherwise. That's why I always challenge everybody to take the tasting test. Minds will be altered, be warned ;)
@@patrickd9551 Does that mean the FDA doesn't approve cast iron cookware as well?
@@stevenbennett5221 Well yes and no. Cast iron equipment has been approved by the FDA only if it is used in a continuous process from preparation to serving.
Cast iron is more oxidation proof compared to carbon steel, however extended exposure to acidic food can still corrode cast iron. Furthermore cast iron is heated before use, so any pathogens are killed in the process.
But I must say that it's a thin line. When is a cast iron skillet allowed for use? Surely a new one is allowed and a completely pitted one is not. But what are exact criteria? The FDA doesn't specify the exact damage to a skillet to reject it. Personally I only own stainless cookingware, so I don't have that problem to begin with. Cast iron things are hard to maintain and it doesn't add much value to the kitchen.