This Sword Was Made with a Nail, a Bolt and a Popsicle Stick...

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  • @AlecSteele
    @AlecSteele  7 місяців тому +78

    Making small things is fiddly but fun, just like a Fum... Go to tryfum.com/ALECSTEELE and use code ALECSTEELE to save an additional 10% off your order today.

    • @Duckrabbit_Forging
      @Duckrabbit_Forging 7 місяців тому +2

      *Füm
      You can copy and paste this for the special character 😁

    • @squishyxout
      @squishyxout 7 місяців тому +4

      That's the coolest little thing, I'm gonna buy one as a letter opener.

    • @maddoxburns
      @maddoxburns 7 місяців тому +1

      Can we make a normal size version of this plz.

    • @gloriousn
      @gloriousn 7 місяців тому

      In America schlong is a Nickname for a penis 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @turboboy0
      @turboboy0 7 місяців тому +3

      i laughed when he said full tang with a "TINY PEEN" at the end.

  • @jackkuehneman9300
    @jackkuehneman9300 7 місяців тому +589

    Petition to make this sword and pattern in real scale and have them side by side
    Edit: But it has to be made in The Pocket Forge's workshop

  • @ThePocketForge
    @ThePocketForge 7 місяців тому +928

    Thanks Alec and Jamie, so lovely to finally meet you both and work together on this! It was very humbling to see first hand how much passion, energy and dedication you put into your work and I learned so much!

    • @kylestonebraker3050
      @kylestonebraker3050 7 місяців тому +11

      Alec*

    • @ThePocketForge
      @ThePocketForge 7 місяців тому +28

      It’s just a bad case of incurable autocorrect 😂

    • @jackwriter1908
      @jackwriter1908 7 місяців тому

      ​@@kylestonebraker3050alec with a k

    • @imjojo9265
      @imjojo9265 7 місяців тому +1

      @@ThePocketForgeu can edit the comment

    • @thejhp1
      @thejhp1 7 місяців тому +6

      Alek with a K 😂

  • @Kami8705
    @Kami8705 7 місяців тому +109

    Now you need to go to his workshop and use his small tools to make a full size sword

    • @leventeorikiss5571
      @leventeorikiss5571 5 місяців тому +1

      And he have to bring his bridgeport and his lathe as well.

  • @brianwaldo2642
    @brianwaldo2642 7 місяців тому +108

    That is a bloody good letter opener you guys made there.

    • @gm6892
      @gm6892 7 місяців тому +1

      Literally my first thought lol

  • @x31omega
    @x31omega 7 місяців тому +17

    That you were able to say "Schlong" sword with a semi straight face in itself was amazing. 😂😂😂

    • @JohnC29
      @JohnC29 7 місяців тому

      I think it spelled Shlong in this case. Not a penis sword.

  • @TheMotlias
    @TheMotlias 7 місяців тому +17

    I love this, so often you see projects being done online and they use £20,000 worth of tools and it just seems unatainable, he was using a lot of stuff normal people have, like making that tiny lathe out of a drill

  • @al-masihad-dajjal4565
    @al-masihad-dajjal4565 7 місяців тому +62

    Now make a full size sword out of a bigger nut , bigger bolt and bigger popsicle stick ....I know if anyone could

  • @justinbanks2380
    @justinbanks2380 7 місяців тому +3

    "it's amazing how much you can abuse tools if you don't have anyone to tell you not too"
    Best quote and one of my new mottos!

  • @zupergraauwkegames8640
    @zupergraauwkegames8640 7 місяців тому +44

    I am impressed by how well that nail polish was holding up during the project

    • @theredsaint11
      @theredsaint11 7 місяців тому +19

      I was vomiting

    • @nopegs420
      @nopegs420 7 місяців тому +9

      @@theredsaint11why are you bothered?

    • @normalityhq4739
      @normalityhq4739 7 місяців тому +13

      ​@@nopegs420 because he is a male

    • @RoflmayoMan
      @RoflmayoMan 7 місяців тому +18

      @@theredsaint11 imagine being this weak

    • @UeliMcStueli
      @UeliMcStueli 7 місяців тому +10

      @@normalityhq4739 And? I don't see why this would be a problem.

  • @MadmanJnr
    @MadmanJnr 7 місяців тому +39

    I don't know what I expected out of this... but it far surpassed it! Absolutely amazing 🔥🔥

  • @jchart
    @jchart 7 місяців тому +102

    This is awesome, I actually bought some of ThePocketForge's earliest pieces when he first started doing this. He made me a custom pair of tiny Witcher swords, which I still have and enjoy very much.
    Edit: Btw, it's called a scent stopper pommel because it's shaped like the top lid of some styles of old perfume bottles. When you put the top back on the bottle the scent stops emanating from it, hence scent stopper.

    • @ThePocketForge
      @ThePocketForge 7 місяців тому +14

      Hey you!!!! Thanks so much, and for the knowledge- that makes waaay more sense 😂

    • @MasterBlaster3545
      @MasterBlaster3545 7 місяців тому +4

      Why has he got nail polish on?

    • @SgtStinger
      @SgtStinger 7 місяців тому +18

      @@MasterBlaster3545 Because he wants to?

    • @jchart
      @jchart 7 місяців тому +9

      @@MasterBlaster3545 It makes your nails pretty? Why does anyone wear anything cosmetic? Because they like it!

    • @pileofstuff
      @pileofstuff 7 місяців тому +4

      @@MasterBlaster3545 Why not?

  • @XsubliminalinsanityX
    @XsubliminalinsanityX 7 місяців тому +4

    Hands down the most badass letter opener I've ever seen!

  • @Benjamin-rq1fi
    @Benjamin-rq1fi 7 місяців тому +12

    My first (and to-date only) forging project was a 10" claymore letter opener. It was a lot of fun and really a great way to make the craft more accessible to people with limited resources or space.

  • @whitey2shotpewpew825
    @whitey2shotpewpew825 7 місяців тому +10

    That guy has got some talent. Hopefully you help him build a full size now.

  • @caveofskarzs1544
    @caveofskarzs1544 7 місяців тому +4

    Ben's toolbox is like that one old guy from Toy Story 2. So cool.

  • @Jusdin057
    @Jusdin057 7 місяців тому +58

    That was incredible 👌
    Great work Lads, I love the damascus pattern.

  • @randyshea3703
    @randyshea3703 7 місяців тому +10

    If I add miniature smithing to my existing hobbies of miniature painting and scale model making, I'll have a tiny trifecta!

    • @wilberthotting7878
      @wilberthotting7878 7 місяців тому +2

      Tell your family and friends you just have a few little hobbies or what?

    • @vhaelen326
      @vhaelen326 7 місяців тому +4

      no i imagine someone smithing tiny swords for their spacemarines and at every single game he cuts himself on them by accident only to sigh and say "khorne truly does not care from whence to blood flows..."

  • @fakjbf3129
    @fakjbf3129 7 місяців тому +3

    I love the juxtaposition of this project and the last video with the giant lamp.

  • @NeedleHair
    @NeedleHair 7 місяців тому +4

    the thread wrapping of the handle reminds me of the creation of fly-fishing lures and all their custom equipment they use for winding thread around small objects. Great work!

  • @kennethhart5393
    @kennethhart5393 7 місяців тому +3

    Beautiful workmanship. Thank you very much for highlighting this wonderful artisan. Now with every Long Sword comes a miniature duplicate for EDC.

  • @Faydwarf
    @Faydwarf 7 місяців тому +4

    im not gunna lie, WATCHING the etch happen is really cool. usually you just dip it n leave it in a tube so theres nothing to see lol

  • @rudraigh
    @rudraigh 7 місяців тому +3

    It has been my understanding that particular shape of pommel is called a scent stopper because it resembles the stoppers on "scent" (perfume) bottles.

    • @scififan698
      @scififan698 7 місяців тому

      it also stops one from smelling anything when hit upon the nose with it. lol

  • @BradMurphy0
    @BradMurphy0 7 місяців тому +8

    This was absolutely amazing to watch, i would definitely watch more of this type again and I plan to show this to my friend that wants to make sharp, pointy things.

  • @drewdoesart9277
    @drewdoesart9277 7 місяців тому +3

    Thats exactly how I started. I love the miniature swords.

  • @eus090474
    @eus090474 7 місяців тому +7

    Most aggressive handshake I've ever seen

  • @jort93z
    @jort93z 7 місяців тому +3

    omg the pattern on it is so beautiful

  • @Voicesofjake
    @Voicesofjake 7 місяців тому +2

    Ben is amazing!! Let's get this man some great mini tools!!

  • @arkonwolves7192
    @arkonwolves7192 7 місяців тому +4

    You have to make the same one but normal size! That’s awesome.

  • @Kuzumai
    @Kuzumai 7 місяців тому +1

    8:07
    working in aircraft ive had to hand fashion alot of my own little doodads and whatnots, and every time i do it with one chuck drill in a vice and a dotco for sculpting

  • @RubensBudgetCreations
    @RubensBudgetCreations 7 місяців тому +3

    Making mini swords is really fun. I made an viking era swordt a few years ago from an old small file, so I could harden and temper it, a
    large nail for crossguard and a 2 piece 3 lobd pommel..
    Totally not as nice as this one but really fun to make.

  • @littlewarriorshields939
    @littlewarriorshields939 7 місяців тому +2

    So happy to see 2 of my favourite Makers together making!! Year made!!

  • @numbersabcdefg
    @numbersabcdefg 7 місяців тому +1

    That is honestly the first time I've ever seen twisted Damascus and thought it was beautiful ❤️

  • @tylertaylor9497
    @tylertaylor9497 7 місяців тому +3

    Such a cool milling machine

  • @sonofgod2405
    @sonofgod2405 7 місяців тому +4

    loved this one , bc it was belivible that they both had much fun making this . love

  • @christianshipley7472
    @christianshipley7472 7 місяців тому +1

    Thus would be an awesome introduction to sword smithing to new smith's. Also lucrative. You can easily sell these verses large ones. As for the drill lathe. I've done that myself to make a replacement firing pin for an antique revolver.

  • @stefanshelenko4487
    @stefanshelenko4487 7 місяців тому +3

    Wow Alex. I am not a big commenter but this is one of your most brilliant videos and you do have many of those. It gives hope to the small scale operators. And that was a niffty patterned blade.🎉 keep up the content Dude.

  • @mwheelerq72lm
    @mwheelerq72lm 7 місяців тому +1

    Now we need a 46 part series on yall making a miniature damascus power hammer!!! Please?!?!

  • @BenEdw19
    @BenEdw19 7 місяців тому +1

    This was so cool! Unreal how well it came out

  • @ralphrohr
    @ralphrohr 7 місяців тому +2

    Proxxon tools are awesome for miniature work!!! Started woodturning on a mini-lathe and its perfect to make rings!!!

  • @fifis101
    @fifis101 7 місяців тому +2

    I actually had low expectations but it turned out brilliant! Well done!

  • @bearded_trumpet_boy2321
    @bearded_trumpet_boy2321 7 місяців тому

    I started making rings to sell at our local street fairs like two years ago, and I still use an electric drill and a dremel for all my work. I only do like 100 rings for each fair, one in the summer and one in autumn, takes about two days to make one, it works a treat

  • @RN-du8wr
    @RN-du8wr 7 місяців тому +1

    I'Ve been watching his videos for years, don't think I ever knew what he looked like, this is cool.

  • @damienbrand9422
    @damienbrand9422 7 місяців тому

    So amazing!! The collab we all needed in our lives!!

  • @fredhunter7129
    @fredhunter7129 7 місяців тому

    Jamie and Alec, amazing talent between you both. Jamie a real master of the miniature

  • @Deafgreekboy
    @Deafgreekboy 7 місяців тому

    This was just fantastically cool!
    I enjoyed this work more than I should!

  • @sberry80
    @sberry80 7 місяців тому

    That came out so rad. You guys did amazing work on that massive long sword

  • @IFated2ILoveU
    @IFated2ILoveU 7 місяців тому

    The two of yous make a mighty fine team. Please do more collaborations! ❤

  • @sharxbyte
    @sharxbyte 7 місяців тому +3

    Such an amazing collab! Two of my favorite artisans!

  • @tomasn3
    @tomasn3 7 місяців тому

    Great episode! Amazing how much can be done without a complete workshop! Very inspiring

  • @steevemartial4084
    @steevemartial4084 7 місяців тому +1

    Impressive result! Apparently it's called a scent-stopper pommel because some scholars (probably from the XIXth century) thought it looked like the plug of bottle of perfume

  • @DjDolHaus86
    @DjDolHaus86 6 місяців тому

    That's so cool! I made a pair of tiny swords (a buster sword and a masamune) in the metalshop at college in between other tedious tasks (if you've ever had to make a matching pair of hand lapped faces to prove you're capable of wielding a file you'll know the feeling) but they were just solid steel filed to shape

  • @MartinPaulsen87
    @MartinPaulsen87 7 місяців тому +2

    I also have a shlong sword. I didn't make it myself, but I did grow it in to full size. It too can be dangerous if not used with care!

  • @bartvanleeuwen3842
    @bartvanleeuwen3842 7 місяців тому

    That was super awesome!!!!!
    Love the idea and execution!!

  • @paulrapp613
    @paulrapp613 6 місяців тому

    A most excellent piece of work. Thank you kindly for sharing your combined talents.
    Keep the aspidistra flying!

  • @CookinWithSquirrl
    @CookinWithSquirrl 7 місяців тому +1

    WOW! That is some wildly impressive work gents!

  • @bassplayer137
    @bassplayer137 7 місяців тому

    those small drills look exactly like the ones i used when i used to be an optician! frameless glasses can be made with those as well as fixing snapped screws

  • @parisulki729
    @parisulki729 7 місяців тому +1

    Great collab! The end resolve was Grand!

  • @BillDeWitt
    @BillDeWitt 7 місяців тому

    I used to make those back in the 80s, great fun in a home shop. Perfect gifts for nearly anyone. Mostly I used cut nails for stock.

  • @TheBigburcie
    @TheBigburcie 7 місяців тому +1

    Maybe do another collab where you make a pair of matching swords, just one tiny, one giant.

  • @PedroScherz
    @PedroScherz 6 місяців тому

    I loved his miniature designs!

  • @venus_de_lmao
    @venus_de_lmao 7 місяців тому

    The tiny milling machine is so adorable!

  • @BraxxJuventa
    @BraxxJuventa 7 місяців тому +1

    Looks great! Well done both! 😁👍🏼

  • @JackManic1984
    @JackManic1984 7 місяців тому +1

    Wow the pattern looks sick on it. Because it's a mini blade the pattern looks massive and would take a ton of time to get such a big pattern.

  • @youtubeSuckssNow
    @youtubeSuckssNow 7 місяців тому

    I've actually been thinking about making one of these recently. But like even smaller, like the nail you use for the guard sized.

  • @brettosowiecki8759
    @brettosowiecki8759 4 місяці тому

    learning Blacksmithing from watching these videos around the same time im trying to quit smoking, i cant believe how perfect your sponsor was!!!

  • @mcmenace4847
    @mcmenace4847 7 місяців тому +1

    What a brilliant little project, really like it!

  • @BritishBeeMan
    @BritishBeeMan 7 місяців тому +1

    Alec you need to make a full scale version of that aiming to recreate that Damascus pattern. Maybe gift it to mini sword dude.

  • @nickbryslan8904
    @nickbryslan8904 7 місяців тому +1

    I've always wanted to try this! And yes, at home.

  • @thetrashgoblin
    @thetrashgoblin 7 місяців тому

    This is without a doubt the best thing I've seen in a long time. I'm 100% using the drill angle grinder combo

  • @GaabzR
    @GaabzR 7 місяців тому

    Beautiful pattern on the blade. Wow i love it

  • @No.Good.Nickname
    @No.Good.Nickname 7 місяців тому

    What a gorgeous little thing you made!

  • @AvanaVana
    @AvanaVana 7 місяців тому

    What a beautiful pattern on that blade!

  • @P3x310
    @P3x310 7 місяців тому +1

    8:31 Alec, you sound as if you'd never used a drill clamped into the vise as an improvised lathe! I've been doing that for ages. One of my drills had a speed adjustment knob built into the "trigger" so I could regulate RPM with it, my replacement drill when the first one died had speed regulation by the depth of depression of the trigger, so I used a string and a stick and how much I twisted the stick controlled how much the string tightened, thus squeezing the trigger slightly more or less. I also never needed to do anything even remotely precise with it so I could get away with not buying a lathe and overindulging in shameless tinkery instead.

  • @TDuySculptures
    @TDuySculptures 7 місяців тому

    That was a sick sword; the hamon on it was beautiful.

  • @GRT1005
    @GRT1005 4 місяці тому

    Perfect letter opener 👌👌

  • @jerrylim6722
    @jerrylim6722 7 місяців тому +2

    4:00
    good to know Alec is still has his natural British instincts of wanting to stab things.

  • @Jansson1985
    @Jansson1985 7 місяців тому +2

    Awesome video! An real cool mini-sword 👍🏻

  • @verndahl3848
    @verndahl3848 6 місяців тому

    Very cool! I wanted to see how he made the fuller though!

  • @Chris-du8ux
    @Chris-du8ux 7 місяців тому +1

    Was not expecting the nails !!!!

  • @JoeMacBro
    @JoeMacBro 7 місяців тому

    That's a gorgeous blade! Nice work gents.

  • @butzmn7190
    @butzmn7190 7 місяців тому

    What an insanely cool concept Ben has

  • @jamesellsworth9673
    @jamesellsworth9673 7 місяців тому

    What an amazing fella! What amazing work he does!

  • @jeremydingeman2492
    @jeremydingeman2492 7 місяців тому

    Extremely inspirational. I'm going to try this very soon.

  • @shadowsandfire
    @shadowsandfire 7 місяців тому

    I can see how this took off! They're amazing little swords, and i simply must have one.

  • @JackManic1984
    @JackManic1984 7 місяців тому

    That has to be the cutest little milling machine i've ever seen!

  • @CoalCoalJames
    @CoalCoalJames 7 місяців тому +1

    This type of thing was my dream as a child, I found something similar as a kid on an old art piece it was covered with mini long swords and halberds and after taking it apart I found all the weapons where real but just miniature.. they where even sharp....
    The sword made was exactly like the type of thing I dreamed of as a upgrade to those~

  • @pslice006
    @pslice006 7 місяців тому

    Been watching for years. Awesome collaboration.

  • @sig861
    @sig861 7 місяців тому +1

    Please do a 24hr tiny sword sale thing with the both of you I would buy one

  • @Mote.
    @Mote. 6 місяців тому

    That is so cool!!! Miniature swords

  • @lewisworkshop
    @lewisworkshop 7 місяців тому

    Cool collab! Do more of these!

  • @scottlanghorst1483
    @scottlanghorst1483 7 місяців тому +1

    That's awesome!!! Absolutely brilliant!!!👍👍

  • @bloodgout
    @bloodgout 6 місяців тому

    Really nice pattern in the wee blade

  • @ravenspawn8982
    @ravenspawn8982 7 місяців тому +1

    That's one helluva letter opener!

  • @michaelterrill4950
    @michaelterrill4950 7 місяців тому +1

    You should make a matching set of Chinese butterfly swords with a scabbard
    You should also make stapler

  • @guy_withglasses
    @guy_withglasses 7 місяців тому +1

    9:26 was not expecting to hear a song willjum uses in an alec steele video, wonder how small the crossover demography between those 2 channels are

  • @Dieseldawg1430
    @Dieseldawg1430 7 місяців тому +4

    thanks for doing this alex, this hit home because when i was younger i would watch you, then go forge mini swords in my barn with a blow torch and a hammer, thanks for your awesome videos

  • @ALKASER1996
    @ALKASER1996 7 місяців тому +1

    Wow 😯 what a Damascus pattern man one of the coolest

  • @sagarpoojary9104
    @sagarpoojary9104 7 місяців тому

    Great work guys! That's an amazing Damascus pattern! Now Imagine a full length sword with that pattern 🤔

  • @NikolaHoward
    @NikolaHoward 7 місяців тому

    That is a sick damascus!!!
    Seriously missed the Whack Whack. More please!