CAN YOU FORGE QUARTERS TOGETHER???

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  • @skoitch
    @skoitch 4 роки тому +1292

    I hear you’ve already got snow, lots of us want to see you make a Damascus snow shovel.

    • @robertpaulson3814
      @robertpaulson3814 4 роки тому +39

      I have actually been suggesting this for years now... they no listen. Ever since the mail box fiasco

    • @deathsicon
      @deathsicon 4 роки тому +7

      I didn't want to see it, until I saw this...

    • @davidholm1330
      @davidholm1330 4 роки тому +1

      Helll yea

    • @skoitch
      @skoitch 4 роки тому +11

      It’d be good practice for making armor later!

    • @samirnahas3592
      @samirnahas3592 4 роки тому +3

      That’d be sick

  • @BobbyDukeArts
    @BobbyDukeArts 4 роки тому +379

    Dude, you actually made me excited about packaging materials lol. I'm super happy for you man

    • @AlecSteele
      @AlecSteele  4 роки тому +35

      Thank you my friend 🙏🙏🙏

    • @gavconn650
      @gavconn650 4 роки тому +9

      You guys should do a collab

    • @loydtheliar5659
      @loydtheliar5659 4 роки тому +8

      @@gavconn650 they uh... they did? on Bobby's channel?

    • @Elric509
      @Elric509 4 роки тому +2

      @@loydtheliar5659 wewd

    • @memesredacted
      @memesredacted 4 роки тому +3

      Wewd

  • @MrKyltpzyxm
    @MrKyltpzyxm 4 роки тому +456

    "British counterfeiting operation sets up shop in USA to forge American coins."

    • @Kieran0410
      @Kieran0410 4 роки тому +26

      Surely its british "FORGING" operation?
      Eh? Eh?
      I'll see myself out

    • @spencer5438
      @spencer5438 4 роки тому +18

      Not to mention destroying US currency is illeagal

    • @Jrocker105MC
      @Jrocker105MC 4 роки тому +2

      spencer in the US

    • @dubsaloon
      @dubsaloon 4 роки тому

      @@spencer5438 Currency refers to paper money Coins are not considered Currency.

    • @Blackhawk182182
      @Blackhawk182182 4 роки тому +1

      @@dubsaloon Interesting... I was under the impression that it is illegal too... Only the reserve is allowed to take money out of circulation... Maybe because the value is so low... But theoretically and insane, heheh, you can take $1000 000 out of circulation if you have enough coins... LOL... but that will take some dedication...

  • @moonboogien8908
    @moonboogien8908 4 роки тому +320

    Alec: "we're gonna be tig welding these quarters together for a ring stock"
    US government: "U wot mate?"

    • @omnigar9611
      @omnigar9611 4 роки тому +28

      It's not illegal to destroy coins as long as it is completely destroyed and you can't tell what it was

    • @SHORTBUSS1994
      @SHORTBUSS1994 4 роки тому +6

      Possession of counterfeit United States obligations with fraudulent intent is a violation of Title 18, Section 472 of the United States Code and is punishable by a fine of up to $15,000, or 15 years imprisonment, or both.

    • @sheller153
      @sheller153 4 роки тому +10

      It’s only illegal if you damage currency to regain the metal and then sell it. I don’t know the legality of selling art made from legal tender though.

    • @Alex-on-youtube
      @Alex-on-youtube 4 роки тому +42

      it is legal to destroy tender for artistic or expressionistic purposes. just look at penny crushers.

    • @isaactrockman4417
      @isaactrockman4417 4 роки тому +9

      SHORTBUSS1994 WITH FRAUDULENT INTENT. You can’t stamp quarter faces on nickels for example. You can legally destroy money all day if you want.

  • @aintit
    @aintit 4 роки тому +348

    Anything: *happens*
    Alec: "PHENOMENAL"

  • @nine_lives5597
    @nine_lives5597 4 роки тому +81

    What i love most is Will cant contain his laughter at his quarters behind the ear joke and alec barely holds it together as well

  • @shrek-7291
    @shrek-7291 4 роки тому +139

    Other UA-camrs: “my new sweatshirt just dropped. Check it out!”
    Alec: “I Got You HAMMERS!”
    But dude does he have talent.

  • @jelmervd2l
    @jelmervd2l 3 роки тому +5

    "You've got to hit it with the big metal end" at 6:40
    I laughed so hard

  • @wowlecks
    @wowlecks 4 роки тому +311

    Everybody: Destroying quarters is illegal
    Everybody else: Alec didn't make those hammers
    Me: Great collab with Patrick Adair

    • @anycaliber9086
      @anycaliber9086 4 роки тому +13

      It's Not just illegal Alex Bonfield it's a felony to destroy or deface federal property and money is federal property in the U.S.

    • @antonwearsakilt5209
      @antonwearsakilt5209 4 роки тому +3

      @@anycaliber9086 Felony charges incoming, anybody want some cheap tools?

    • @jasonsummit1885
      @jasonsummit1885 4 роки тому +45

      Actually it is only illegal when you are trying to make it look like a higher denomination than what it is, making jewelry out of money is not illegal. I make rings out of U.S. silver coins every day, and they are still legal currency.

    • @TrevorE24
      @TrevorE24 4 роки тому +28

      @@anycaliber9086 It's only illegal if it's done with fraudulent intent, i.e. altering money to appear at a higher value issue than it is (this includes making a penny look like a dime or a nickel like a quarter, etc). What Alec and Co are doing is completely legal as defined by the US Govt and Treasury.

    • @Markumus21
      @Markumus21 4 роки тому +7

      Yeah Patrick Adair actually has a pretty awesome channel. His carbon fiber rings are sick!

  • @AlecSteele
    @AlecSteele  4 роки тому +261

    *Edit* 10/02: The video was pulled down for a day while I double-checked with my Lawyer, I was given advice that the below is correct, absent fraudulent intent it is completely legal to mutilate coins.
    For anyone interested in further reading on the topic:
    www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/331
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elongated_coin
    www.parkpennies.com/pressed-penny/are-penny-press-machines-legal.htm
    Mutilating a coin without fraudulent intent is legal. We are not passing our mutilation off as currency. Just like the penny presses all around the country at popular attractions where you pay 25c to get the machine to squish a penny for you!

    • @jdeluca6181
      @jdeluca6181 4 роки тому +30

      This topic always brings out the high school lawyers in people.

    • @jasonscheffler9813
      @jasonscheffler9813 4 роки тому

      Nice, that answers my question then.

    • @mn_wild9394
      @mn_wild9394 4 роки тому

      Yea seen the same thing after I said only pennies are legal to deface LOL
      THE MORE YOU KNOW

    • @real_hick.4565
      @real_hick.4565 4 роки тому +1

      You tell the Alec !

    • @Zafo24pl
      @Zafo24pl 4 роки тому

      Arent destroying money like actual crime? I heard you can get in allot of trouble for that.

  • @joshuahudson282
    @joshuahudson282 4 роки тому +46

    Will: You want to hit it with the big metal end.
    Patrick: Not the wood?
    Will: No.
    The sincerity with which Will said no had me absolutely dying lol

  • @buildtestflyrepeat9428
    @buildtestflyrepeat9428 4 роки тому +13

    “We might have to forge a ring” “Could make sense (cents)” he just made a great pun without even realizing it. 7:15

  • @Bakamoichigei
    @Bakamoichigei 4 роки тому +3

    6:00 Packaging supplies are exciting because it means you're moving product! You're making cool things, and people want to give you money for them! It's one of the best feelings, hands down. 👍

  • @jeffreyhilljeffshandforged2149
    @jeffreyhilljeffshandforged2149 4 роки тому +136

    For everyone asking, they aren't "factory" made. They are still forged like he used to do, with the same tools and steel like he used to, just by another smith. Ethan Harty from Canada made them. He makes great hammers and sells his own. But I agree with a lot of people here, even a top quality hammer not made by Alec is not an Alec Steele hammer. I'm buying a hammer from a smith to support the work of that smith, not for show and tell.

    • @JusttheEdge
      @JusttheEdge 4 роки тому +9

      Ethan also took classes from Alec 3yrs ago on forging tools.

    • @tyrelirwin
      @tyrelirwin 4 роки тому +3

      So you also don't wear Levi's jeans, or...

    • @jc.considine
      @jc.considine 4 роки тому +13

      Should have been disclosed. Potentially misleading.

    • @jeffreyhilljeffshandforged2149
      @jeffreyhilljeffshandforged2149 4 роки тому +10

      @@tyrelirwin apples to oranges my friend. If I NEED jeans, I'll buy cheap mass produced, if I WANT a hand forged hammer, I WANT to support the smith, I WANT his craftsmanship, and I WANT the story behind it. People want his hammers, they don't need a square circle made by another smith cause it's easier.

    • @Teylahime
      @Teylahime 4 роки тому +2

      For what it's worth, if you look at 7:28 Ethan put his name on the hammers too. I don't think they'll try to pass them off or anything.

  • @Dom-lj2dw
    @Dom-lj2dw 3 роки тому +9

    I love how will couldn’t stop laughing at his quarter behind ear joke that the camera dude had to move him out of frame 😂

  • @blakkatana
    @blakkatana 4 роки тому +53

    "we might have to forge a ring,
    it makes sense(cents)."
    good one

  • @deathsicon
    @deathsicon 4 роки тому +31

    You know, most tig welders are looking for the "stack of dimes" look in their welds, not a stack of quarters

  • @CygnusXII
    @CygnusXII 4 роки тому +43

    The fact I watched Alec make batch after batch of Hammers, and waited to buy one for myself, but had to wait till he came to the USA, and now see the hammers outsourced... Color me disappointed. I was so happy when he came to the States, because I thought to myself. Well now I can get a hammer without ungodly shipping from the UK. I am not even a Smith. I do not even have a shop, or anything. I just love the hammers. Dang it!

    • @AZ-kr6ff
      @AZ-kr6ff 4 роки тому +1

      You're an idiot.

  • @julianagaval9025
    @julianagaval9025 4 роки тому

    That's great! Brilliant being able to see the progress in the Steele business. I really appreciate being able to see these steps happen. Gotta say about the packaging supplies: the fun and beauty is in the details.

  • @vikingo3550
    @vikingo3550 4 роки тому

    Best-crossover-ever. I'm a huge fan of Patrick's work.

  • @MyLife-qn8sd
    @MyLife-qn8sd 4 роки тому +25

    Soak the quarters in acetone and hit each one with a wire wheel and then weld them up and forge

  • @logangrissom876
    @logangrissom876 4 роки тому +5

    YES you’re doing a lot of collabs with great you tubers! PAD is my favorite ring maker! Hope to see you guys make more with other great youtubers!

  • @Darks290
    @Darks290 4 роки тому +153

    Is this a subtle hint to a new show called “Will it forge weld?” Each week Alec and Will take random metals and see if they forge weld haha

    • @littlefoxboy
      @littlefoxboy 4 роки тому +2

      Yes! GMM crossover all the way

    • @anthonyhayes1267
      @anthonyhayes1267 4 роки тому

      Alec the sound of that idea (sorry, I couldn't resist)

    • @damcintyre81
      @damcintyre81 3 роки тому

      I can hear it now...
      "WELCOME TO ANOTHER EPISODE OF WELDING WITH WILL!!!"
      (I LIKE ALLITERATION!)

    • @bensoncheung2801
      @bensoncheung2801 2 роки тому

      144p-th 👍

  • @chmurkins
    @chmurkins 4 роки тому +1

    I just love when you throw stuff bouncing around. Visible string makes it even better. Keep up guys!

  • @celairgilfaenmirion
    @celairgilfaenmirion 4 роки тому +76

    Alec: "...forge quarters..."
    *U.S. Secret Service ALREADY knows your location*

  • @ethanbailey7426
    @ethanbailey7426 4 роки тому +6

    7:13 unintentional pun
    "we might have to forge a ring"
    "that makes cents"

  • @queenofthederps7106
    @queenofthederps7106 3 роки тому +2

    I love it when Will laughs to himself when he makes a joke or does a bit, it’s the best

  • @martinitland
    @martinitland 4 роки тому +3

    Will, you have such a superb sense of comedic timing! Please, never stop being your funny and unpredictable self =)

  • @heavyaf_deuce3791
    @heavyaf_deuce3791 4 роки тому +125

    So for everyone talking crap about him "outsourcing" his hammers he is having another smith hand forge them with the same dedication and attention to detail. His name ethan hardy. Check out his page he has videos of him making them.

    • @gedion4000
      @gedion4000 4 роки тому +23

      I think we're all well aware of who made these. But its like, why got to a middle man when you can go to the source. Plus, if a blacksmith is selling or giving away that sort of thing, one would expect it to be made BY him. its a cop out.

    • @sdown098
      @sdown098 4 роки тому +10

      Yea why does it have Alec's trademark...he didn't make them.

    • @heavyaf_deuce3791
      @heavyaf_deuce3791 4 роки тому +5

      The kid is filling an order for alec his design they have both makers marks alecs and ethan

    • @gedion4000
      @gedion4000 4 роки тому +10

      @@heavyaf_deuce3791 yeah but you dont go to an artist to buy their product, only to have another artist make it for them.

    • @themanmrjones
      @themanmrjones 4 роки тому +16

      gedion4000 more often than not, you actually do. More than 95% of all art sales are prints. Precise copies of a work made by a different source than the artist so more people have access to it. If he is pleased with the quality of the hammers and they meet his standards there is absolutely nothing wrong with it.

  • @nikolaiandreassen4768
    @nikolaiandreassen4768 4 роки тому +18

    You should get Adam Savage in the shop. Could be such a nice video!

    • @darthrevan2063
      @darthrevan2063 4 роки тому +3

      Nikolai Andreassen this must happen soon. We need a adam savage alec steel collaboration now

    • @RavenChopper
      @RavenChopper 4 роки тому +5

      The forged result would have to be called "Savage Steele". Imagine the pricetag on that.

    • @LuinTathren
      @LuinTathren 4 роки тому

      @@RavenChopper That's awesome!

    • @RavenChopper
      @RavenChopper 4 роки тому +1

      @@LuinTathren Thanks man, I get a good one in sometimes. :)

  • @AlphaMachina
    @AlphaMachina 4 роки тому

    That ring looks PHENOMENAL!

  • @Vulphrahm
    @Vulphrahm 4 роки тому

    Best collab I've seen. Ive been following Patrick for over a year and Alec over the past few months. Both of your channels are awesome!

  • @DannyoXXIII
    @DannyoXXIII 4 роки тому +12

    Patrick: We might just have to forge a ring.
    Alec: Could make sense.
    Me: Twenty-Five cents. 😎

  • @ZecharyK
    @ZecharyK 4 роки тому +57

    Why go to the bank when you have the back of Alec's ears.

  • @user-vz2jb2gy5b
    @user-vz2jb2gy5b 4 роки тому

    Knowing where it all started, it's amazing to see how far you've gotten. Truly amazing!

  • @jimmartin7437
    @jimmartin7437 4 роки тому

    Selling out with a smile. Truly the American way. Love your channel anyway you bring it.

  • @xenarchs
    @xenarchs 4 роки тому +14

    Canadian here, as someone who has to use screws on a daily basis I would much rather use Robertson over Phillips. It is far too easy to strip a Phillips head screw.

    • @albe23
      @albe23 4 роки тому +2

      That's why Torx is becoming far more popular and used almost everywhere now.

    • @xenarchs
      @xenarchs 4 роки тому

      @@albe23 torx is the way to go.

    • @ryanchapman2636
      @ryanchapman2636 4 роки тому

      I only own torx nowadays, though its easier to get hold of torx than Robertson in the uk

  • @BlackMetalVikingCustoms
    @BlackMetalVikingCustoms 4 роки тому +3

    Way to go Ethan! Beautiful hammers! I am a proud owner of a Ethan Harty 3.5 classic. He makes incredible tools!

  • @TheGhostOfFredZeppelin
    @TheGhostOfFredZeppelin 4 роки тому +2

    If he had yelled "Noice" at 5:58 instead of "Woo" it would have made my day, if you know what I mean.

  • @echale3
    @echale3 4 роки тому

    In answer to the question posed as the title of this video (without having watched it yet), yes, you most certainly can! I use copper pennies (pre 1982) and nickels to make Mokume Gane billets for bracelets, knife bolsters, etc... Just a trick to try; if you pickle the coins a little in vinegar before you go to welding them together you'll get rid of the oxidation layer and they seem to weld easier.
    Rather than TIG weld the coins, I made a little fixture of two stout 1/2" thick billets of steel about 4" long that are bolted together on each end to make a compression jig. I put the stack in the compression jig, crank it down in my post vise, tighten down the bolts while the stack is under compression in the vise, and then heat the whole lot to welding temperature. Once it's fully heat-soaked, I put the jig back in the vise and squeeze it together again. That seems to do a decent job of initially setting the weld. After that, the billet comes out of the jig, and on the subsequent welding heats I don't hammer the billet very hard. I generally deo about 3-4 welding heats and tapping before I start working the billet. I find that light taps with a hammer that has a slightly rounded face seems to compress the coin centers together quite nicely when setting the weld.

  • @wilsoncrocker
    @wilsoncrocker 4 роки тому +82

    first thought after reading the title - 'well, def not legally' lol...

    • @wolfymusic4863
      @wolfymusic4863 4 роки тому +6

      took me a while to understand what you said

    • @lukedeconcini
      @lukedeconcini 4 роки тому +1

      It would be legal if they didn't monetize it whoops

    • @CesarMartinez-rm1fp
      @CesarMartinez-rm1fp 4 роки тому +7

      I was thinking the same thing isn't it illegal to destroy currency

    • @jackofallfail5359
      @jackofallfail5359 4 роки тому +5

      Nah, it’s allowed for artistic purposes

    • @wilsoncrocker
      @wilsoncrocker 4 роки тому

      *disclaimer - its just a joke, not to be taken as official u.s. mint policy

  • @NetVoyagerOne
    @NetVoyagerOne 4 роки тому +286

    It's not illegal, people. If he was forging a quarter to look like a dollar coin, THAT would be illegal.

    • @thomashaley3830
      @thomashaley3830 4 роки тому +84

      Wrong any defacing of a coin or a bill is technically illegal. However probably not going to cause any kind of uproar as this was meant mostly as a deterrent to stop forgery.
      Title 18, Chapter 17 of the U.S. Code

    • @Iaxpo
      @Iaxpo 4 роки тому +15

      In Italy it's illegal, and in other country too i think, because you are not the owner of the coins, the State Is.

    • @Mr.Saephan503
      @Mr.Saephan503 4 роки тому +14

      I'm pretty sure it illegal to destroy,alter or make money without permission from the U.S. Government.

    • @kjkwf
      @kjkwf 4 роки тому +16

      It is very much illegal... Destroying money alters the amount of tender that exists. It changes (without documentation) the value of the U.S. dollar. The government can't just make money to have more of it. It changes its value, same if it's destroyed!

    • @AlecSteele
      @AlecSteele  4 роки тому +119

      For anyone interested in further reading on the topic:
      www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/331
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elongated_coin
      www.parkpennies.com/pressed-penny/are-penny-press-machines-legal.htm
      Mutilating a coin without fraudulent intent is legal. We are not passing our mutilation off as currency. Just like the penny presses all around the country at popular attractions where you pay 25c to get the machine to squish a penny for you!

  • @Nerofur
    @Nerofur 4 роки тому

    already subscribed to patrick! It's always great to see collabs between some of my favorites

  • @jenford7078
    @jenford7078 4 роки тому

    Great collaboration, Patrick is an amazing gold/quarter/meteorite/(your material here) smith and designer, his creations are great... And most glow in the dark.

  • @ohusky271
    @ohusky271 4 роки тому +101

    Alec: lets take money, make a ring to sell for more money.
    *genius*

    • @alfredenglund
      @alfredenglund 4 роки тому +2

      stonks

    • @hellcat6643
      @hellcat6643 4 роки тому

      Recycling

    • @slateres
      @slateres 4 роки тому +1

      Look that’s capitalism. You spend money to get money. Easily spoken.

    • @therealsulaco
      @therealsulaco 4 роки тому +1

      That's how it's worked for most of human history.

    • @wryyyyyyyy675
      @wryyyyyyyy675 4 роки тому

      **STONKS**

  • @SchwanRutoza
    @SchwanRutoza 4 роки тому +6

    So you outsource the hammers now??

  • @tey272
    @tey272 4 роки тому +2

    love how happy will looks after his magic trick

  • @adamgrainger8464
    @adamgrainger8464 4 роки тому +103

    All the people complaining that they "destroyed" a couple quarters, just stop. Just stop.

    • @terrapingaming8941
      @terrapingaming8941 4 роки тому +1

      its copper and nickle...I just don't understand why you'd bother

    • @uncleben8895
      @uncleben8895 4 роки тому +2

      @@zacharymacquiddy5531 That actually isn't completely true. There are exceptions to the laws about defacing US currency. Art is one of those exceptions.

  • @SaitoGray
    @SaitoGray 4 роки тому +56

    Awesome, all i wanted in life is an Alec Steele hammer not made by Alec Steele !

  • @andrzejkmicic6222
    @andrzejkmicic6222 4 роки тому

    I subscribe to both channels for a long time now. Waited for colab like this. Great video.

  • @TheSmanns
    @TheSmanns 4 роки тому

    I've been hoping for this collab, glad to see it happen

  • @Moises-pp7nf
    @Moises-pp7nf 4 роки тому +7

    The fact that Will couldn't hold back the laughter at his own coin trick 😂😂

  • @da300mann2
    @da300mann2 4 роки тому +87

    Everyone focused on the quarters, while ignoring the fact he no longer makes his own hammers?? No one remembers him making batches of hand made hammers??

    • @johannespressley8455
      @johannespressley8455 4 роки тому +19

      Yeah I didn't get a chance at the last batch and was hoping to buy one but now they just have his mark on them, just not the same.

    • @paulwilson1015
      @paulwilson1015 4 роки тому +19

      Remember watching him and Sam at the Baker street workshop knocking a big batch out....they where the good old days

    • @da300mann2
      @da300mann2 4 роки тому +26

      @@paulwilson1015 yes, when there was more whack whack and less yack yack.

    • @liamjack5944
      @liamjack5944 4 роки тому +5

      the amount of volume they would have to produce would prevent them from creating youtube videos - this doesn't mean that they are worse quality hammers, and the design is still Alec's - Ethan Harty makes them (google him)

    • @da300mann2
      @da300mann2 4 роки тому +26

      @@liamjack5944 I didn't say they weren't good quality, I just noticed his stamp is on hammers not made by him. This means the hammers, no matter the quality, are basically merchandise.
      Personally, I wouldn't put my makers mark on another person's work.

  • @love2grow493
    @love2grow493 4 роки тому

    Very nice work and presentation as always. Just an ideal it wold be nice if you can make a pare of brass knuckles and use the roll of quarters as an handle.

  • @USUCKATPVP
    @USUCKATPVP 3 роки тому

    I have seen Patrick's videos and they are actually how I found you. It was pretty sweet to see both people doing a video together. For those of you who may not think just rings are as cool to watch as all the stuff Alec does....when the dude said "I make rings out of just about anything, and try to have fun doing it" the man is modest, he is very crafted and has alot of super nice rings. His episodes are indeed entertaining aswell.

  • @michaelweston6083
    @michaelweston6083 4 роки тому +48

    The Federal reserve: Am I a joke to you?
    Every single American: Yes. Shut up.

    • @michaelweston6083
      @michaelweston6083 4 роки тому +4

      @J.R. Spingly I know, My joke alludes to the fact that the federal reserve prints money as they wish, devaluing the dollar to benefit the few. The federal reserve is a private institution which is why they are a joke.

    • @tinglemccringleberry8899
      @tinglemccringleberry8899 4 роки тому +5

      J.R. Spingly you should probably do some research we’ve been off the gold standard for a long time. Also the treasury prints the money not the federal reserve but it’s only worth what we believe it to be

    • @michaelweston6083
      @michaelweston6083 4 роки тому

      @J.R. Spingly yes, printing more money devalues the dollar which causes inflation.

    • @michaelweston6083
      @michaelweston6083 4 роки тому

      @@tinglemccringleberry8899 you are correct. I was wrong to say they print the money, they do however request and distribute it.

    • @clinthebert6674
      @clinthebert6674 4 роки тому

      Wrong

  • @michaelentem
    @michaelentem 4 роки тому +9

    I think you meant to say, "the superior Canadian robertson head screw!" haha

    • @TubbyJ420
      @TubbyJ420 4 роки тому +2

      Growing up i saw them all over the place🇨🇦, just a few years ago i found out they're not common in the states and are used as security bits lol

    • @memeier9894
      @memeier9894 4 роки тому +2

      I prefer them, as they dont strip out, that and star bits... I know they have names but I call them square and star...

    • @Questionable_creations
      @Questionable_creations 4 роки тому

      They're everywhere in the states. I use them or torx because they dont make the bit jump. I can pick them up at any hardware store.

  • @kevinAuman1
    @kevinAuman1 4 роки тому

    Oooh, I bet that resin/shredded cash/gold bar would make beautiful knife handle scales!!!

  • @markoconnell804
    @markoconnell804 4 роки тому

    Wow the oven is your forge in this episode. Kudos to Paragon!

  • @trulsdirio
    @trulsdirio 4 роки тому +6

    Etch the quarters before forging. Get's rid of oxidisation layers, oils and pretty much everything. Should work well loke that!

    • @liamjack5944
      @liamjack5944 4 роки тому

      Then they might risk removing the nickel outer layer which is what gives the mokume its pattern

  • @troyuhanson7756
    @troyuhanson7756 4 роки тому +5

    So theyre Steele style hammers but not Steele made?

  • @sbjennings99
    @sbjennings99 4 роки тому

    Awesome informational educational video experience Y'alls

  • @jimmyst-jean2214
    @jimmyst-jean2214 3 роки тому

    As a Canadian, I totally support the Robertson "square" screws! They don't slip off like those crappy Phillips head 😜😜

  • @cujothecasual9525
    @cujothecasual9525 4 роки тому +17

    People wanting to know about the hammers look up Ethan harty

  • @jhsplaya
    @jhsplaya 4 роки тому +124

    WAIT? I thought y’all were making all the hammers that are going on sale??????

    • @liamjack5944
      @liamjack5944 4 роки тому +13

      the amount of volume they would have to produce would prevent them from creating youtube videos - this doesn't mean that they are worse quality hammers, and the design is still Alec's - Ethan Harty makes them (google him)

    • @damonlarson2769
      @damonlarson2769 4 роки тому +4

      Huh Ethan Harty is from my neck of the woods. He does make nice hammers. So does Shaun from front step forge.

    • @jhsplaya
      @jhsplaya 4 роки тому +39

      Liam Jack I seen you comment this on someone else’s comment. Alec has been suggesting that they were made by himself not another blacksmith and then tax his viewers! Not impressed by Alec’s tactics, he could have brought this other blacksmith on and said this is the individual that will be making the hammers we are selling and give the guy credit!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @liamjack5944
      @liamjack5944 4 роки тому +8

      @@jhsplaya His touchmark is on the hammer - and its "I saw" not "I seen"

    • @ethanfulton4395
      @ethanfulton4395 4 роки тому +4

      Ethan Harry is a good friend of Alec's I believe and studied under him, if you're gonna outsource better to do it to someone who makes good tools and deserves the work. Also looks like Ethan's JR touchmark also adorns the hammers so credit where credit is due.

  • @mattfairfield9103
    @mattfairfield9103 4 роки тому

    Lol good throw Will xD It chucked itself in the lathe and everything!

  • @Nick-xm1ux
    @Nick-xm1ux 4 роки тому

    2:12 Patrick trying to keep a straight face while Alec and Will lose it has been the best thing I've seen this year. On another topic, completely my opinion with the knowledge (or lack there of) that I have, I think Ethan should've been mentioned that he made the hammers. But I don't know what agreements y'all have made off camera. I don't know if he's fine with it or not, when I watched his video he seemed really pumped that he was given this task by you (Alec). Anyways the hammers are beautiful and I respect the craftsmanship that y'all have. keep doing what you love to do!

  • @babyyoda0U812
    @babyyoda0U812 4 роки тому +7

    Started blacksmithing about 6 months ago finally made my 100 leafs !!!

  • @dkingst5
    @dkingst5 4 роки тому +3

    People need to be honest. Did you not see this coming. There is no way Alec could forge all the hammers for all the orders he would get. That would be all he was doing, so of course he farmed it out. But farmed it out to someone who studied from him and still made his mark on the hammer. So it's not like they were trying to hide it. This way you get to support two blacksmiths. Alec and Ethan.

  • @atomicmonkeysquad
    @atomicmonkeysquad 4 роки тому

    The video's back! Yay!

  • @mosin_boi
    @mosin_boi 2 роки тому

    2:45 just an FYI, most carpenters love the snow Mexican square heads or the star heads.

  • @bendingsands87
    @bendingsands87 4 роки тому +8

    Alec. See Clickspring's newest video. It has some incredible engraving and machining. Seeing the "magic trick" made me think of this because Clickspring made the card press for UA-cam creator and magician, Chris Ramsay. Great video!

    • @hoistline
      @hoistline 4 роки тому +1

      I watched that, Clickspring is at a level unmatched by 99% of craftsmen, offhand the only one i can think of is that award winning watchmaker from Japan MasahiroKIKUNO, And that is like comparing apples to oranges...

  • @Dan_Kornfeld
    @Dan_Kornfeld 4 роки тому +4

    I’m confused, these are Alec Steele branded hammers, but aren’t actually made by Alec? Who’s the actual manufacturer then? I realize there would hardly be time to hand forge that amount of hammers, but still. It’s a reproduction of an Alec Steele hand forged hammer, which (I might be mistaken) was actually a design borrowed from his teacher.

    • @liamjack5944
      @liamjack5944 4 роки тому +1

      Ethan Harty makes them

    • @timschrier903
      @timschrier903 4 роки тому +1

      Made by Ethan Harty, a talented Blacksmith that was taught tool making by Alec a few years ago

    • @Dan_Kornfeld
      @Dan_Kornfeld 4 роки тому

      Liam Jack - Cheers! Ethan makes some beautiful hammers. He has the identical hammers as Alec’s for sale on his website, only with his makers mark, and a natural non blackened handle.

    • @liamjack5944
      @liamjack5944 4 роки тому +1

      @@Dan_Kornfeld very similar design, yes, but not identical - the face is more rectangular on alec's hammers - it's a small thing which I personally like the look of

  • @larrytemen4789
    @larrytemen4789 3 роки тому

    That was a great 15:40 hammer sales commercial. Bravo 👏

  • @BigOlHogie
    @BigOlHogie 4 роки тому

    Will and his sweet tricks are the best.

  • @kiddy1992
    @kiddy1992 4 роки тому +87

    every time i see Alec talking about "a good cup of coffee"and then proceeds to make slightly murky water i'm sad.

    • @kingquesadilla7713
      @kingquesadilla7713 4 роки тому +5

      BlazingMandril it’s not tea, he has no idles what he’s doing.

    • @JKR-lm4cd
      @JKR-lm4cd 4 роки тому +1

      That's literally what coffee is, relax about it. Only love for you though. 😗

    • @gwaaiedenshaw8310
      @gwaaiedenshaw8310 4 роки тому

      The mission of finding a good cup of joe in the uk is a miserable one.

    • @JasonGroom
      @JasonGroom 3 роки тому +1

      It's the tea drinking British guy trapped inside him

    • @sytrokettle4371
      @sytrokettle4371 3 роки тому

      someone should teach him the ettiquete

  • @Dillithium
    @Dillithium 4 роки тому +125

    So, who makes the hammers? Isn't it the point that we want to buy hammers from you and largely made by you?

    • @farmerboy916
      @farmerboy916 4 роки тому +7

      I mean if they're to the same quality for less money I'd still be interested (I like the style of hammer, don't care that he made it), but I do wonder who made them.

    • @johnritchie5968
      @johnritchie5968 4 роки тому +38

      i remember when Alex used to make Anvils and Hammers.....i'll pass on the outsourced hammers.

    • @DamonKiller10000
      @DamonKiller10000 4 роки тому +21

      Now imagine if 1000+ people ordered a hammer made by Alec and will, now do you think they really have the time and money to make all those hammers for people without getting overworked or messing them up? You’re not thinking about the lives they have outside of UA-cam and on UA-cam as creators

    • @farmerboy916
      @farmerboy916 4 роки тому +17

      YourOnlySenpai That's when you either charge more and/ or have limited runs.

    • @farmerboy916
      @farmerboy916 4 роки тому +16

      Btw, it looks like Ethan Harty (someone that Alec taught?) is making the hammers up in canada, also by hand. Looks like his name's on them as well

  • @dannypryordoyle2710
    @dannypryordoyle2710 4 роки тому

    That was a really fun one!

  • @slik286
    @slik286 Рік тому

    maaan this guys so young and so cool wish more would be like this is so interesting

  • @mitchjohnson7687
    @mitchjohnson7687 4 роки тому +11

    Dont use paper tape for shipping heavy items like hammers unless you pack them really well, if the hammer shifts during handling it will break through the tape

  • @S1L3NTIGamer
    @S1L3NTIGamer 4 роки тому +17

    So a while back when Alec was visiting paragon and talking about LEAN manufacturing, I was thinking to myself “I wonder how Alec is gonna apply this to the shop” well we know now.

  • @brookhavenrings9898
    @brookhavenrings9898 4 роки тому

    Love the video, I think I might try to do something like this in one of my own videos

  • @shealabsmusiclab4260
    @shealabsmusiclab4260 4 роки тому

    7:12 " it could make cents" lol Alec u champion I appreciate your wit ;) God bless you sir

  • @therealamerican99.76
    @therealamerican99.76 4 роки тому +36

    5:56 “qwoooooiiicke” tape sound effect. Someone clip that.

    • @samuelrudy1697
      @samuelrudy1697 4 роки тому

      The real American99. I’m on it

    • @therealamerican99.76
      @therealamerican99.76 4 роки тому

      Thanks! If I actually do it. Post it as sound effects with Alec Steele.

  • @Tommyxp420
    @Tommyxp420 4 роки тому +76

    "US economy crashes due to someone vandalizing multiple stacks of quarters."

    • @tatehammontree2636
      @tatehammontree2636 3 роки тому +3

      Theres an actual federal reserve shortage of coins right now lmao

    • @sosolics1173
      @sosolics1173 3 роки тому +2

      Tommyxp420 best part is, at this point in time(September 1, 2020) the United States government has stopped producing most coins because the pandemic somehow caused a shortage of them.

    • @trevorpence1062
      @trevorpence1062 3 роки тому +2

      @@tatehammontree2636 I have 5 of those big water jugs full of coins. I'm part of the shortage lol

    • @trevorpence1062
      @trevorpence1062 3 роки тому +1

      @@tatehammontree2636 prolly a couple thousand dollars

    • @tatehammontree2636
      @tatehammontree2636 3 роки тому

      @@trevorpence1062 damn lol I'm working on a gallon jug right now but it's only about a fifth full

  • @94Di
    @94Di 4 роки тому +1

    This video feels for me like you've just read my thoughts. Really, I always wanted to email PAD about you, to ask for a video with you two together, making a complex thing, like I always wanted to do, from blacksmithing and creating new materials to a final product, like rings or pendants. If you could check my history, seeing the last videos I watched, it's all about mixing metals with different colours and different patterns (like the mokume gane from your chanel ), and then I was continuing with one video from PAD, having that mix metal bar made as a ring. ASTONISHING! You know, following your will, and living the dream, inspire others. Verry satisfied seeing you together and I'm glad to see that things worked out without me intervening. I wish one day I could meet you in person. I really want to get into this as a job and as a hobby as well. Who knows maybe a lifestyle too, making plans to travel around the world and collecting agates, crystals, quarts and God know what other beautiful rocks you might find, in all kind of places, in all kind of circumstances Anyway... Hope you guys are well in these hard times and stay so, making more videos haha.

  • @MrPwnify
    @MrPwnify 4 роки тому

    I like how people are complaining that he didn't make the hammers, but like half of his business is about trying to make blacksmithing tools easily and readily available to people who want to get into it. So no, he doesn't have time to hand craft hammers for everyone, but he can provide a quality product to anyone who is looking to get into it.

  • @theduffman441
    @theduffman441 4 роки тому +84

    The irony is killing me. The blacksmith that made his name making and selling hammers, bought a crap ton of hammers from another blacksmith to sell himself.

    • @bitdrive7971
      @bitdrive7971 4 роки тому +4

      Josh Duff he just doesn’t have time to make hundreds of hammers anymore

    • @johnnyregs2378
      @johnnyregs2378 4 роки тому +5

      I thought he made the hammers and then sent them away to have them hung on the handles. If I'm wrong then yes that's super ironic and pretty dumb.

    • @IronB2
      @IronB2 4 роки тому

      @@johnnyregs2378 I believe you are correct.

    • @fitnessandfirearms7503
      @fitnessandfirearms7503 4 роки тому +2

      @@DamonKiller10000 no he made complete hammers. He did a video of him and his homie the ferrier (idk his name i forget) making like 80 hammers

    • @koloth5139
      @koloth5139 4 роки тому +2

      Well, that all depends on how he wants to allocate his time. He certainly could make hundreds of hammers and we could have another 20 part series of him making those hammers. Or he could out source them and we could have a 20 part series on something else. Already watched him make 70 hammers so I think I am ok with him out sourcing the work.

  • @Fmily
    @Fmily 4 роки тому +4

    When I read "quarters" my brain autocorrected it to "quartz" like the crystal and I was super confused until you said quarters in the video. lol

  • @Bcc0rg
    @Bcc0rg 4 роки тому

    great to Ethan back on the scene, very down to earth an a real talent. Nice to see Ethan openly tell the story of the project and in a away 'wack wack and less yack' lives on.

  • @petten33
    @petten33 4 роки тому

    Lol. You youngsters have so much fun. So glad I subbed, while Alec was in the UK.🇨🇦❤️🥋

  • @imdunes
    @imdunes 4 роки тому +6

    wait...
    you arent making the hammers??

  • @KyleMeyer949
    @KyleMeyer949 4 роки тому +4

    Love seeing Ethan’s hammers! He’s a close buddy of mine

  • @WinterCharmVT
    @WinterCharmVT 4 роки тому

    13:00
    and if you grind it into a powder and add some water, you can use it as a 9-in-1 shampoo, conditioner, shaving cream, hand soap, dish soap, laundry soap, toothpaste, cocktail mixer, and motor oil.
    :D

  • @CJDubbs
    @CJDubbs 4 роки тому

    Thumbs up for will throwing it into the lathe. 👍👍

  • @DanGoodShotHD
    @DanGoodShotHD 4 роки тому +5

    Trade. meh.
    Black Rifle Coffee Company. Hell Yes please!

  • @GoneAsGoneCanBe
    @GoneAsGoneCanBe 4 роки тому +4

    Breaking the law, Breaking the law!!!

  • @joshuanicolai4776
    @joshuanicolai4776 4 роки тому

    The cinematography on this channel is amazing

  • @plutosunion5307
    @plutosunion5307 4 роки тому

    I know but you still wanna be safe and should ask thanks for teaching me something new
    THE MORE YOY KNOW!😀😀

  • @lmodder6475
    @lmodder6475 4 роки тому +18

    2:07 Will attempting to do a funny magic trick
    2:10 Will realizes that his trick may not be funny
    2:15 Will smiling, knowing very well that he didn't do a funny trick
    2:19 Will very well knowing he's the only one laughing nervously
    T H E R E ' S N O E S C A P E F R O M E M B A R A S S E M E N T W I L L

    • @seannyyx
      @seannyyx 4 роки тому +1

      I thought it was funny