JHCC Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 The following are a list of recommended blacksmithing video channels mentioned in a discussion elsewhere. Enjoy. MOD NOTE: As these are off-site links, some may contain inappropriate language. Staff will attempt to keep this updated, as we are able. last update 20 August,2019 ABANA (Artist Blacksmith Association of North America) https://www.youtube.com/user/ABANAorg ABS (American Bladesmith Society): https://www.youtube.com/user/ABSwebmaster/videos Torbjörn Åhman https://www.youtube.com/user/torbjornahman Some common blacksmithing questions answered by Torbjörn Aquairon Varna Wrought Iron https://www.youtube.com/user/Aquairon/videos Mark Aspery https://www.youtube.com/user/MarkAspery Brent Bailey https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmJ3R3FIdB247BBCNWqVkPQ Nathan Baker (workingwithiron) https://www.youtube.com/user/workingwithiron John Bennett Artist Blacksmith https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCU8azQrehtEuev4psv-WjBg Black Bear Forge https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdOM6Qc53TcWuExrnDLVjXg Brian Brazeal https://www.youtube.com/user/brianbrazealblacksmi British Pathe (historical footage, some clearly staged) https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=british+pathe+blacksmith Dave Canterbury (Pathfinder School, Wilderness Outfitters) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZLagqylZ3j7H2MEDrDTb7Dz6xVZeMRTt (blacksmithing playlist) Chandler Dickinson link removed due to inappropriate content Eichschmiede https://www.youtube.com/user/elchschmiede/videos Dennis Frechette https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCLRaymZrLmdb6dZlrJU6nNg Josh Greenwood/Greenwood Ironworks https://www.youtube.com/user/greenwoodironworks Gary Huston https://www.youtube.com/user/garyhuston jlpservices https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8WRbArfgi8kSaDek7kh_1Q JWS https://www.youtube.com/user/jwstek/videos Kovko Kova4 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbsUP_oheVGrAV4nAjnlKcw Roger Lund: https://www.youtube.com/user/Kallsmeden1/videos Andy McKenzie: https://www.youtube.com/user/lizardinc/videos Tobbe Malm https://www.youtube.com/user/bebeiron Rory May (Dirty Smith) link removed due to inappropriate content John Rigoni doing very cool things with a power hammer: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1pIZaFcd2sTC65bijHrgYw David Robertson: https://www.youtube.com/user/dblacksmithr/videos Grant Sarver (nakedanvil) https://www.youtube.com/user/nakedanvil Jacob Shafe https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrApggh4IEU9-BnSfRyCxvQ Alec Steele https://www.youtube.com/user/alectheblacksmith Joey van der Steeg (Technicus Joe) https://www.youtube.com/user/TechnicusJoe John Switzer/Black Bear Forge https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdOM6Qc53TcWuExrnDLVjXg Rowan Taylor https://www.youtube.com/user/RowanTaylor Peter Ross Working Metal Making Nails Joey van der Steeg Joey van der Steeg Making chain, right and left handed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC7oRSSlcJQ Forging nails https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmcDjLn0eR8 Fun watch.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMYziZlGmVCD8gTxByYkVXg Making chain, right and left handed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC7oRSSlcJQ How to make tongs https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=239&v=ed4Sk05ONak Fire mainteance Joey van der Steeg https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=613&v=uygBupdIeHY&feature=emb_logo NWBA Demo Forging a skull On this page, I've put the links to the six parts of a 1986 documentary about a team of blacksmiths under the direction of Francis Whitaker, building a Samuel Yellin-style gate. Features Jack Andrews and my old teacher Fred Christ. Orphaned blacksmithing videos This IFI page links to individual blacksmithing videos whose host channels/pages aren't specifically blacksmithing-related. Some links for blacksmithing, wheelwrighting, and wood working related to wagon building. Blacksmithing Projects Steam bending wood Building new wagon gears Building the Borax Wagons Building a Wagon box Wagon & Buggy wheels Repairing a Sheep Wagon Common blacksmithing questions answered by Torbjörn Blacksmithing and the Woodwright workshop Making a hollow hole punch Torbjörn Åhman Forge welding by Joey van der Steeg Making nails Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletcache Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 I'd like to put forward Jacob Shafe to be added to the list. He's a 15 year old from England and his videos are honest and show him from starting out to doing some impressive work for a young lad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Welcome aboard Bulletcache, glad to have you. If you put your general location in the header you might find out how many members live within visiting distance. Much of the information is location based. You probably don't know it but a lot of folk in the USA mispronounce Cache, "CATCH". I hope you don't mind getting kidded about being the Iforge, BulletCatch. Jacob's Youtube site has a number of pretty entertaining videos, well worth a search. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Dear Frosty, I don't know about regional accents in Alaska but around here "cache" is pretty much pronounced in what I understand is the French manner as "cash." The river that flows through Ft. Collins, CO is the Cache la Poudre River, so named from a fur trade era store of gun powder, and pronounced (usually) as the Cash la Pooder. "By hammer and hand all arts do stand." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 between the ice in Alaska and the birch tree incident, Frosty may have a permanent case of brain freeze too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaegers Forge and Foundry Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Alec Steele is my favorite because of the energy he puts in each piece and his personality Brian Brazeal has great videos as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 It's most often pronounced "cash" by old timers but many also pronounce it "cashA" with the emphasis on the A. A majority of post pipe line boomers pronounce it "Catch." More recently we're hearing "CashA" a lot. I just thought Bullet Catch had a . . . ring to it. Seems "catch" is synonymous or close enough for a pun. I nearly did cache my head under a tree. I discommend it highly! Thanks for the reminder Steve. Frosty The Lucky. Bellow is what I found on "online etymology." cache (n.) 1797, "hiding place," from French Canadian trappers' slang, "hiding place for stores and provisions" (1660s), a back-formation from French cacher "to hide, conceal" (13c., Old French cachier), from Vulgar Latin *coacticare "store up, collect, compress," frequentative of Latin coactare "constrain," from coactus, past participle of cogere "to collect," literally "to drive together," from com- "together" (see co-) + agere "to set in motion, drive; to do, perform" (from PIE root *ag- "to drive, draw out or forth, move"). Sense extended by 1830s to "anything stored in a hiding place." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletcache Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 I did appreciate Frostys humour and welcome. As far as I am concerned it's pronounced "cash" but here in England I often hear "cashay" as in "cash hay" with the range of accents and interpretations all over the world I'm not bothered, as the saying goes "call me what you want, just don't call me late for dinner" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 England? I hope you don't plan on trying to make any "Zombie Knives"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletcache Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Dear ThomasPowers, I can plan, I can make, I just can't get caught! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 13 hours ago, Bulletcache said: here in England Welcome aboard... We have a bunch of great members over there. We won't remember your location once leaving this post, hence the suggestion to edit your profile to show it. There is a good thread Read This First up in the blue banner that is full of tips to help with getting the best out of the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisCA Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 May I recommend Oscar Duck for this list: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeRbUDXuFXY8iqnAbs0o1NA He's got a small channel, only 2k subscribers so maybe people have not heard of him, but he puts out a lot of interesting and educational videos. Looks like high quality content to me so I figure he deserves some exposure. Last video was making 800 nails Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Thanks for sharing his videos.. On the nail video he goes into the mechanics of it.. Very nice for newer smiths.. I don't like he cut forging footage out though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Thanks for the link Dennis. I don't mind cutting some of the un-important forging but I could've used less back story. I'm very appreciative he didn't use any speeded up footage or make your ears ring music. One technique I noticed was how he isolated the material for the head on all 4 sides and explained his reasoning. I agree completely. However when it came to parting the nail preform from the bar he used and explained a different technique. Tilting the hot chisel to act as a butcher is a good technique and served well. However if he'd used the same technique for parting as he did for isolation he would've achieved the same results for one less technique. By using the hot chisel vertically and cutting from all 4 faces, leaves any pinch off centered in the nail preform so it won't cause an offset while heading. If the pinch off is problem a fast touch with a file when you begin heading takes care of it. All in all a darned good video, I like it. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anvil Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Anybody who does that much repetition is,, well,, hitting the nail on the head,, you might say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 I've talked with a Lady who worked one summer at a historical property in Virginia; her job was forging nails for the barn they were building onsite. THOUSANDS of nails... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anvil Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 No doubt she could speak profusely on just why they burnt down buildings to salvage the nails.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 And why fertile land to the west encouraged the wearing out of land to the east and relocation westward. It was the European version of slash and burn agriculture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Could it have been that a lot of the colonists were folks with little or no farming experience? The: outcast, poor and starving rarely have strong marketable skills. Growing one crop till it won't grow anymore isn't uncommon for non farmers. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 I think starving to death was more an issue of non-farmers trying to farm. I'd have to review the make up of the colonies again to see how many had what skills. ISTR some of the Jamestowner's were expecting to mine gold... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 I don't believe ANY of the Jamestowners had a clue what frontier meant. IIRC some of the letters talked about markets being too far away to purchase necessities. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anvil Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 I think you underestimate the makeup of groups of colonists. They were under a Charter, and these were pretty specific as to what trades were mandatory before the charter was valid. What struct me back when i came across this was how many blacksmith per persons and even listing specific skills they must have. Sorry, but I got into this long ago. I'm certain google can find this info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Have you looked into any of the Spanish Land Grants? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Arghh! I was thinking of Roanoke and how tough a time the Pilgrims had due to poor planning. Early lessons like those made a big difference for later colonies. Jamestown was pretty well prepared and supplied. I should've double checked before posting, my bad. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 And they still had a rough start at Jamestown! One thing to remember is that the precentage of people involved in Agriculture was MUCH higher back in those days than today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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