FORGING THE BLACKSMITH'S HAMMER
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ส.ค. 2017
- This one's for my friend David Van Wyk of Bloodroot Blades.
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Hoffman you are one of the best down to earth, no bullshit blacksmiths that i have come across on youtube, which is what I assume you're trying to portray. You're work is down to earth and your films are so calming it honestly helps me in so many ways. Sorry for being a soppy commenter but keep doing what you're doing it is great, well done you great craftsman
Fantastic work as always. David is a blessed fellow to have such a piece custom made.
You are a very classy and skilled young man. Thanks for the blacksmithing tutorials and handle techniques.
Man, this is the best outfitted blacksmithing shop I think I've ever seen.
Nice hammer, and the handle is perfection.
Ah yes, my therapy...great tunes and beautiful tool you constructed there Liam. Thanks for taking us along.
Thanks, Liam. I appreciate every one of your video's.
Thanks for the hammer build. Those are the kind of videos I really enjoy. Nice job on the up close shots so we could see what you were doing.
Beautiful job on the hammer build! I'm sure he'll enjoy it for the rest of his life & hopefully pass it on! Love your work & look forward to your next video!
Beautiful work Liam, as always!
Your blowing Alec out of the room, l know the difference between a one off and craft production .
Your both great and a huge boost to the trade . Keep it strong. Love the videos .
Nice work - great video. Thanks for sharing this process.
Brother, that is one fine hammer.
Would be a fine addition to any forge.
Fine work, and great video quality as well.
Not just a hammer, a work of art in every detail! Great job, I would love to own one of these........
Always a joy to watch you work.
Very nice hammer, that press is a very serious piece of kit as well...
That is one beautiful looking hammer! I also like how you use a press compared to a power hammer, not many guys do that. I'm currently working on building one of my own. I would love to see a video on some of your tooling for your press. Keep up the great job!
Mr Hoffman, your work is amazing. Keep up the great videos.
Great Video Liam! You don't always have to show stuff you are making for sale on the web site. I love seeing all the stuff you do. And the little hammer head on the press? Its awesome in hi speed! Love it! I'm also loving your instructional videos that you are doing now! Can't wait until I can get my tiny little forge going!
Very nice hammer. The hammer you used looks like a Alex Steel rounding hammer.
beautiful job Liam !!
You do a lot of work with minimal equipment, bro.
Enjoyed the video and all you send out.
you make it look so easy Liam very well done
The handle alone is beautiful! Can't believe that these are not for order.
Very nice looking hammer.
You are an artist.
Beautiful looking hammer and i like the ergonomic handle.
Would love to see a collaboration between you and Alec Steele some day. Keep up the great work!
Your videos get better all the time. Nice hammer.
Awesome hammer. You make it look easy
Great video and nice hammer. Some of the steps were a little tough to follow but it is not a how to video so its not a problem.
Ok, I put in my order for a trapper. Love your stuff!
Love the video i hope to see more side projects in the future. I think you are a very skilled blacksmith. Maybe forge a draw blade since you make your own custom handles. If your draw blade every gives you any issues. I would love to see a video of a draw blade forge from start to finish.
I always stick it out till the end, great looking hammer.
Liam .. Love the hammers .Excellent work
If you do upgrade to a bigger shop you would do well to add those to your product lineup. That is a very nice hammer!
Keep up the great work, Liam. I kinda wish that hammer WAS a regular production item for you; with Alec Steele not putting out many hammers these days, finding a really nice, made-to-order smithing hammer is starting to get tough again... We need more good makers out there, dammit!!!
nice! love your press setup. One tool I should use more
Bravo Maestro super hammer!
I really do admire your skills and videos. And hope to order a good mid sized axe soon from you
Although im leaning toward a hawkbill!! Beautiful axe right there
very nice work you have done yourself proud😎
That’s a beautiful hammer
Love it, looks good
Good stuff Hoff
Sweet hammer!
Very nicely done, Mr. Hoffman. Please don't succumb to the naysayers; your enthusiasm for the craft shows in the quality of the work you do -- especially when you craft something so beautiful for someone simply because he's a friend. Well done...
Fella you may NEVER get much rest with the quality and skill of the work you do! Can't wait to receive my camp axe. BTW nice vise! Is that a Wilton 450?
I agree great close up shots. Could tell what was happening the whole time. What make of grinders are you using?
Nice work Man!! 👍👍👍👍💣💣💣💣
Great job! I dig your music on some of these videos. You should do more with only music playing.
That is an awesome hammer!
Looks great keep it up
You have been given a talent from our Lord, respect it and protect it.
Another owesome video! Make more vids like this one with different projects!
And just a humble advice, use a tripod to film your intros, they will be a lot better to watch!
Thx again for the video!
Hammer of the gods
nice job!!!!
Very nice tool, for me, with a basic forge the handle is a piece if cake, unless a passing plane drops a hydraulic press that lands in in my shed the hammer will have to beaten by muscle and sweat! But yours is nice, one day maybe!
very nice hammer
Wish I was your friend so I could get cool stuff like that.
They may not be for order. But that doesn't change the fact that i want one.
good job!
awesome
Great looking hammer! Do you mostly use 4140 steel for your projects? If so, can you tells us what characteristics you like about that steel? Thanks!
Hi! Do you often get "well, these are not strictly *hand forged* because you use a press" type of feedback from customers? How do you usually respond? I'm asking this because I think people are too hasty to dismiss handcraft as soon as they see any type of aid.
Another awesome hammer! Where did you learn to forge? And where do find the music for your videos?
awesome video what were the dimmensions of the block?
Damn nice sir!
Curious, if you were to sell that as a "one-off" custom hammer, what would it go for roughly? Just to get an idea of the worth of your daily work tools..?
👍👍👍👍
Dude your awesome no doubt about it.
Beautiful hammer. Why would you not make them for sale? They'd be sold out in no time!👍
Beautiful Hammer, What steel did you use?
I think he uses the same steel as what he uses for his axes, which would be (relatively) high carbon steel/chrome alloy
Good chance it’s 1045. Many are built with this steel. Hydraulic cylinder rods.
Nice !!!!
Seems there was a cold shut slowly forming at the cross peen end while drawing it - was it simply ground down or you dealt with it other way?
Beautiful work! I have a question as I’m new.. is their a need to temper after heat treating a hammer? I ask because idk if it can crack or chip while hammering if it’s hardened?
Absolutely, Sir.
You should check out Alec Steele's Baleigh bandsaw.
Nice
Future Liam 😮💥 My mind is blown
Cannot believe you don't have 250k subscribers.
Beautiful hammer . You are very skilled when did you find out you wanted to become an axe,knife maker? Either way you are very good at what you do. Take care
man I would love to get one of those hammers
I may be behind the 8 ball here but how DO you test Bhn on your hammers (hardness)
Cool hammer, ur mate is very lucky
Beautiful hammer man , how much you sell these for ?
How do u harden your hammers?
Good jobb
the music on 1.5 speed sounds like old atari music
Wouldn't mind hearing the shop noises.
Michael W. Lotta beeping and squeaking not much interesting noise
Man make me one please lol!! I would but my anvil is size of a dollar lol!! 👌
Too bad you don`t make them to sell, I`d buy one if you did
I want one
If someone give me an hammer like this i definitly never it something with it ^^ so beautifull
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I'm going to keep liking your videos with the hope you get a better camera with better audio....... sorry I'm not been a bitch troll honest lol you do amazing work I could only dream of doing
IT will ,, crash";)
I thumbs downed the video due to lack of information le. steel type, heat treating etc.
I get dissapointed when I watch your vids.. you seem to have lost passion for smithing and see it as job and treat it as a business not a passion.. everyone is different.. so carry on..
I'm stunned by your comment. Maybe you're telling us who you are.
If you wish to make a living off of it, you have to make it into an awful lot of work, and treat it as a business. But ANYONE who does that much work for as little money as a smith makes, must have a passion for it. Otherwise there are much more lucrative things we could be doing for much less work.
Not everyone is overflowing with enthusiasm like Alec Steele. I've met tired and weary smiths who absolutely still love what they do. I can't speak for Liam, but I don't think he's tired of it yet.
StealHrtVideo if you think that Liam has lost the passion for blacksmithing, you are delusional. The man is nothing but the art of creation from raw steel into perfect axes, amazing knives, and hammers that would stand up to any other hammer. The amount of knowledge and time researching the perfect edge geometry of an axe or what grind on a knife is better for an EDC is incredible. Put that together with with his abilities and knowledge of wood and you have Liam. Does he need to look at things differently now, sure he has a business to run. If he's not producing his products then he's not making a living.
But you're looking for a comment back from him because you are a troll.
Broadus Thompson just watching his hollow vs flat grind knife video test and you'll see his passion. You are correct, he's not like Alec whose making TH-cam videos for a living now. Just because someone isn't smiling every five seconds doesn't make them less passionate about their craft. In the knife test video, you can hear it in his voice when something surprises him. A person can be stoic and still be passionate about their job. I remember watching wranglerstars video when Liam sent him an axe. Besides the obvious care that he packaged his axe to send, I remember the little "pamphlet/booklet" that has his mission statement and it's clear that being able to be a blacksmith full time is not just a job, it's a lifestyle
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