Coalcracker Is AWESOME! You made that look so easy... but I suspect that what we are seeing is the result of making A LOT of these... and practice REALLY DOES make PERFECT! Thanks for sharing this with us, Dan!
Back when my son was younger he was interested in forges and we built one with a charcoal grill, added a cheap hair dryer "bellows" and was barely able to get enough heat to bend some metal. It was fun and educational. It would be pretty cool to access to a setup like that. Thanks for this and all the other informative videos.
Coalcracker is Awesome! This is too cool! I always stop and watch your videos! I usually gain some kind of info from them... I love the things you do! Thanks for the video!
Did you use briquettes for fuel source if so that is what your problem was on why it did not get hot enough you want lump charcoal which you can make with the same process as char cloth but with wood hope that helped if you want propane forge there are many videos on UA-cam that will help that is how I made mine
@@dameongray6412 Yes charcoal briquettes. We had fire brick flanking a 1" cast iron pipe with holes in it that the hair dryer was blowing into. We actually got an old screwdriver hot enough to bend over at a 45° angle to use as a tool on adjusting drum brakes. I think the problem was we needed to flow a lot more air than the number of holes I had in the pipe.
I built several forges. I think the charcoal may have been your issue or trying to heat to much area of the coal to be exact. Inside the grill around where the hair dryer blows in needs to be concentrated to best utilize it. You do this by building a fire box or for cheap forges I use a couple hardwood logs then just pile the coals up 8nside them. Place the metal in the brightest area of the fire. I use a brake drum over rocks with a channel dug in the earth and a crank blower. I do use high grade smithing coal though
Years ago I had an old woodsman show me how to wear a blanket as a hooded cape. It left your dominate hand free to do camp choirs and firing your firearm when hunting.
Coalcracker is awesome! Fire Steel, Awl, Punch, Scribe, Multi-Pin, Carabiner keeper, Cordage organizer, Hanger-Nail (for light items), Throwing Weight (for cordage to pull ropes across/over distances), Plumb-Bob weight... so many other uses... I'D love to have one!!!
# coalcracker is awesome. I watch your videos all the time. You have some great tips on bushcraft. I've learned quite a bit here and already knew a lot being a hunter,hiker and fishermen in the Allegheny National Forest of Pennsylvania for 45+ yrs.
We used them here in scandinavia in the old days. Before the Viking era and up thru the middle ages. I am going to get my wife forge her self one the next time i fire upp the forge. It is a good beginner thing to do.
I've always a blanket pin. While camping at paintball field 'I've used a tarp ball pushed through the layers of wool and wrapped the bungee cord around the ball.
We used to call the pins you made kilt pins cause that's what we used them for. Used belts around the waist and a pin on the sash part. BTW coalcracker is awesome!!! Thanks for sharing your videos.
Coalcracker IS awesome! I have made a similar shaped device out of a cut wire coat hanger. They work well with small fleece throws too. They really do work. Based on an old Celtic design !
🧷 VERY COOL🧷 AWESOME VIDEO... the black smithing, and the “how to” on the cloak pin. I never knew how they worked. I love that it can be an awl too. Keep on crushing it Dan!!!
🤣👍, I had the cast alloy 'tongue' of an old leather belt of mine break.... I cut a strip out of a wall-mount for a washing machine then worked & polished it before installing it on the buckle. I use that belt almost every day😊. I gotta get me a forge for making some simple knives though 😍👍
Love Coalcracker! My kids and I watch many of your videos. We are hoping to spend more time in the woods soon, and forging looks awesome. I’ll have to convince my wife we “need” one. Keep posting and thanks for the family friendly content.
Coalcracker is awesome enjoy watching your videos takes me back to when I was in the Boy Scouts Pack Like a Boy Scout Boy Scout we did a lot of stuff that you do on this UA-cam channel thank you keep up the good work
I use a blanket pin - a store bought one - to block the zipper on sleeping bags. About 3”-4” from the bottom end of the zipper, down by the foot box, insert a blanket pin across both tracks of the zipper. Keeps you from the frustratingly frustrating procedure to have to needlessly wrestle with the nether end of the zipper. Especially in the middle of the night. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying.
Hashtag coalcrackers awesome. Like seriously tho, i have watched tons of your videos n leanred soo much. Keep em coming. You definitely put out the content short sweet to the point, very personable, easy to relate to and learn from for sure. Cheers from state of Jefferson. Rock on
My grandfather built ships during both World Wars, and built his own motel to earn a modest income to retire on.... He had a complete forge with hand cranked billows and a massive anvil.... when he passed his wife at the time sold everything and we got nothing. I would have liked to have had some of that.
Coalcracker is awesome! I learn something new or how to do it better every time I watch one of your videos. Keep up the good work and keep pushing out those positive vibes. It really does make a difference.
Coal Cracker is AWSOME, so TREMENDOUS, would love a BLANKET PIN, did I mention TREMENDOUS? It's cool to see, and kinda simple, with a heat source.... kidding aside, love the videos, amigo.
Coalcracker is AWESOME. I made one for myself out of brass. No forge. I was impressed with my menial skills! Love the channel. I have a 7 Year old and would like to see your son do more to inspire my son to do more.
Very awesome demonstration of how to make and use a blanket pin! I always liked them, but never had one nor have I ever used one. I especially like your tips and tricks for speeding up the process! As an amateur smithy (mostly knife making) you have inspired me to find some out of the box thinking for my own projects to speed up my work. That's what teaching is all about, inspiring individual creativity! Great job!
I read some of the comments on the blanket pin and only a few people seemed interested in winning one from you. Me on the other hand would love to have one from you. I don't have any Coalcracker products currently. I'm a subscriber and watch all your videos. Stay-In-The-Woods !
Dan is one of our Staff favorites here at Backwoods Biker Magazine. He is being featured as a celebrity guest in our next issue!
I know this is a simple project, but the positivity you put into the world...be proud because it spreads. Take care.
Coalcracker Is AWESOME! You made that look so easy... but I suspect that what we are seeing is the result of making A LOT of these... and practice REALLY DOES make PERFECT! Thanks for sharing this with us, Dan!
Coalcracker is awesome, but give the pin to someone else, I can now make my own thanks to you.
Back when my son was younger he was interested in forges and we built one with a charcoal grill, added a cheap hair dryer "bellows" and was barely able to get enough heat to bend some metal. It was fun and educational. It would be pretty cool to access to a setup like that. Thanks for this and all the other informative videos.
Coalcracker is Awesome!
This is too cool! I always stop and watch your videos! I usually gain some kind of info from them... I love the things you do! Thanks for the video!
Awesome
Did you use briquettes for fuel source if so that is what your problem was on why it did not get hot enough you want lump charcoal which you can make with the same process as char cloth but with wood hope that helped if you want propane forge there are many videos on UA-cam that will help that is how I made mine
@@dameongray6412 Yes charcoal briquettes. We had fire brick flanking a 1" cast iron pipe with holes in it that the hair dryer was blowing into. We actually got an old screwdriver hot enough to bend over at a 45° angle to use as a tool on adjusting drum brakes. I think the problem was we needed to flow a lot more air than the number of holes I had in the pipe.
I built several forges. I think the charcoal may have been your issue or trying to heat to much area of the coal to be exact. Inside the grill around where the hair dryer blows in needs to be concentrated to best utilize it. You do this by building a fire box or for cheap forges I use a couple hardwood logs then just pile the coals up 8nside them. Place the metal in the brightest area of the fire. I use a brake drum over rocks with a channel dug in the earth and a crank blower. I do use high grade smithing coal though
Fantastic pin ! The awl idea is something I would have never thought of!
Years ago I had an old woodsman show me how to wear a blanket as a hooded cape. It left your dominate hand free to do camp choirs and firing your firearm when hunting.
Coalcracker is awesome! As always, you're a great teacher Dan.
Brilliant. Easy to watch. Easy to understand. Golden.
Coalcracker Bushcraft is AWESOME!
Coal Craftsman is Awesome!!! And very crafty with the forging!!!
Coalcracker is AWESOME!!! yes please.
Coalcracker is awesome... Thanks for showing at the end what it's used for, too.
Awesome blanket pin!
Thx Dan!
That is so cool. Like the old Scottish kilt blanket pin
Coalcracker is Awesome. Ok..a year late but as soon as you get some made I'll buy one. Thanks Dan.
Coalcracker is awesome! Fire Steel, Awl, Punch, Scribe, Multi-Pin, Carabiner keeper, Cordage organizer, Hanger-Nail (for light items), Throwing Weight (for cordage to pull ropes across/over distances), Plumb-Bob weight... so many other uses... I'D love to have one!!!
# coalcracker is awesome. I watch your videos all the time. You have some great tips on bushcraft. I've learned quite a bit here and already knew a lot being a hunter,hiker and fishermen in the Allegheny National Forest of Pennsylvania for 45+ yrs.
We used them here in scandinavia in the old days. Before the Viking era and up thru the middle ages. I am going to get my wife forge her self one the next time i fire upp the forge. It is a good beginner thing to do.
Coalcracker’s Awesome! I had no idea what a blanket pin was, so thanks! Very cool!
AWESOME BROTHER......JUST BOUGHT A NEW HOUSE WITH A NICE BARN ON THE LAND!! GONNA TRY AND FORGE MYSELF ONE OF THESE+++!
Coalcracker is awesome! I appreciate all your videos.
CoalCracker is Awesome and Thank you I have learned a lot from the CoalCracker Channel Be Safe
I've always a blanket pin. While camping at paintball field 'I've used a tarp ball pushed through the layers of wool and wrapped the bungee cord around the ball.
How to master the art of manliness. I bet Dan has a class on Skill Share.
You can also pin the blanket so that it creates a hood as well. Nice for keeping the head warm.
We used to call the pins you made kilt pins cause that's what we used them for. Used belts around the waist and a pin on the sash part. BTW coalcracker is awesome!!! Thanks for sharing your videos.
I’m used to calling them cloak pins lol
Coalcracker is AWESOME.!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the manufacturing process and use demo. CoalCracker is awesome!
Coalcracker IS awesome! I have made a similar shaped device out of a cut wire coat hanger. They work well with small fleece throws too. They really do work. Based on an old Celtic design !
Well that's better than the potato chip bag clip I've been using ! Thanks Brother !
OUTSTANDING WORK AND VIDEO'S. ALL SHOULD WATCH THIS.
the Coalcracker is always awesome, Love the gear and how you make the videos fun.. Keep up the great work Dan!
Coalcracker is AWESOME!
Don't know what a hash tag is but coalcracker, is awesome
Thanks, coalcracker is awesome. Peace.
🧷 VERY COOL🧷
AWESOME VIDEO... the black smithing, and the “how to” on the cloak pin. I never knew how they worked. I love that it can be an awl too. Keep on crushing it Dan!!!
He has another video all about shalls and pins.
@@sinisterthoughts2896 I’ll be looking that one up!
Coalcracker is AWESOME!!!
You can also drill a hole in the awl to sew leather with and forge on arm of the torque into a striker to use it as a flint and steel.
🤣👍, I had the cast alloy 'tongue' of an old leather belt of mine break.... I cut a strip out of a wall-mount for a washing machine then worked & polished it before installing it on the buckle. I use that belt almost every day😊. I gotta get me a forge for making some simple knives though 😍👍
Coalcracker is awesome. Great video yet again!
Awesome project! Thanks!
Love how simple it is and how it works is awesome to. Coalcracker is awesome 👌
Coalcracker is Awesome !
Of course Coalcracker is awesome...
Coalcracker is awesome ! great muiti-purpose tool !!!!!
Nice, simple, fast, useful.
Love Coalcracker! My kids and I watch many of your videos. We are hoping to spend more time in the woods soon, and forging looks awesome. I’ll have to convince my wife we “need” one. Keep posting and thanks for the family friendly content.
Hashtag coalcracker is awesome.
Coalcracker is awesome enjoy watching your videos takes me back to when I was in the Boy Scouts Pack Like a Boy Scout Boy Scout we did a lot of stuff that you do on this UA-cam channel thank you keep up the good work
Great video. Keep them coming. Coalcracker is awesome
Coalcracker is awesome Nice pin ...it would look good on my boy scout blanket
Coalcracker is Awesome... We met a few years back. We you were getting something at Lowe's. I would be awesome to have a blanket pin you made.
I use a blanket pin - a store bought one - to block the zipper on sleeping bags. About 3”-4” from the bottom end of the zipper, down by the foot box, insert a blanket pin across both tracks of the zipper. Keeps you from the frustratingly frustrating procedure to have to needlessly wrestle with the nether end of the zipper. Especially in the middle of the night.
Courtesy of Half Vast Flying.
Coalcracker is awesome. Very cool process. And an awesome piece of kit
That’s great Dan. Real nice.
Coalcracker is awesome. When I was a kid I went to Old Sturbridge Village and loved the smithy shop. Love the channel.
Awesome job coalcracker.
Nice project and instructions.
You are indeed truly awesome!!!!
Loved the video very awesome and informative! I also love forging and metal fabricating!
Coalcraker is awesome!
Coalcracker is fargin oarsome (been watching a lot of olympic rowing lately.)
Hashtag coalcrackers awesome. Like seriously tho, i have watched tons of your videos n leanred soo much. Keep em coming. You definitely put out the content short sweet to the point, very personable, easy to relate to and learn from for sure. Cheers from state of Jefferson. Rock on
My grandfather built ships during both World Wars, and built his own motel to earn a modest income to retire on.... He had a complete forge with hand cranked billows and a massive anvil.... when he passed his wife at the time sold everything and we got nothing. I would have liked to have had some of that.
That is awesome. I want to make my own, but would love one of yours!
Coalcracker is awesome!!
Interesting how you made this, seems quick and easy: CoalCracker AWESOME.
I love it, awesome video Dan, I love to have one.
Coalcracker is awesome! I learn something new or how to do it better every time I watch one of your videos. Keep up the good work and keep pushing out those positive vibes. It really does make a difference.
As usual another awesome video.
Coal krackers awsome
Thank you for the tips. I have seen the blanket pins before. But I have never seen how to properly use one.
Coal Cracker is AWSOME, so TREMENDOUS, would love a BLANKET PIN, did I mention TREMENDOUS? It's cool to see, and kinda simple, with a heat source.... kidding aside, love the videos, amigo.
Coalcrackers awesome.
Good to know. As always.
Coalcracker is awesome! Interesting video. I always enjoy the information you share. Thank you
Sometimes the algorithm finds these gems. Auto subscrition. Great video.
Coalcracker is awesome! very nice video I have seen them but I did not know how they was used. Thank you!
Coalcracker is definitely awesome , not only are the videos great…… but you always learn something … love it !!!
Have seen the Hobbits used them in "Lord of Rings "movies. I did not know how they worked. Cool video Dan.
Very cool!! Coalcracker is freakin awesome!
Coalcracker is AWESOME! Nice Forge, too. Looks compact and super useful.
Coalcrackers amazing!!
Very cool Coalcracker, have seen these but wasn't sure what they were for. Thanks for the info 😊
Coalcracker is AWESOME. I made one for myself out of brass. No forge. I was impressed with my menial skills! Love the channel. I have a 7 Year old and would like to see your son do more to inspire my son to do more.
Coalcracker is awesome
Coalcraker's awesome!
Great idea love it
Good hammer tech, would like to be able to do this. Do love the ringing of the hammer.
Very interesting video thanks for sharing!
Coalcrackers is awesome.
Coalcracker's awesome! I know your giveaway is long gone, but I just found your channel, and I really could use one of those.
Very awesome demonstration of how to make and use a blanket pin! I always liked them, but never had one nor have I ever used one. I especially like your tips and tricks for speeding up the process! As an amateur smithy (mostly knife making) you have inspired me to find some out of the box thinking for my own projects to speed up my work. That's what teaching is all about, inspiring individual creativity! Great job!
Coalcracker is awesome 😎🍺 I like how you make it look easy 👍
Coalcracker is definitely awesome! Good video! I would love to have a pin!
Yep, another awesome video, thank you. I love the idea of forging my own equipment, but have no idea how to get started.
I read some of the comments on the blanket pin and only a few people seemed interested in winning one from you. Me on the other hand would love to have one from you. I don't have any Coalcracker products currently. I'm a subscriber and watch all your videos. Stay-In-The-Woods !
Coalcracker s way beyond awesome
Would love a belt buckle version of it.