My old boss was really good friends with Robert and he flew up to Chicago right before nomma awards meeting and they forged a chess set from bronze and mild steel. It was really cool seeing Robert work and help forge an entire chess set crazy!
Should have titled "iron age technology" Edit: The previous title was, "How Carbon Steel Woks are Forged With Aerospace Technology." At least it is more accurate now.
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Absolutely beautiful. I was on the fence about the Smithey carbon steel wok... mostly due to the price, but after watching this I intend to purchase the entire Smithey carbon steel product line (farmhouse skillet, wok, party pan, round roaster, and oval roaster). Like they say, "You get what you pay for." And I'm at a point in which I only want to buy pots and pans (once) that last a lifetime. I'd already transitioned to cast iron (about 3 yrs ago) and am now ready to add-on carbon steel.
You know what, most of the time you do get what you pay for, but not here. You’re paying for well paid American hand work, but the end product won’t really be better than something less expensive, at least not functionally. If that’s what you’re in to, cool. Functionally, it’s carbon steel. Nothing special. I got some fancy pans but ended up liking the Balerini one I bought on Amazon for like $35 the best. Again, it’s just steel, nothing special. And if you don’t treat them right and really nurture the seasoning, any carbon steel ban is going to just plain suck. You need more than whatever seasoning they put on it at the factory.
@@mechanicalman1068 I agree... it's just steel and it's performance isn't better than any other carbon steel pan. However, I'm a sentimental guy. I just love great craftsmanship, not to mention American-made products that tell a story beyond the product itself.
@@DamienGWilson I couldn’t agree more. I’ve got lots of stuff like that, tools in particular, and that’s what pans are. Our tools are often much more than just utilitarian items. My kitchen is bad enough, but as a carpenter, I’ve got thousands invested in tools that feel better and which I love, but which don’t necessarily do the job better. Anyway, I just try not to mix up my practical and emotional judgement. Both are valid, but confusing them can get you in trouble. Knowing which is which, I think, can lead to even greater appreciation and enjoyment. And yes, made in America matters. Enjoy the pans! They are beautiful.
@@Sunny31310 I’d push back on that. They are not pieces of art. They are pieces of craft. Craft is the utilization of skill, care and attention in the effort to produce quality utilitarian objects. It has a value and honor separate from art. I don’t like to confuse art with craft because, being a craftsman myself, I believe using the word “art” for something that is craft denigrates both. My cheap pan, which will work just as well, is a soulless industrial product and is unlikely to be an heirloom. This pan is craft, and as such has soul and is imbued with humanity. It is a great candidate for heirloom status. That said, some of my treasured heirlooms are not necessarily heirloom worthy but I see them as such because of where they came from and how I acquired them.
Very nice looking woks I spent 2 years in china and never found anyone selling a traditional made wok most chinese seam to be into teflon coated woks eventually i i found one online Hand made Chinese wok
Annie is awesome. I wonder how much further around that power hammer could go with that disk? Could it almost make a sphere out of it, if there was enough room for the head?
The wok you see in the beginning is like $40 in Japan. It’s what restaurants use. Appreciate the craftsmanship but yeah.. at $325 there are better alternatives
This method is so phenomenal. But production wise as to save more time and money, use a mold for the wok with just one hit of a hydraulic press then done. same with the handle. I admire this video the way I admire cooking using a wok. :)
There are companies that form pans/bowls/etc this way- we decided the hammer was best for us because it is truest to our traditional blacksmithing roots. We are blacksmiths by trade, not machinists. :)
@@anniecolearthur3991 a lot of people really seem to miss the whole point. Saying you should stamp or spin it instead is like telling s great painter they should have just printed it on an ink jet. Some people still value and appreciate items made by hand by artists and craftsmen and they don't care you can get it cheaper at Walmart.
'Carbon is one of the alloys in the steel'. No - Carbon is one of the Elements, the others being predominantly Iron with perhaps a trace of Manganese, similar in content to the Carbon. The alloy is the steel itself.
“Carbon steel” is the name of the subcategory of steel alloys. It makes the vocabulary get a bit confusing and can easily sound (or be used) incorrectly often.
I had access to a big industrial oven and I put mine in and out of the oven over several days between applications of clove and star anise oil - the results were beyond amazing. One thing people must know is NEVER use olive oil in a wok - it will destroy your seasoning.
In the US market, homes don't have ranges that are traditional shaped wok friendly. Many are electric, some are gas. None will have the size required to hold the wok steadily. The flat bottom is a good compromise for this situation.
My apron is from Calavera Tool Works- it was a gift from Robert after I had been working for him for over 3 years at the time. Calavera is a company local to Charleston, SC where we are located. They do some amazing work- and the leather is very heavy duty- able to stand up to the rough work I do!
_This kind of story people like it, but for the folks who air this story was lacked of Courtesy for those blacksmith at list you should pay them back by posting their address or phone so the viewers who interested in their products can get from them_
@@Souchirouu To be honest, what stands between me and the craft (specifically this one) is money and back pain :') But I am dabbling in sliver smithing so that's a nice downscale I suppose.
They are cut from rolled sheet. The body is forged as seen here. The word “forged” means to shape metal through hammering and bending. Not just to hit hot stuff with a hammer- although that is the most fun way!!
How does “Carbon Steel” have a lower carbon content than other steels? This makes me automatically doubt the validity of this video but I’m still going to watch it.
It is called “carbon steel” in the cooking world in order to differentiate it from stainless steel or cast iron. In the blacksmithing world, we just refer to it as mild steel.
So after all of this fantastic workmanship .. . Where do you market your product ... I have not able to find your pan , and wok in Denver.. Please provide the name of store
We use hearing protection in necessary settings. While it may not come across in the video- the sounds of the shop are not very aggressive when only one person is working at a time. So for the video, I didn’t wear any hearing protection- but on normal days when our entire team is working, I wear them all day long. Thanks for looking out though!
That has to be a $500 piece. It is an unfortunate truth that you can buy a fine chinese hand-made, carbon steel wok of a larger, more practical size, for $80 or less.
I guess so, 1. It's handmade forge 2. Made in America. It's good craftsmanship I admire it, but for large scale production, why he just bought hydraulic pressing machine then aerospace hammer machine
@@SuperGigaleon I wondered that too. But it’s probably just the amount of deformation the steel will tolerate without breaking. The process is called “cold working” and you cannot move steel very far in one motion via that process without tearing it. The alternative would probably be to heat up the blank in a forge or using magnetic induction and then draw it through a progressive series of dies. In high-volume production, these dies would be mounted in a long hydraulic press assembly with a conveyor system carrying the blanks from one die to the next between each press. It might even require a 2-stage pressing where there’s a second heating between pressings. There is also a different type of process called “metal spinning” where a lathe can be used to form curves into flat metal. But machine tools are somewhat antithetical to a blacksmith’s process aesthetic-not to say a smithy wouldn’t have a manual milling machine, for instance. But a gigantic and outrageously expensive dual-spindle CNC lathe that would probably be necessary to spin those woks reliably -an ultra-precision modern machine tool like that has no place in a smithy. So you’re looking at a relatively small, reliable machine that fits easily into a fixed-size workshop, which can be purchased via a payment plan from a machine tool vendor who will deliver it directly to you. It’s practical for a small shop to own and can be used for other shop work. And yes it is relatively quite slow and requires a skilled human to operate. But probably the only real alternatives are a sheet metal die-forming factory or a production CNC machine shop. Hand-forging the whole process isn’t an option at US labor rates.
Yeah, $325. That's pretty ridiculous for a carbon steel wok. I doubt many of these are going to professional chefs and their intended customers are probably the "I like to smell my own farts" crowd. Notice in the shots of woks actually being used, they're not using the wok made in this video.
The flat bottom was a decision made in keeping with Smithey’s key audience of the “home chef”. The flat bottom means no special setup or extra parts are needed in order to use the pan- making it more accessible to the average home chef. A round bottom wok can likely be requested by contacting Smithey directly!
Love this guy, let me play with molten metal and wear my short sleeve shirt. Metal when hot has a tendency to stick to skin. Just saying. I would probably punch press my woks and then finish them with the hammer, my guess same end result with half the time.
I'd say that is the most not good looking wok and looks uncomfortable as duck Also I checked the site, it's $325 for the wok and $275 for the pan. The price is just crazy Meanwhile you can get a real decent and functional wok for $70 or less
@@Jesse-B they are made from 16ga sheet- which is about what you will see in most commercially made woks. Woks need to be pretty thin in order to use the way they are intended in comparison to our other carbon steel pans which can be thicker and still perform beautifully :)
I don’t normally put my touchmark on any of the Smithey cookware products that we make. I do like to sneak my touchmark onto the architectural work that I do though!
Hmm, I've always understood wok seasoning as an iron oxide layer, not the polymerized oil layer you'd find on a cast iron skillet for example. I'll still rub oil after cleaning undeveloped woks to prevent rust, but my fully seasoned woks don't need it after drying.
The woks look great, but those sauté pans look phenomenal damn great craftsmanship can’t wait to get my hands on one.
The sauté pan is our 12" Farmhouse Skillet- it was the first product we started making in collaboration with Smithey!
My old boss was really good friends with Robert and he flew up to Chicago right before nomma awards meeting and they forged a chess set from bronze and mild steel. It was really cool seeing Robert work and help forge an entire chess set crazy!
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@@robertthomas3345 A1 wok! Do you ship abroad!?
I work in an old Specialty Steel Mill. We have 2 Melt Shops and the last hand rolling mill in the USA. For the Love of Steel.. great video ✌️
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I love the craftmanship that it takes to make this.
Act of being in the present by working something dangerous, is indeed meditative!
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Yup it keeps you attentive and its relaxing
Should have titled "iron age technology"
Edit: The previous title was, "How Carbon Steel Woks are Forged With Aerospace Technology." At least it is more accurate now.
@Onano Vica Or "how to buy a better Pan from China cheaper"
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Absolutely beautiful. I was on the fence about the Smithey carbon steel wok... mostly due to the price, but after watching this I intend to purchase the entire Smithey carbon steel product line (farmhouse skillet, wok, party pan, round roaster, and oval roaster). Like they say, "You get what you pay for." And I'm at a point in which I only want to buy pots and pans (once) that last a lifetime. I'd already transitioned to cast iron (about 3 yrs ago) and am now ready to add-on carbon steel.
You know what, most of the time you do get what you pay for, but not here. You’re paying for well paid American hand work, but the end product won’t really be better than something less expensive, at least not functionally. If that’s what you’re in to, cool. Functionally, it’s carbon steel. Nothing special. I got some fancy pans but ended up liking the Balerini one I bought on Amazon for like $35 the best. Again, it’s just steel, nothing special. And if you don’t treat them right and really nurture the seasoning, any carbon steel ban is going to just plain suck. You need more than whatever seasoning they put on it at the factory.
@@mechanicalman1068 I agree... it's just steel and it's performance isn't better than any other carbon steel pan. However, I'm a sentimental guy. I just love great craftsmanship, not to mention American-made products that tell a story beyond the product itself.
@@DamienGWilson I couldn’t agree more. I’ve got lots of stuff like that, tools in particular, and that’s what pans are. Our tools are often much more than just utilitarian items. My kitchen is bad enough, but as a carpenter, I’ve got thousands invested in tools that feel better and which I love, but which don’t necessarily do the job better.
Anyway, I just try not to mix up my practical and emotional judgement. Both are valid, but confusing them can get you in trouble. Knowing which is which, I think, can lead to even greater appreciation and enjoyment. And yes, made in America matters. Enjoy the pans! They are beautiful.
@@mechanicalman1068 These are arguably pieces of art and potentially family heirlooms so you do get what you pay for.
@@Sunny31310 I’d push back on that. They are not pieces of art. They are pieces of craft. Craft is the utilization of skill, care and attention in the effort to produce quality utilitarian objects. It has a value and honor separate from art. I don’t like to confuse art with craft because, being a craftsman myself, I believe using the word “art” for something that is craft denigrates both. My cheap pan, which will work just as well, is a soulless industrial product and is unlikely to be an heirloom. This pan is craft, and as such has soul and is imbued with humanity. It is a great candidate for heirloom status.
That said, some of my treasured heirlooms are not necessarily heirloom worthy but I see them as such because of where they came from and how I acquired them.
Can we just have a series of Annie making things? She's great.
I’m down for that! I love sharing blacksmithing with anyone who will watch or listen!
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@@anniecolearthur3991 you presented it so well! Really gave gravity to the moment by moment aspects of it
@@nikkipope121 Aw, thanks!
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My carbon steel wok is my favourite kitchen utensil . Black like midnight inside.
What a wonderful art! Enjoyed this video from start to finish. Beautiful work. ✌️💛
I love the process of adding the handle to the wok. it's riveting.
I see what you did there.
rip your own hears off
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Go take a wok.
Ordinarily, I punish wannbe punsters for punning in no-pun zones ... but since that was a pretty good one, i'll let it slide. 😎👍
Wok hei !
Wow she is the wok master!
Is this a comfortable handle? All woks I've seen are using a tubular straight short handle.
Does the job with a hand towel.
Very nice looking woks
I spent 2 years in china and never found anyone selling a traditional made wok most chinese seam to be into teflon coated woks eventually i i found one online
Hand made Chinese wok
Handmade stuff impressive to me.. love it..
Annie is awesome. I wonder how much further around that power hammer could go with that disk? Could it almost make a sphere out of it, if there was enough room for the head?
You could keep going until either the hammer starts to get in your way or the steel fails!
I have some of their pans and I love them.
i love Annie omg they are so amazing
Thank you!
The wok you see in the beginning is like $40 in Japan. It’s what restaurants use. Appreciate the craftsmanship but yeah.. at $325 there are better alternatives
I would love to get this cookware
Annie is so cool
This method is so phenomenal. But production wise as to save more time and money, use a mold for the wok with just one hit of a hydraulic press then done. same with the handle.
I admire this video the way I admire cooking using a wok. :)
If you look through the other comments, I’ve explained numerous times why we don’t press or stamp out our wok bodies. :)
I like that natural non-stick part
Annies fancy technique at 7:17 got me goood
One of my early teachers once said “Blacksmithing is using very imprecise methods to create very precise objects” :)
@@anniecolearthur3991 so it is.... your teacher was wise
I thought that kind of black smith and such as cooking ware making just available in third world. But now I realize that it is about art and taste.
Great looking wok. At $325 each, I'll stick with my $15 china wok.
7:54 they too use those look...
You get what you pay for
Looks like a good job for a metal spinning lathe.
There are companies that form pans/bowls/etc this way- we decided the hammer was best for us because it is truest to our traditional blacksmithing roots. We are blacksmiths by trade, not machinists. :)
@@anniecolearthur3991 a lot of people really seem to miss the whole point. Saying you should stamp or spin it instead is like telling s great painter they should have just printed it on an ink jet. Some people still value and appreciate items made by hand by artists and craftsmen and they don't care you can get it cheaper at Walmart.
Don't get the hateful comments this video is receiving? These people are passionate about their work and look pretty darn good! Well made video 👍
Naturally, woks a classical cooking vessel in Europe and the Middle East. 10/10 would recommend to a friend.
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Since when?
Those tongue-clicks added in post are so dope lol. I know it sounds goofy but, big ups to whoever in your editing dept threw those in!
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This is more like metal shaping than metal forging.
Forging is more than just shaping metal, and a lot more goes into it.
That’s cool asf… I now have a slight interest in blacksmithing
Good work.
'Carbon is one of the alloys in the steel'. No - Carbon is one of the Elements, the others being predominantly Iron with perhaps a trace of Manganese, similar in content to the Carbon. The alloy is the steel itself.
“Carbon steel” is the name of the subcategory of steel alloys. It makes the vocabulary get a bit confusing and can easily sound (or be used) incorrectly often.
This vid lookin like a stop motion masterpiece
Quality stuff.
Thanks for making this video! This is soo awesome!
I had access to a big industrial oven and I put mine in and out of the oven over several days between applications of clove and star anise oil -
the results were beyond amazing. One thing people must know is NEVER use olive oil in a wok - it will destroy your seasoning.
I have used this wok for years and love it. Great product.
in Indonesia some makers used old drum barrels for made it to woks, and just using hammer to made it perfect.
Jesse James would be proud of these guys making this by hand …. Pretty cool 👍🏼
Annie is YOKED!!
Haha thanks bud!
FINALLY! I'VE WAITED FOR THIS ALL MY LIFE
Amazing!
For those interested, one carbon steel Wok from these guys will set you back $325.
I swear sometimes black smiths look like Alchemists like Wizards/Witches of the metal fab world 🤷♂️😂😂 Insane talent all of them!!!
Made in cookware makes a great wok i love using weekly
add more rivet on the handle joining the pan. make it atleast 3 not 2
I truly enjoyed it. Thanks
Very cool!
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That blokes really happy with what he makes.
I love wok can use fry , make fried rice and capcay
Have you guys tried making the wok with a round bottom instead of a flat one?
In the US market, homes don't have ranges that are traditional shaped wok friendly. Many are electric, some are gas. None will have the size required to hold the wok steadily. The flat bottom is a good compromise for this situation.
Eckold planishing hammer is top of the line made in Germany.
the dj talkover for weird mouth sounds at 4:33 😂
Pretty cool for an ad.
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Nice 💃🏽
The title is misleading. The wok is not forged, it is formed. The handle is forged.
Now I feel like a marvel hero made my wok. Thanks you all
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the fancy technique 😂🙌🙌🙌
Annie, where did you get your apron? or did you make it yourself? Thanleather k you
My apron is from Calavera Tool Works- it was a gift from Robert after I had been working for him for over 3 years at the time. Calavera is a company local to Charleston, SC where we are located. They do some amazing work- and the leather is very heavy duty- able to stand up to the rough work I do!
@@anniecolearthur3991 thank you.
$325 for a wok is insane but I understand the labor involved.
I could build them a die that saves 90% of that hammering. With the finish work done by hand.
Is the alloy just iron and carbon ?
_This kind of story people like it, but for the folks who air this story was lacked of Courtesy for those blacksmith at list you should pay them back by posting their address or phone so the viewers who interested in their products can get from them_
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@@Tonvanis75 nice one. Sure I will. Where are you from?
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That "aerospace" part sure didnt have the intended effect on the audience
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I would definitely buy the wok if it had the Asian style handle I appreciate hand made things
very cool
Really nice…..
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I want to be Annie when I grow up! No wait, I'm already an adult. Dang it.
You better be faster in your next life dude haha
Or start taking blacksmithing classes. Only person standing between you and the craft is you.
@@Souchirouu To be honest, what stands between me and the craft (specifically this one) is money and back pain :') But I am dabbling in sliver smithing so that's a nice downscale I suppose.
It’s never too late to start! I’ve only been blacksmithing for 9 years. ;)
So, are the actual steel blanks used to make the wok body forged? They seem like they're just hot rolled sheet. Is only the handle forged?
They are cut from rolled sheet. The body is forged as seen here. The word “forged” means to shape metal through hammering and bending. Not just to hit hot stuff with a hammer- although that is the most fun way!!
"We don't mass-produce iron anymore in America."
Possibly one of the the sadest truths .
I just purchased steel that was mass produced from my home state and forged it into several knives.
@@aidenallen4518 Steel is not the same as iron. Especially when it comes to forging.
Hell yeah.... Give me one of those 😍😍😍😍 that's how a wok is made!!!
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This is so beautiful, where can I order one…
I can't imagine this company has a website where they might sell the products they make but it might be worth checking just in case.
How does “Carbon Steel” have a lower carbon content than other steels? This makes me automatically doubt the validity of this video but I’m still going to watch it.
It is called “carbon steel” in the cooking world in order to differentiate it from stainless steel or cast iron. In the blacksmithing world, we just refer to it as mild steel.
So after all of this fantastic workmanship .. . Where do you market your product ... I have not able to find your pan , and wok in Denver..
Please provide the name of store
Smithey Ironware is the name of the company who sells them. You can find them on their website
Jeez, please wear some hearing protection!!!
We use hearing protection in necessary settings. While it may not come across in the video- the sounds of the shop are not very aggressive when only one person is working at a time. So for the video, I didn’t wear any hearing protection- but on normal days when our entire team is working, I wear them all day long. Thanks for looking out though!
That has to be a $500 piece. It is an unfortunate truth that you can buy a fine chinese hand-made, carbon steel wok of a larger, more practical size, for $80 or less.
I guess so, 1. It's handmade forge 2. Made in America.
It's good craftsmanship I admire it, but for large scale production, why he just bought hydraulic pressing machine then aerospace hammer machine
@@SuperGigaleon I wondered that too. But it’s probably just the amount of deformation the steel will tolerate without breaking. The process is called “cold working” and you cannot move steel very far in one motion via that process without tearing it.
The alternative would probably be to heat up the blank in a forge or using magnetic induction and then draw it through a progressive series of dies. In high-volume production, these dies would be mounted in a long hydraulic press assembly with a conveyor system carrying the blanks from one die to the next between each press. It might even require a 2-stage pressing where there’s a second heating between pressings.
There is also a different type of process called “metal spinning” where a lathe can be used to form curves into flat metal. But machine tools are somewhat antithetical to a blacksmith’s process aesthetic-not to say a smithy wouldn’t have a manual milling machine, for instance. But a gigantic and outrageously expensive dual-spindle CNC lathe that would probably be necessary to spin those woks reliably -an ultra-precision modern machine tool like that has no place in a smithy.
So you’re looking at a relatively small, reliable machine that fits easily into a fixed-size workshop, which can be purchased via a payment plan from a machine tool vendor who will deliver it directly to you. It’s practical for a small shop to own and can be used for other shop work. And yes it is relatively quite slow and requires a skilled human to operate. But probably the only real alternatives are a sheet metal die-forming factory or a production CNC machine shop. Hand-forging the whole process isn’t an option at US labor rates.
The woks are $325 😷👍🏻😷
My 14" hammered carbon steel wok from China (from the Chinese restaurant place) cost US$18.
Hand forged. How much are these woks? Like $300-$500?
Yeah, $325. That's pretty ridiculous for a carbon steel wok. I doubt many of these are going to professional chefs and their intended customers are probably the "I like to smell my own farts" crowd. Notice in the shots of woks actually being used, they're not using the wok made in this video.
My heart broke when they flattened the bottom.... magic, otherwise!
The flat bottom was a decision made in keeping with Smithey’s key audience of the “home chef”. The flat bottom means no special setup or extra parts are needed in order to use the pan- making it more accessible to the average home chef. A round bottom wok can likely be requested by contacting Smithey directly!
what is the size diameter and what is the thickness mm?
It looks like a nice wok but what’s with that curved handle …
Could this be done at home on an English Wheel? How thick is the wok steel you are using?
In theory, I think an English Wheel could work. We use 16ga material for the wok.
does that heat from the wok not transfer to the handle?
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How much can I know the website .
$325 on the Smithey Ironware website
Mad respect to that kid. That's some skill right there.
Edit: oops... That was a 'she'. My bad.
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Love this guy, let me play with molten metal and wear my short sleeve shirt. Metal when hot has a tendency to stick to skin. Just saying.
I would probably punch press my woks and then finish them with the hammer, my guess same end result with half the time.
I'd say that is the most not good looking wok and looks uncomfortable as duck
Also I checked the site, it's $325 for the wok and $275 for the pan. The price is just crazy
Meanwhile you can get a real decent and functional wok for $70 or less
They appear to be a lot thicker than the mass produced items, but regardless, people will pay what they think a thing is worth.
@@Jesse-B yeah.. every product has their own base.
@@Jesse-B they are made from 16ga sheet- which is about what you will see in most commercially made woks. Woks need to be pretty thin in order to use the way they are intended in comparison to our other carbon steel pans which can be thicker and still perform beautifully :)
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I want one. Does Annie also "sign" her work?
I don’t normally put my touchmark on any of the Smithey cookware products that we make. I do like to sneak my touchmark onto the architectural work that I do though!
@@anniecolearthur3991what’s your touch mark? I’m about buy one. Do you have one Annie? Is this your favorite piece?
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I love my Smithey Ironware pans...Looks like I need to add a wok to the collection.
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They need to make damascus woks and pans…
LMAO
While that would be beautiful, it would be very difficult. And, depending on what alloys are used, it will likely not function as well.
Hmm, I've always understood wok seasoning as an iron oxide layer, not the polymerized oil layer you'd find on a cast iron skillet for example. I'll still rub oil after cleaning undeveloped woks to prevent rust, but my fully seasoned woks don't need it after drying.
In the lab, we call it iron oxide. Outside, it is called rust.
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