I do infact plan to get a little practice before I make a video,and I think it is worth it to say that I have been reading documentation and doing research and such for about a year now, before I have even attempted to make anything. but, the real reason is just to document me learning, and share it here, so that I can be told where I may be doing anything wrong, or what I may be doing right. I dont intent to tell anyone that this is how its done, but rather be quite transparent on the fact that I am learning and this is my journey.
the reason for wanting to share my videos here isnt for publicity or advertising my business, yes the videos will be on my youtube channel, and yes they will be monetized there but, I think I have 7 subscribers and and only a couple of videos uploaded at this point, and I figured that since for some of my videos, I will be doing things applicable to this forum, and will most likely be doing most of my learning for it from here it would make the process a bit more streamlined for everyone if I were to share videos, that way people can see exactly what I am doing and what I may or may not be doing wrong. which I feel could be a valuable resource to anyone else who may be interested in learning, to actually see someone start from day one and see how they learned and possible hurdles they may stumble upon.
I also just figured I would add that, I do not have a business, and I am not learning to smith because I make videos, I decided I wanted to make videos of it because I want to learn to smith. as mentioned a moment ago, I have been studying and researching for about a year now, my videos are based on survival and DIY content, and learning to make stuff out of metal is a very valuable skill. I also feel it is important to mention that I work with steel all day in my normal work, mostly stock removal and deburring, but on occasions I also do some cold forming. i have a very basic level of knowledge at this point, but feel as though I am interested enough and know enough that I will be successful in learning how to make stuff
@Alan Evans I get what you are saying, and I know I will make a video of it regardless of whether or not I can share it here, I had planned to start my hands on with Mokume this weekend, but the weather is supposed to be really bad, and my workshop is outside. but I like to plan ahead get any permissions I may or may not need early on, and start gathering stuff early on, that way everything doesnt end up bein last minute thrown together type of things.