Forged Fork - GS Tongs
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- Опубліковано 8 кві 2023
- I hand forge a kitchen fork from a small piece of stainless steel.
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Thanks so much. Glen - Навчання та стиль
I've been watching your videos for a while. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience, Glen. It's helpful to newer blacksmiths like me. Sent a small donation your way to help keep it going.
Hi Richard, I really appreciate your very generous donation. It helps a lot, no question. I'll email you... Thanks for your support. Glen 😬
I received your email. Thanks, Glen!
Not many guys would have the courage to video their first fork and put it up on UA-cam! Nicely done, as always.
I've embarrassed myself so many times on my channel that my skin has gotten pretty thick. Also, I get lucky on first tries with so many things. When I try to repeat that success, the second and third tries are never as good. Strange... Thanks.
Looks Great! Very cool that you left the hammer marks. I watch a ton of blacksmith content and that is the nicest fork I have ever seen forged. Great design.
Not sure if this is the nicest fork but I appreciate your kind comment. Thanks.
I like the looks of your fork too, Glen. Well done!
I'm glad you like it and my wife likes it as well so success! Thanks.
Nice work Glen!🇦🇺👍
Interesting and very nicely done. I always appreciate your discussion and rational for how you proceed in whatever process you are demonstrating. You are welcome.
Some people say I talk too much in videos and so it's nice to hear someone say the opposite. Thanks my friend.
That was forking awesome! Hell of a job, Glen!
Geez, there's no end to the comedy in the comments. And honestly, I got a good laugh from your comment. 😁
Nice project. I've made forks from wood but never metal.... YET.
Give it a go - a fun, small project. Thanks Ron.
What perfect timing. Im going for a three tine fork, spoon and butter knife. I'll have to locate the stainless. I see the round stock works great. I was thinking starting with square.
Verry nice Glen and well done!
Thanks Kim.
First person I have seen eat zucchini batter pan fried, other then my Gma. Very cool. Nice fork i will have to try and make one some day.
Happy Easter Glen. Neat fork
Hope you had a happy Easter as well. Thanks.
looks great thanks for sharing
I enjoyed this one. Thanks.
The anvil setup!! I'll never afford that.😢
Now a spoon and knife to complete the set? Great job on the fork!
Coming soon to a theater near you - A Spoon Tale... Thanks Ron.
Pozdrowienia z Polski👍👍🙋🏻♂️
Much appreciated.
That's a nice fork! Happy Easter
Thanks and hope you had a happy Easter too.
Stainless steel is so much more difficult to forge by hand. It has some weird properties but I still love stainless steel.
Yeah, stainless forges weirdly for sure. I don't think 303 was ideal for this project but it works. Thanks Erik.
Super nice fork Glen - now I want to try it too - lol
This was a fun project that I'll do again. Thanks.
That came out really forkin' nice!❤😂
Haha! Someone beat you to this - believe it or not. A regular comedy fest in the comment section on this one. Thanks for all. 😁
As soon as I come across a piece of stainless close to that size I'm going to give that a try and if it's any good it will live in my back pack I am carving a wooden spoon and a spatula from dogwood now later I'm going to try a good sized bowel to drink from and eat out of when in the woods good job on the fork
Hi Bill, This is a fun, small project. Having a fork like this in your camping gear would be perfect. Thanks for all.
Pretty darn good 🍴 fork Glen! Especially for a first go at it.
303 eh? I have been pondering a similar project, a cutlery set. Difference being my obtained Stainless is 316. Perhaps upon a Day I'll get it done. Your video has added value in a couple of areas I hadn't considered!
Happy Easter Time
Blessings my friend
Crawford out 🙏🏻🔥⚒️🧙🏼♂️
I think 316 might be better. 303 is apparently high in sulfur (for better machining). Glad you like this one and I like your pic in the thumbnail. Thanks.
never tried forging stainless. Looks like a good project to start with!
Forging stainless is usually very different from mild steel. Doesn't move the same way, especially doesn't bend the same way. Not too different, but I can tell you that it feels very different to forge. 304 or 316, take whichever is cheaper. Cheers
Don't be scared to forge stainless just understand that it's not gonna move under the hammer anywhere near as fast as mild steel
Stainless is worth trying. But there are so many kinds of stainless it can be confusing. Anyway, this is a fun, useful project. Thanks vern.
I think 316 would have been better / more suitable than the 303 piece I had. Thanks for sharing.
Good point. Thanks.
Wow that came out really nice! Love your content Glen! Been following you for well over a year now and love your minimalist/simple forging setup.
I'm glad you like my simple approach. I'm pretty minimalistic in all ways so it's no wonder my blacksmithing has stayed low key. Thanks John.
With historic reenactment; I found most forks from back then were either 2 tined or 3 tined. Then again, people ate either just with a knife and/or just with their fingers!
That would be a….
Two-k
or a….
Threek
I thought about purely forging the tines and so having two would be logical and easier. I might do that for the next one. Thanks Randolph.
Haha! That's the best one I've heard in a long while. Very good. 😁
I would agree that stainless IS the best for that application because of its corrosion resistance. Also, stainless should be harder to work because the chromium and nickel are harder than the base iron. And... I learn something from you every time I watch! Thanks!
Thanks for sharing Dennis. Yeah, stainless is the way to go for stuff like this (stays very hard even when forged out to very thin sections) but there are so many kinds of stainless that is can be confusing. 303 works for this but is not ideal since it contains a lot of sulfur to aid in machining.
Yes, that is quite dangerous way to use angle grinder, although many people, me included, do it from time to time. And I still have all my fingers attached, although there was a couple close calls.
Also, you could've drilled small holes before cutting-dividing the teeth of the fork at the end of the cuts, it would've given it a bit more flair.
Also, next time try to bend it before separating teeth, it may be easier, I think.
Drilling small holes is a great idea that I didn't think of. Maybe next go... Thanks.
A single piece of 303 stainless does seem odd until you have a second... to fork with.
Haha, everyone's a comedian! But seriously, thanks for all.
Nice Forkin' Job Sir!
Nice!!!
Thanks.
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Nice job, really clean work as always!
Much appreciated.
Funny to see my name in your video!
04/28/24
Здравствуйте, как можно выковать кузнечный прошив,(прошив для пробития проушин в заготовке будущего топора или молотка), и из какого металла???
Nice work and the top could have a bonehead👍
I like my Bonehead Approved logo mark design but it's needs some altering to improve how it works. Thanks for watching.
I saw a man make an Elephant pendant out of a fork and made it into a kids necklace my grand daughter told me she wants one
Sounds like that guy has skill I don't possess. I never was much of an artist. Thanks.
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Thanks 😬