Ferrous Beuler Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 I would like to hear from anyone who has seen any instructional DVD's on blacksmithing. Any reviews or recomendations would be most appreciated. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! Keep on hammerin' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canman Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 I have watched the Blacksmiths Primer dvd's several times. Remember I am new at this, but I found it to be a great show. I learned a lot. I started with the book and it was so good I had to try the dvd's. There are 3 dvd's in the set. I would recommend them both any day. Remember to PRAY for and SUPPORT our troops.... Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Smith Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 I can recommend the Upper Midwest Blacksmiths' DVDs. Quality is a little off, and there's not much editing, but at 6 hours and $5 apiece, you can't really go wrong. They do an online ordering thing - the bloke sending out the orders is a real nice guy. I have my eye on the knifemaking DVDs by Tim Lively, and the Wareham Forge DVDs - has anyone seen these? Are they okay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamp Fox Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Bill Epps has some first class teaching tapes out and available, forged animal heads, bugs and birds, leaves and flowers, all good. Bill holds shows you exactly how to make things and the tapes are well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevomiller Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 I bought Tim Lively's DVD when it first came out. I found it to be very educational and well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Pook Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 For power hammer work , I have the Dave Manzer DVD's, one on tuning a littlegiant and power hammer techniques both very good video's. The Clifton Ralph power hammer tapes are very informative, just very long and not the greatest lighting etc. The Hofi "Free Form Powerhammer" dvd, its got good filming and easy to understand what he's doing. For hand forge work I've got the 3 video's from the blacksmith journal, they're filmed very well and and would be of interest for a beginner smith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Barter Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 I have the Blacksmithing Primer DVDs and all the Blacksmith Journal DVDs. I like them all, but would recommend the Blacksmithing Primer for a beginner/intermediate. It taught me how to light my fire more efficiently and helped me to realize you don't have to hammer so darn fast. I liked how things were presented and discussed. I watch them quite frequently, actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gronk Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 From your reviews I decided to give the Blacksmiths Primer a shot. I tried Centaur, Blacksmiths Depot and Blacksmith Supply, but they don't seem to carry it. Where did you guys get your copies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Barter Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 TeachingTapes.net Here's the full link: Blacksmithing Primer Art Productions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canman Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 I rented my videos from Technical Video Rental. I found them one night while surfing. It was kinda pricey, but worth it. I think it was like 25.00 for the 3. I think you can keep them for a week. That price included shipping. Maybe it was not to pricey after all. It has been a while though. They have several other videos I want to see. They have a lot of different subject matter. I had great service and will use them again. I would recommend them also. Good Luck....:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kogatana Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 About the Tim Lively knifemaking: simply put, it is the one that told me: "you can make it". Go for it, if you're beginer, it will teach you tons. Ludo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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