Does Trenton Tye look familiar to you? That’s probably because he was recently featured on History Channel’s new Forged in Fire competition show, where competitors of varying degrees of experience go head to head in a televised bladesmithing challenge. Trenton is no
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A quick tip for everyone! Just wanted to do a quick blog post for those of you out there that have built your own coal forge, whether its one of your own construction or the ever-popular brake drum forge (like
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Just to briefly touch back on my original post, “Where To Buy Tool Steel and How To Get It Cheap”, I wanted to go ahead and drop a link to my other website cheaptoolsteel.com for you guys. It is still under construction, but
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Here’s another blacksmith that raises the bar of filming and forging. His videos are great, but what I really want you to look at is how Torbjörn works the stock evenly, while defining the jaws of these tongs AND while drawing
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Pre-dating the power, trip, steam, or drop hammers by centuries, the first mechanical hammers were called helve hammers. This video shows one that has not only been around for hundreds of years, but is still functional. What a shop!
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For those of you interested in making your own tools… For those of you that like to be able to hold a book in your hands and read it that way, I want to point out a title to you
Read moreThe Brazeal Legacy Brian and Ed Brazeal are the original catalysts that sparked my interest in blacksmithing. They were my dad’s two best friends in high school, and although my dad never did get into blacksmithing or horseshoeing himself, that
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Not A New Concept, But Listen Up! If you’ve done ANY amount of researching on the internet about building your first forge, you’ve almost certainly come across a mention of a “brake drum forge”. Honestly, I think this is one
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This guy is a beast. If you check out his YouTube channel you’ll find a lot more good videos that are presented from a technical aspect… and they are LONG. He has another video on forging a pair of flat bit
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[pardon the interruption: Click here to see the updated version of this article ALONG with a link to one of my other websites that automatically shows the cheapest tool steel sizes that are close to standards (which account for 30-45%
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