There is one old russian proverb. It says, that every human is a blacksmith of his own happiness, and if he wants to be happy, he must forge it for himself. You are true blacksmith of your own life in every aspect! I highly admire that!
Don’t know which I enjoy more. The making of the functional pieces or the artistic pieces. Next, a full sized, 150yr old Galapagos tortoise for a lawn ornament. The kids would love it!
Did you know? Those lumps on the shell of turtles are not natural, but instead they are formed due to lack of nutrients on their nutrition. When the animal is healthy, the shell is smooth. The lumps can't be undone, though, even when the nutrition is corrected. Amazing work!
Beautiful work as always. My grandmother loved tortoises and had an enclosure for her 12 rescued tortoises. In some summers the tortoises had a small laid with 2 to 3 eggs. And the baby tortoises were eating on the breakfast table their salad leaves. Just a gorgeous picture in my mind. Thank you for bring these memories up. My grandmother would have loved on of these figures. Cheers from Germany.
Amazing outcome...this can be used as a very nice paper weight at a office desk and also a symbolic mascot for a good company who succeeded in their business with persistent effort.....
And that's just a pawn... I can't begin to imagine the size of the whole set and the sophistication of the more important chess pieces! Stunning work and display of blacksmithing knowledge, mr. Thunderbear!
@@SuperAWaC I wasn't talking about the deeper meaning of every piece and how a simple pawn is important. I meant that pawns are less complicated VISUALLY than for instance a bishop and you know that ;)
@@SuperAWaC Well, in a standard chess set, that's completely right. But we're not talking here about standard chess set are we now? Personally I didn't come here to talk about that, if I wanted to I'd go to a video about normal chess ;) I'm here to see a blacksmith at work, and I'm looking forward to see the next artistic interpretations of the rest of the chess pieces and how they will portray they in a way to show their "rank"
THAK asked for pawns no more than 2 by 2 inches. But this piece would be an add on. They said if they got more than 16 pawn pieces, they would work then in some way.
The thumbnail shows us the beauty of the piece, truly beautiful. So why do we watch? Real beauty is in the process and work of a master. Thank you Torbjörn!🙏🙏
I'm a huge fan of the work of artistic blacksmith's and this video shows true master level art. Also for the pop culture literature fans out there I was totally hypnotised by this sköldpadda.
Beautiful! This is the nicest piece of blacksmithing art I've ever seen, no kidding. And way too good to be just a pawn. From the video title I was guessing it would be a rook, since tortoises are kind of castle-like.
Jag gillade det verkligen! Detta är bara super! Sköldpaddan visade sig nästan som mina sköldpaddor, även om jag har vatten mexikanska rödörade sköldpaddor, och det här är en landsköldpadda. Du borde ha fäst en sköldpadds svans. Men även utan svansen visade det sig bra! 👍🐢
Wow. Trodde att jag fuskade när jag använde oxy-acetylen och en MIG/MAG svets. Men om Torbjörn gör det så kan jag. Fullständigt älskar din "tortoise"! Fantastisk kreation.
Estos trabajos nunca estarán bien pagados.Maestro muchas felicidades y gracias por compartir su arte con todos nosotros es Usted digno de admiración.Un gran saludo desde España.
What a cute little beastie! Well done. I've been following Thak's chess set challenge with great interest and it's great to see you participate. This kind of sculpting work is a discipline of its own, isn't it?
I loved thee shell! When he first was roughing it in, I thought that I looked pretty good. Oh boy was I continually amazed by the extra details that he put in to make it look so much more real and amazing. Great work!
Et voilà une autre chef-d'œuvre en fer forgé une tortue plus rapide du monde, franchement chapeau vous êtes redoutable de manipuler le fer comme la pâte à modeler
It is so real that you may have to keep checking otherwise it may start wandering. Better tie it to a peg ! What a piece of artistry👍👍👍 Greetings for Christmas 🎄🎄🎄🎄
Hola!!!! Es lo más bello que he visto en forja 😍😍😍 tienes arte en tus manos 👏👏👏 me gustaría ver que hagas un 🐙 pulpo gracias saludos desde mi bella Guatemala 👍👍👍
I smiled when I saw the thumbnail of the tortoise and I smiled all the way through the video and for some time after. Torbjorn, in a pretty rubbish world thank you for giving me 20 minutes of pleasure. Your videos are a real treat
I realized that while you were doing this, you excel at a 3rd kind of manufacturing. There is subtractive manufacturing (drilling, cutting, lathing, machining), there is additive manufacturing (3D printing, etc.), and then there is smooshitive manufacturing. You are a first class smooshitive engineer. And a darn fine artist as well..
💯💚👌👌👌Really your superb experience with Making craft in iron is very fantastic. No words to praise you. I love your career. Thank you with your Blessings.
always amazes me how hard hammer blows can make something so cute and sometimes delicate like leaves and flowers etc. Such awesome skill. Loved u teaching yr son the great art of pounding steel into something useful if not beautiful. keep up the great work Torbjorn. Id love to see the chess set of many different animals , so very cool!!!
The thing I love about your videos is that you present blacksmithing as a calm and almost relaxing thing and that you never get into a hurry with it.
also love that you do cute stuff like this!
Thank you Kimmy!
@@torbjornahman thank you!
The expression on that tortoise's face is perfect. Well done.
Really incredible artistry, as always. Love it.
Thanks!
WOW, actually you dont have to thank us for watching but we have to thank you for the talented hands you have 👍
YOU ARE CORRECT SIR!
robert griffin thank you sir
Yep.
Truly exquisite Torbjorn. This is perhaps your finest work, hand and eye in near perfect coordination.This little tortoise has life.
Not just blacksmithing, an artist is what he is, nice job, Torbjörn
You been taking lessons from ‘this old Tony’. Seeing that hammer hit at the start looked like his way too. Awesome build to watch and learn from.
You're a totally artist. Greetings from Costa Rica 🇨🇷
There is one old russian proverb. It says, that every human is a blacksmith of his own happiness, and if he wants to be happy, he must forge it for himself.
You are true blacksmith of your own life in every aspect! I highly admire that!
Thank you!!
Thunder Bear never disappoints! Master blacksmith and phenomenal artist rolled into one! Awesome as usual!
Don’t know which I enjoy more. The making of the functional pieces or the artistic pieces.
Next, a full sized, 150yr old Galapagos tortoise for a lawn ornament.
The kids would love it!
Great imagination- scratch built turtle- no drawings to guide the construction. Truly an artist.
Wow, that is truly wonderful. What an artist.
What observation in every detail. You are a true artist.
Did you know? Those lumps on the shell of turtles are not natural, but instead they are formed due to lack of nutrients on their nutrition. When the animal is healthy, the shell is smooth. The lumps can't be undone, though, even when the nutrition is corrected.
Amazing work!
Beautiful work as always. My grandmother loved tortoises and had an enclosure for her 12 rescued tortoises. In some summers the tortoises had a small laid with 2 to 3 eggs. And the baby tortoises were eating on the breakfast table their salad leaves. Just a gorgeous picture in my mind. Thank you for bring these memories up. My grandmother would have loved on of these figures.
Cheers from Germany.
Oh wow, how cool! Thanks
The attention to detail is amazing
Great work, that turtle is beautiful
Amazing outcome...this can be used as a very nice paper weight at a office desk and also a symbolic mascot for a good company who succeeded in their business with persistent effort.....
I would be delighted if I could inspire someone with my work like you inspire me to start blacksmithing
Nice, thank you!
@@torbjornahman Cheers mate. I'm watching your vids with my kid, 4.5yrs old, here in Serbia
Ooooh my goodness! That is an amazing piece of artistry and craft! Loved the process for making the upper shell, and the hidden plug weld was genius!
And that's just a pawn... I can't begin to imagine the size of the whole set and the sophistication of the more important chess pieces! Stunning work and display of blacksmithing knowledge, mr. Thunderbear!
the pawn is the most important piece.
@@SuperAWaC I wasn't talking about the deeper meaning of every piece and how a simple pawn is important. I meant that pawns are less complicated VISUALLY than for instance a bishop and you know that ;)
@@baphoreart7573 a bishop is just a pawn with a funky hat
@@SuperAWaC Well, in a standard chess set, that's completely right. But we're not talking here about standard chess set are we now? Personally I didn't come here to talk about that, if I wanted to I'd go to a video about normal chess ;) I'm here to see a blacksmith at work, and I'm looking forward to see the next artistic interpretations of the rest of the chess pieces and how they will portray they in a way to show their "rank"
THAK asked for pawns no more than 2 by 2 inches. But this piece would be an add on. They said if they got more than 16 pawn pieces, they would work then in some way.
Incredible. The detail you put into the turtle shell was beautiful. Well done. You are a master blacksmith. A true craftsman.
Turned out great. You're more than a blacksmith, you're an artist.
I follow all your works and they are wonderful, continue to surprise the world with your ability
I want see all practice ones, You know there's a family of them out there. great work T.A
LOL a small family of “mis-hit turtles”? 🐢
Every single one is probably cute too.
I call them sketches in iron , I have a whole pile of ugly hummingbirds. ......plug weld is an artist best friend. Great work sir
I am always amazed with your work! You are a very talented individual. Thanks for sharing.
Nice tortoise, love the construction method :-)
Keep the projects coming. Truly enjoy watching you work and hearing your hammer strike.
Приятная безделушка ... Руки в правильном месте приварены! ))
Really enjoy seeing blacksmithing that's not just making hammers, tongs and punches. Love all your videos. Thanks for sharing.
It would be really cool to have a whole set of those in different poses.
That simple hardy hole clamp you were using while making the eyes was brilliant.
If it were on a Paul Sellers woodwork bench, he’d call it a dog
Каждый раз, когда приезжаю на обед из своей кузницы, смотрю твои видео! Браво!
The thumbnail shows us the beauty of the piece, truly beautiful. So why do we watch? Real beauty is in the process and work of a master. Thank you Torbjörn!🙏🙏
Thank you!
Amazing details from an incredible craftsman.
I'm a huge fan of the work of artistic blacksmith's and this video shows true master level art. Also for the pop culture literature fans out there I was totally hypnotised by this sköldpadda.
Beautiful! This is the nicest piece of blacksmithing art I've ever seen, no kidding.
And way too good to be just a pawn. From the video title I was guessing it would be a rook, since tortoises are kind of castle-like.
Thank you!
Once again I'm simply blown away by the quality of craftsmanship and attention to detail. Really inspiring!
Thank you very much!
Jag gillade det verkligen! Detta är bara super! Sköldpaddan visade sig nästan som mina sköldpaddor, även om jag har vatten mexikanska rödörade sköldpaddor, och det här är en landsköldpadda. Du borde ha fäst en sköldpadds svans. Men även utan svansen visade det sig bra! 👍🐢
Incredible! What a talent you have. Thanks for sharing.
Nice! Cool to see Thak getting some exposure, he's great
Beautiful work. The step by step process helps people understand how you see the project. Really great job!
Это шедевр, как и все что Вы делаете!
Wow. Trodde att jag fuskade när jag använde oxy-acetylen och en MIG/MAG svets. Men om Torbjörn gör det så kan jag. Fullständigt älskar din "tortoise"! Fantastisk kreation.
Absolutely wonderful work as always, you never disappoint, well done
Thank you so much!
I really love the last part, welding the belly! Inspiration, I really wanna do this with my life thanks
What a cute little thing !
Love your work and the music that you pair with it. I would love to see you working live.
Amazing work great job👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Estos trabajos nunca estarán bien pagados.Maestro muchas felicidades y gracias por compartir su arte con todos nosotros es Usted digno de admiración.Un gran saludo desde España.
wat a nice tortoise, and where is he looking for
A new project???
greetings from the Netherlands
No plans? Just steel and imagination? WOW! I'm seriously impressed. Already knew you were skilled/talented, but WOW!
Thank you!
Torbijorn. you"re the man
Beautiful. I had never thought of forging and shaping a turtle. Great gift ideas.
I want to buy one of these turtles.
MAN, Torbjorn - you sir are an artist-craftsman. Very well done. Thank you for sharing and setting the bar high for all us hobbyist blacksmiths.
Thank you Brad!
I just love "This old tony" matter handling style.
Such a precision is out of mind! Perfect job! Look alive!
What a cute little beastie! Well done. I've been following Thak's chess set challenge with great interest and it's great to see you participate. This kind of sculpting work is a discipline of its own, isn't it?
Absolutely! Thanks
Very good made tortoise greetings from croatia you have golden hands to do anything you are talented.
Круто!
paying attention to detail is what I love about Torbjorn Ahman. Beautiful work
lol I love 🐢!!!
Not so simple, fun, and beautifully executed, kudos to you sir.
Cuuute 🥰. But You wearing a glove next to the drill bit gives me the creeps. I saw one skinned finger resulting of this. One too many... 🤢
I loved thee shell! When he first was roughing it in, I thought that I looked pretty good. Oh boy was I continually amazed by the extra details that he put in to make it look so much more real and amazing. Great work!
Thank you Matt!
The things that come out of your spinning brain are just beyond wonderful. Metal must feel glee at the shapes you grant it.
Wow ,you never fail to amaze me. It's beautiful.
Et voilà une autre chef-d'œuvre en fer forgé une tortue plus rapide du monde, franchement chapeau vous êtes redoutable de manipuler le fer comme la pâte à modeler
Serious blacksmithing and great craftmanship! Thanks for sharing, mate!
Cutest turtle I have ever seen. What a work of art.
Your beautiful work always my favorite BlackSmith and multiple skills Smith 👌 ❤️
I'm impressed again
MASTER BLACKSMITH SIR
Cool work. Amazing what you can do with a hammer when you put it in the right hand.
Beautiful piece! Your creativity and attention to detail is amazing, a true craftsman. Thank you for sharing.
Chulisima la tortuga, como todos tus trabajos. Me sigues sorprendiendo y ver como con poco se logra mucho. Gracias.
an iron turtle, built from the skillful hand of a craftsman
It is so real that you may have to keep checking otherwise it may start wandering.
Better tie it to a peg !
What a piece of artistry👍👍👍
Greetings for Christmas 🎄🎄🎄🎄
Absolutely beautiful piece of work .
Quality of steel looks fantastic
Hola!!!! Es lo más bello que he visto en forja 😍😍😍 tienes arte en tus manos 👏👏👏 me gustaría ver que hagas un 🐙 pulpo gracias saludos desde mi bella Guatemala 👍👍👍
You must be so proud of your skill. That is a thing of beauty
Very very nice. What a lot of expertise that takes. Bless u sir and ur family. Stay well and may you stay healthy. Thank you 🙏🏻 for the videos.
Ohhhhh! How adorable! Excellent workmanship! I want him! 😃
Fantastic level of detail
Excelente obra de arte forjado. Felicitaciones maestro!
Torbjorn, you are a genius in the detail that you put into this. Kudos.
Truly a fantastic artist. Just doing what he loves! Great
Favorite project so far! More art please!
What a sweet little critter made with incredible skill.
Excellent!! I laughed out loud when you gave her a little pat on the head!
Amazing. So full of life. Loved the stop motion letting the lil guy explore the anvil and shop :)
Thank you!
Awhhhh I think I just may have fallen in love with a tortoise 🐢 🐢 exquisite job!!!
Where art and craft meet. A real beauty, Torbjörn !
I smiled when I saw the thumbnail of the tortoise and I smiled all the way through the video and for some time after. Torbjorn, in a pretty rubbish world thank you for giving me 20 minutes of pleasure.
Your videos are a real treat
You are so kind, thanks!
I realized that while you were doing this, you excel at a 3rd kind of manufacturing. There is subtractive manufacturing (drilling, cutting, lathing, machining), there is additive manufacturing (3D printing, etc.), and then there is smooshitive manufacturing. You are a first class smooshitive engineer. And a darn fine artist as well..
Smooshitive! I like that! Thanks
💯💚👌👌👌Really your superb experience with Making craft in iron is very fantastic. No words to praise you. I love your career. Thank you with your Blessings.
Amazing details. That is the most badass tortoise I've seen in a long time.
Shell Yeah!
Man!!!! You're not just a blacksmith but an artist!!!
always amazes me how hard hammer blows can make something so cute and sometimes delicate like leaves and flowers etc. Such awesome skill. Loved u teaching yr son the great art of pounding steel into something useful if not beautiful. keep up the great work Torbjorn. Id love to see the chess set of many different animals , so very cool!!!
Thank you!
The cat eye punch makes an excellent tortoise eye punch!