Great Youtube videos

[rmcpb]

If you go to Youtube and search on dblacksmithr this person (David Robertson) has set up a series of instructional videos on blacksmithing. Really helpful and worth a look.

Try YouTube - Blacksmith Tools Hold Down For Holding Work on Anvil for his video on hold downs then click on the More From link to get his whole series.

[Glenn]

Forging in shorts with open topped boots?

[blafen]

I forge in shorts with slippers on, sometimes i forge barefoot.

[IronWolf]

we will see after hot steel gets to close this cost skin and cash--safety FIRST its easier !

[rmcpb]

Shorts and boots are quite common here, especially in summer.

[matt87]

David Robertson's videos are great. I recommend looking at all of them. Signing up for his email newsletter can also be beneficial.

When I was in Sri Lanka, I visited a blacksmithing village -- one where the entire village was employed (directly or indirectly) in blacksmithing for trade. Every smith there was forging in a sarong, and occasionally a shirt and/or flip-flops. As you say Glenn, personal safety is a personal choice and will often depend upon your circumstances - financial and environmental.

[MRobb]

I've seen his videos several times. They are quite good.

Oh, and it's long blue jeans, shirt & steel toed boots here. I'd rather sweat than burn.

[NateDJ]

LOL YEP the sweating is part of the ''Work out'' anyway! (And the Good Lord knows I need all the work out I can get!)

[Alwin]

The videos I like the best on youtube are the 5 or 6 part series on the reproduction of a Samuel Yellin gate overseen by Francis Whitaker. It is found very quickly by searching for "ornamental wrought iron". Another one you might enjoy is a brief video of Bea Hensley playing music on the anvil. He is an 86 or 87 year old smith in Western NC who learned from Daniel Boone VI ( Daniel Boone VI was the uncle of Daniel Boone VII who is famous for his dragons. Daniel Boone VII is also the father of Mike Boone whom some of you may have seen demonstrating or in articles in the Anvils Ring. I always find the interconnectedness of this world fascinating.). To find Bea search for "B Hensley". I've seen him play quite a few different songs on his anvil besides just making nonspecific music on it. It is one of those skills I'd love to develop.

[Finnr]

Weeeeeeeeeel! Y'all ain't getting me to do any forging half kekkid!!!
Finnr