How Blacksmiths Make Machetes in Cebu Philippines
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Cebu is a major Island in the Philippines Archipelago, Bogo is a 2-3 hour drive south from the capital, Cebu City.
There are many different languages in the Philippines, but “bolo” is the most frequently used word for “machete”. "Itak" is another word for machete.The machete in our video weighs 780 grams, the weight of a machete makes a difference in chopping capability. 780 grams is quite heavy for a machete, something this heavy is better for splitting logs. For jungle trail clearing, a machete should weigh less than 500 grams.
In future we may upload an uncut version of the video, all the clips you see here are from the second day of filming, all footage from the previous day has been cut out. At Bush Channel we have a huge range of other blacksmith videos to watch. Check out our other knife making vids!
Blacksmiths Address: Barangay Bogo, Argao, Cebu Island Philippines
TIME STAMPS
Splitting the steel 0:53
Punching the holes 6:14
Sharpening 11:34
Quenching the steel 10:57
Outro 17:16
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I don't think there's a more beautiful sight than watching someone do what they love and these guys are true craftsman
Craftmen with out a Doubt
Nothing fills a metal forgets heart with more joy than when people show interest I can guarantee it I mean like obviously customer money helps and all but when people are interested in what you do it feels amazing.
You may be badass, but you aren't forging a machete with a coal forge in shorts and flip flops badass. Mad respect for these craftsmen.
I love watching these ambitious, resourceful young craftsmen, using just simple tools they can afford or make themselves. Their superb craftsmanship and design is what they sell. I was hoping he was going to heat treat that blade, and sure enough! Thanks so much for documenting and sharing this! My brother lives on Panay, near Boracay. Got to go back there!
Oh man! Someone from Panay here. See you there.
Panay has a very rich blade culture, much more so than their neighboring islands. You may want to checkout the town of Libacao in Aklan province (where Boracay is also located), there are still blacksmiths there who make traditional blades with very intricate designs.
No shirt, No safety goggles, No steel toed boots, No fireproof pants, gloves or apron, No pneumatic hammers, No temperature cycle oven and still makes a great machete. Yup, that's the Philippines for you.
That's cause he's hurt himself that many times that he knows every single thing that could go wrong haha a true blacksmith shoes are for the unburned.😂😂😂
Safety gadgets is more expensive than the machete. Can't afford for it. 🤣I hope you can donate if you are concerned.
That's right, donate if you're really concern😅
Awesome smithing! Love the guys who can make it work with minimal tools
I wanted to let you know that I absolutely LOVE when you post videos of blacksmiths from your side of the world. The amount of information that can be obtained from your footage is much if you know how to look for it.
Thanks from Bush Channel !
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@@Bushchannel video mo nakita ko yan sa ibang blogger sa leyte yan hindi sa cebu at salita nila waray hindi cebuhano
This guys has lots of skills. With just the basic tools they transformed a raw bar into a good cutting tools. No wonder the Romans can create marvelous structures that transformed humanity.
Full tang Philipine Bolos especially the ones made of Leaf Spring (mulye) are quite exceptional when it comes to quality and durability. We have a wide array of varieties to choose from here in Pangasinan.
Love seeing the blacksmiths and the tools they have made to make the blades. That power hammer at the end of the video looked amazing!
I wanted to go to the finish and see the results but I could not stop watching for a second.
Fuck... Forged In Fire..... these guys impressed the shit outta me!
Welp they used machinery on the show but these guys do it the old manual way
pro trick : you can watch movies on Flixzone. Been using them for watching all kinds of movies recently.
@Thaddeus Abram Definitely, I have been watching on Flixzone for since december myself :)
Ito dpat support ng gobyerno mga gagaling nanting pinoy basta may supporta lang kasi iba tinutukan ei
In Cebuano, the sort of catchall term for a machete is "sundang" though there are lots more subtypes like ginunting, pinuti, panumbahay, lagaraw, and more. Other types I can remember off the bat are guna, panabas, pananggutay, sungkit, likung, sanggut.
Bogo is a tree from which the village is named. Also if you can, Moro/Muslim smiths down south here in Mindanao have the most badass blades.
Also binangon
damn this guys are true blacksmith they knew how to do it without any help with machinery to make tools
except the grinder which use to sharpen there blades
Nice sir... Blacksmith's handcraft may not be in perfect shape as the factory-made but there was a story to tell behind your "Bolo".
i just love your videos !!!! thanks so much for sharing such great works !! Blessings from Michigan USA !!
Thanks from Bush Channel
Boa
I miss home my wife and I live in antique but I have traveled Cebu so beautiful
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Hard working boys. I really thank God for my work
I am always amazed at something so useful is made with so little tools, thank you for making this video.
Pinoys will make due with what they have. They are very resourceful and creative.
Love it! Especially the guy checking his sharpening on the cleaver by cutting his hair at 14:09
its awesome to see how proud they are of their hard work at the end there.. God bless them!!
They have a right to be proud. They have great skills.
@@williammitchell1804 absolutely
Makes me want to go back. So simple and beautiful there.
I was watching sailboat videos and 30 minutes later, I don't know why I'm watching this.
I like your videos. It is nice to see how we do these in the old days, we forgot how it is done because of the advancement in our modern world.
Love the fact that they are forging nearly the same way it was done for the past 1000 years prior to the mid 1900's.
Even 2000 years at most
it still works anyway and the end product is as effective as from someone's using very high-tech tools.
You can go to our place at Benguet Province here in the Phil. Just to watch more skill blacksmith.
Proud son of Blacksmith
Yeah .. benguet, ifugao ect you got 100s of blacksmiths making some great knives... Especially the rattan work
WITH THE MOST BASIC TOOLS, WELL MADE CRAFTS
I love to see this kind of videos. I hope to somehow one day visit this craftsmens. Thanks for sharing.
The address is in the description !!
Great job of posting our traditional craft. I hope you will also feature batangas balisong anf other Philippine traditional knives. To tell you the truth tradional knife making here is already a dying art and tradition. Like the moro kris. It is very an authentic one.
So here in some other island in the philippines, we do it differently. We put safety on the design as such the blade is much broader than the hilt so that you would not harm your self if you thrust something thereby preventing your hand from slipping into the blade.
greetings from the republic of panama in central america
Excellent video nice to see how they make things around the world
Interesting to watch the videos of different blacksmiths with different styles best.
Gotta love the safety gear
Is that a trucks leaf spring? And bamboo to hold cutting tool. SKILLS.
Raw and beautiful! You made me subscribed!
Machete is my favorite tool. Tomahawks second. Please review your blades that have been collected in new video. Thank you for sharing this.
Yes we might be doing an updated machete load out video where you’ll see them all together.
Nice video thank you for sharing this video.
He is good blacksmith!
This philippines machetes are way more reliable than the latino style ones. It is thick and forged, doesnt chip out
what are the latinos good for eh?
Ni madres los latinos tenemos buenos machotes
A thinner machete I can control cuting wood angles better and swing faster forless energy. The machete i just smithed is about 1kg or 2.25lbs straight edge. By latino style machetes you mean the Jason machete that they sell at harnor freight?
@@knifemauker1895 yeah that is what he means
I like lighter machetes on cutting small branches and shrubs but I prefer heavier ones in cutting thicker material like leg size logs or bigger and thick bamboos. Try to chop thick log with light machete even if its razor sharp the penetrating power depends on how much force you exert to each swing. Causing more pressure on your palm and whole chopping arm which sometime can cause palm soreness and blisters. While with heavier ones gravity will help to double the force and sometimes you just let gravity itself be the force behind each chop and just use your chopping arm to swing and guide the machete to you target. As someone who lives in a rural community machete is a must and at least 5 days in a month that we use a machete. If I were to choose i'd pick the heavier ones. They can do more base on my experiences using machetes. But of course people are different thats just my part of the story hahahah
It will keel!
Where did you get that word keel stupid before you comment use your brain first 🙄🙄🙄
It's a reference from a show called forge in fire you dumb fuck
Don’t take anything too literal wth is your problem
tough shit
Lolol
Até hj nunca vi cuteleiro mais bom que esses aí, com pouco material faz um trabalho top, imagina em uma oficina moderna
Where are they located ? I'll hopefully be there in November
For me it'd be more like "I'm having what the locals are having" as these kukri/enep type machetes look hella sweet. But to each his own. Nice vid as always.
They're not locals, they're middleclass modern people
I wish I could buy one of thse bolos. so nice.
Parabéns aí pelo trabalho
This is what Talented Tradesmen can do with very little resources! Great work!!
nice video. i hope these smiths are doing fine now in spite of the pandemic.
May ganyan dito sa amin at patuloy ang orders sa kanila kasi biglang dumami ang nagtatanim sa bahay at bakuran gawa ng lockdown. Sana nga ganun din sa kanila...
@@kswsquared hala nakakainggit. Ang gaganda siguro ng mga matatanggap nilang machete
they are dong fine.. They celebrated their fiesta last april 26, I dropped by last week and have them make for me a parang blade and a sundang.
Enjoyed your video and gave it a Thumbs Up
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Nice video, do you happen to have more footage of that power hammer near the end? would love to see more of that beast in action!
heatherschubbyhubby yes watch our Coffee Farm machete videos
@@Bushchannel Thank you so much for your reply, am in the process of watching the video now, by god that thing is a beast and a half, I am in the early stages of building one myself but it will not be a quarter of the size of that one! Again thanks.
I THINK PANGASINAN HAS THE BEST BOLOS AND BLACKSMITH IN THE PHILIPPINES
Bogo is a Barrio or Barangay. The town is Argao. Province is Cebu.
Excelente trabajo artesanal... felicitaciones..
De que ciudad son donde hacen esos machetes??
Hope that the local government help these craftsman and lend them tools and machines, politicians only looks for what they can pocket
Great video although I have to ask because the audio wasn't very clear, what is the purpose of rubbing soap on the blade edge?
this is my neighbor from Bogo Argao Cebu Philippines
Hello, please say hello to the blacksmiths!!!
@@Bushchannel sure, I will say hello to them coming from you
Where in bogo sir?
Fantastic Knife making
nice one keep inspring..
i had also made such kind of video
in my channel
Is this Argao south of Cebu?
Sir pede b mkaorder Jan NG itak gawa s cebu
Cebuanos best makers in blades because historically they were warrior tribes
Pre I think most of the prehistoric people in the Philippines are of the same culture. So, the whole Philippine archipelago used to have similar craftsmanship. Nawala na yung tradition sa paglipas ng panahon sa ibang isla.
Great video thanks! What is total time to make? What do they cost? Is a blacksmith considered a well paid upper class manufacturer so to speak? Thanks again.
Hello it took almost 3 hours to make this machete. I think it was 1000 pesos. Some blacksmith shop owners would make more than others.
This is ASMR for knife people
Excelent !!!
Great piece of art.. do you have license?
Durable, very good workmanship.. In Malay it is 'pandai besi or rajin besi'
Same here! We call them panday... Philippines root language is malay. :)
Luh! Kuyawa uy!
Wa sila tsinilas, mga Gahi ug astig!
Si Tatang mu ahit tapos testingun sa iyahang leeg. hahaha...
Very informative, I learned that I do not need fancy tools to do what they do, I will try this.
Do they make ram dao swords and dadao swords and falchion swords? 🤔
I had one in the ghurka design that I got in Subic Bay, the brass in the hilt was cast from recycled ammo rounds and the handle was aluminum from mortar and artillery fins collected in the impact area. The sheath was carved mahogany with more brass wrapping. For 20 bucks I feel like I stole it from the guy. Semper fi.
Semper fi my ass
@@alekkela6070 How would you know? Let me guess, your head is up your own ass and you suffer from oxygen deprivation? One day you may hear a loud popping sound, that's when your head finally comes out!!! Hope you are not an American, because you dont deserve the freedom that many people have died for. You have no clue what's REALLY going on anyway, your a lemming.
20 bucks is 1K PHP. Not bad at all
Where can i see this?
i like the craftsmanship and love your videos. but can u next time take a half dozen pairs of cheap safety glasses and pass them out to these great smiths? seems like it would be nice for them as i have personally had many eye problems while forging and sanding steel even with safety glasses. just thinking out loud no disrespect intended.
I am also a knife maker from Cebu! Where was this filmed?
Bogo, Argao sir
Has a corn knife vibe to it
Is this in Bogo Argao Cebu?
Dili sa leyte na dong
Dwarves of Erebor!
Excelente video . que tal es el resultado con el temple al agua ? No queda demasiado duro el material ?
asa dapit sa cebu ang pandayan nimo boss?
asa kha ni dpit cebu?
good job po sir
Asa ni dapit sa CEBU.. NAA KOY IPA GAMA KUTSILYU
Sa leyte yan
Sa leyte yan dong tingnan mo salita nila waray
I wonder how this craftsman will react if he sees Forge in Fire? He'd wish he could have those machines
working for him.
I admit sometimes I have to watch from behind the sofa as the health and safety measures are...well non existent. However, none of that takes away from his skill with very basic tools. You can't fault his work ethic either.
hahaha, same here. I cringed watching those two guys hammering away in the direction of the third guy holding the piece. But... but, that's how they've always done it and they're happy that way. and of course they come up with those nice implements.
Hahahaha so true!
That's actually a pretty nice blade. And thankfully not a burnt in handle.
So your black smith is in Cebu?
Can the flat end Filipino machete be bought & shipped to the U.S. ?
Sire saan banda eto sa Cebu city
I suggest to visit alson in Danao Cebu and look how to make gun.
This is amazing, but we gotta get these guys some hearing protection at least.
Sometimes they make their own ear plugs with small bundles of newspaper that they put in their ears. In south-east asia they seem to have a different view on safety, if you gave them a box of hearing protection products they might not even use them
Asa ni dapita sa cebu sir?
Sa leyte yan hindi cebu nakita ko na yang video sa ibang blogger
Saan tayo magpagawa ng itak dito sa cebu,,,,,,yon malapit lang dito sa lilo-an cebu.....
So what does something like that cost?
I was in the Phillipines while in the Marines and we bought knives on one of the islands. They were made from leaf springs like this video shows and came with sheaths. Really cool. I think we traded for them or bought them. Don't remember which.
10 to 15 dollars very cheap but way more durable because the metal was forged and not sculpted directly
un saludo desde la república de panamá, en américa central
Espetacular!!!!
ang hirap na trabaho yan pero ang galing nya pumalo sure ball halatang trabaho nya talaga
Saan tayo pagawa nang itak.. dito sa cebu po
Sir asa mo dapit sa cebu..
asa sa cebu ni sir?
Good work
Asa ni dapita sa cebu?
Where could i get one of these just shy of flying to cebu. Link?
Amazing!