Forging a spoon - blacksmithing for beginners
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- Опубліковано 2 кві 2019
- To complete out set of cooking utensils we will look at making a forged iron spoon. This is made using the same 1/4" x 3/4" flat bar stock the fork and spatulas were forged from,
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I've watched this video many times. I've been making a few spoons lately. You do very nice work and this is a great video. Thank you
You are very welcome
I don't have a problem with someone disliking a video, but I think it would be appropriate to post in the comments just why they didn't like it. You never know, it might even be educational. For the record, I have enjoyed every one of your videos I have watched. You're a great teacher with an abundance of knowledge and skill. Thank you for sharing.
Fantastic work, I hope to be as good as you one day, but I have a feeling I will have to settle for close.
Thank you so much for turning up the volume. And yes, I dont understand the dislike button either. Thanks for all the great videos. You inspire me to start forging hammers.
My paw always told me, "Even a good dog can't scratch all the fleas."
In reference to the thumbs down.
I have always liked to watch videos like this. I remember back in my youth and when the ferried would come out to shoe the horses. He brought his portable coal forge and make the shoes for the horses right there along with the nails.
I like the spoon. You make it look so easy.
I am convenienced there are people on UA-cam who just dislike videos....
Thanks John, Ill search and find the fork and spatula to make the set!
My preferred food grade finish is a mixture of bees wax and mineral oil. Both are food safe and non-perishable, so you never have to worry about it going rancid if something goes unused for a while. I use 2lbs of beeswax per 1 gallon of mineral oil. I make it in an old turkey deepfryer, just heat up the oil and melt the wax in to it and then store it in paint cans until I use it. I also put some in smaller jars to give to customers so they can add more finish to their items if they need.
How did you know I was going to make a spoon today! Perfect timing thanks John :)
Thanks for the three piece set. Now I'm going to have to make these for my camp outfit. More camping/chuck-wagon cookware etc. would be great. Keep up the great work. Your teaching is unsurpassed!
Taking the time to share your knowledge is probably invaluable for a vast majority, I’d say a lot of people take this platform for granted.
Thanks for sharing your trade as there are many who would not give away the knowledge with which they make an income
I like this “format/style” of video’s a lot! Yesterday the step by step, today your own rhythm and fast swinging and hard hitting hammer technique. Awesome!
That is great projects, why would someone give this a thumbs down, arogence? I don't know? I don't know. I don't know. Both me and my dog Nell thing it was great, thank John, keep it up.
I didn't realize how good your sound quality is. It usually well ballenced not too loud nor quiet, but when you gently set the beeswax down on the anvil and it could be heard clearly I was amazed. In short, excellent sound quality ;) lol
Can't wait to try this one day soon
I enjoy the first of the April .18 viewers are the fools.
Thanks for your teaching is back.
Great work!
Great video mate, and a nice spoon! Keep up the awesome content!
Thanks a ton. I really have been wanting to forge a spoon and I’m going to use this as my reference source when I forge it. Thumbs up 👍
Nice set John. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Its all right now. I learned my lesson well. You can't please everyone so, you got to please yourself.
I believe that you have a Excellent
Set of cooking utensils !
You do make it look so easy !
But that is because of your experience ! Thank you for another to do project !
Take Care !
Very Good Thank You.
Thanks for sharing the details blessings to you and your family 👍😊
Thank you for all the stuff you do ..ive learn quiet a bit..im 3\4 blind and only been forging 1 1.5 years just a little a day..keep it up and ill be watchin thank you
Love your videos! I'm a professional smith and I often come to you to learn new techniques.
Thank you.
Luvin' spoonful
очень рад что открыл для себя ваш канал! настоящий мастер!!! спасибо! ... я начинающий, настолько начинающий, что заместо наковальни кусок рельсы))) , а заместо клещей, пассатижи. но ваши поделки обязательно постараюсь скопировать!)))
УДАЧИ ВАМ!
very glad I discovered your channel! a true master!!! thank you! ... I am a beginner, so beginner that instead of an anvil a piece of rails))) , and instead of ticks, pliers. but your crafts will try to copy!)))
GOOD LUCK TO YOU!
Great looking spoons, I carve spoons and always enjoy the process and they sell well in the store.
I do a lot of that kind of work for my reenactors friends. A fun project, thanks John.
This has been a great sires, Thank You!! Wayne
Thanks for the spoon forging pointers John! Maybe I can finally make spoons, that do Not require as much grinding, as forging. 👍⚒️
Pretty
Great video John! I love your lessons.
Nice job. I like these, thank you for sharing
Nice
Great series, really enjoyed the whole 3 videos.
thanks
Finished that set. Nice video that will inspire others to make something. Thanks John.
Nice job!, John Wayne loves this spoon!
I like all of your videos.
Another great teaching video, John.
Awesome set! Great little camping set for a backpackers stove or small cooking fire
Glad you like them
Maybe you have 18 tuff foremen watching that don't do fun lol I thaught the wreck dive in the manktank was funny, nice job on the set, great tip on the food grade finish. Have a great day :-)
Good morning John ! An awesome video as always . Love the little practical useable projects that you show . Gets me going to want them . So now I have a new project to start .🤔🙄😉🙂 . Thanks again for sharing your time with us . Hope your day is a great one !
Nice video. Camera is doing excellent job. Such a view it seem am there in the forge👍🏻
Great video John I loved this series!
good timing on this one. #pubspoonchallenge.
Hey, John... a great fourth piece for this set would be a ladle! And the process of drawing out the "scoop" end is something I (and assume some others) would be interested in seeing, especially as regards the amount of material needed etc.
I am sure i will do a ladle at some point
Nice job once again! I use a rose petal leaf swage for the occaisonal spoon that I make.
That is a nice camping set i was wondering if you would do a video about some different camping utensils like a hot dog fork or a hamburger or sandwich holder they are very handy so versatile. I know there are so many things you could make my family realky enjoys camping and i see alot of really badly made super costly junk out there. Thank you for sharing what you do takecare.
"You can't please everyone". After 22 years in hospitality I agree vehemently. Some are unpleasable under all circumstances and using a crosspeen hammer on them is frowned upon. Keep laughing Uncle John, most of us will laugh along. 👍
👍👍👍 up or down, still counts as views ,lol. As long as majority are up. Thanks!
“If you don’t have haters you’re not doing it right. “
For a 4th for the set you could make a meat hook or stake hook great project for a starter blacksmith.. Be well and be safe....
I have found the Fast Orange or like hand cleaner is great for cleaning things like this off after forging prior to oil.
I'll need to give that a try
Love your videos, John. Hell of a good teacher
Great video as always. I'm really thankful for this channel. I've got a small tip: If you set the white balance temperature manually in your cameras, you will get consistent colors across different shots for the same scene.
Sounds reasonable. If only it actually worked that way in practice. The last time I set the white balance manually for three different cameras using the same white reference and they were so radically different in editing I ended up deleting the entire 8 hours worth of work.
True, that can happen when you use the reference card. I meant dialing the actual temperature in the cameras. Then if you discover that one camera has warmer colors then the other in the same lighting conditions, you can memorize the difference and dial it in for different scenes. I am not a pro by any means but that seems to work for me.
I need metal for this project: starts going through the kitchen drawers for spoons.
Great set inspiring work and edjucational too. Only us weird people would like it. Normal people go to walmart n send their money to china and the rich elite folks 🤪 LMBO LMBO
Blessed day Mr. John,
Crawford out
As hard as John swings that hammer, I think he could knock a man out with a flyswatter!
ETA: May seem silly, but do you have to do anything to maintain a dirt shop floor? Add/remove/smooth-out the dirt? Certainly cheaper than pouring concrete.
Pick out the big chunks of scrap and rake it level.
Same 18 as you say
Love the channel could you make spatula wider would like to make a set for BBQ
Just start with a wider bar or fold back on itself and forge weld to add mass
Nice set.. do you carve your stump depressions, or are they burned in place.
Mostly they just develop over time. But if I need something large I start with an angle grinder and flap disc
Yeah this looks kinda hard lol
I like those tongs.what are they called?
Well, you’ve got a fork and a spoon, sounds like you need...
A KNIFE! Or maybe a sword! 😏
Just wondering John, do you always shut off the gas burners between heats to save fuel or is it just for video sound purposes? Thanks.
Not during normal work. I just do it for video recording so you can hear the instructions
What type of gas forge is that or which brand is best? Getting started with some hobby blacksmithing and welding as a hobby.
Mine is a Chile Forge and I have been very happy with it
Hi John, can you let me know when you put that set up for sale on etsy's? Thanks for sharing.
I would look tomorrow. I ran out of time today
with some people the only diferance between them and a box of rocks is the box
Are you turning off the gas forge in between heats? Is that to save gas or simply for audio quality on the video?
Just for the audio quality
Hello Mr black bear forge! I am from the United Kingdom and stumbled across your channel, is there a way to forge a bigger spoon, possibly around 4 or 5 feet?
For something that large I would probably make the bowl separate then rivet to a handle
Hey! Do you have any suggestions for working with stainless on this sort of thing? I've tried multiple times last year to use 304 stainless to make some salad servers / serving spoons, but failed. I've kept to the suggestions of keeping it HOT when working, into the bright orange range, and not even into red - this was more successful but I still got failure at the thin parts. Crumbled steel, cracks, very weak. Am I just using the wrong type of stainless for forging? 304 was recommended but I'm wondering if there must be something easier to work with, given I only get failures...
I'm afraid I don't do anything with stainless
Curious, was the top of that anvil resurfaced at one point?
Yes, it looks like it was refaced with welding rod.
You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time
question: could you take a silver dollar or some other form of silver and make a silver spoon using the same technique??
Probably
Is it normal procedure for you to turn the forge off between heats? Is that just for the benefit of the audio recording? (As I would have assumed the heat would drop quite considerately)
I only do that for the audio. There is a bit longer reheat time as a result and I frequently have multiple pieces in the fire when working normally. So turning it off and on isn't real efficient
Forgive me because I'm a starter smith. I tried quenching and the thin metal ended up cracking. Any advice?
If it cracked, it may have been an alloy steel of some sort. I try to avoid quenching anything that doesn't need hardening
@@BlackBearForge yeah, I was using carbon steel... Makes sense to keep the metal soft
What were the two parallel lines? Just your mark? Thank you in advance.
Just a bit of ornamentation
@@BlackBearForge gotcha. Thank you!
You have 18 trolls. Negativity is their life.
You are best?
Probably a troll farm.
The like won't work for any of my channels any more I'll like a video and a few seconds later the like I gave you will be removed. It's been doing that for me for 4 days now.
Ничего полезного . МАС терская шикарная ,а делает всякую билеберду.