GIVEAWAY INFO! THE WINNER IS: @berndnolte7867 . Unfortunately He or She did not respond so the new winner is: @AlasdairMuckart The giveaway will end DECEMBER 13th and the winner will be announced in THIS comment. If you re the winner and you don't reach out to me in seven days, I will pick another winner. Subscribe to my channel and leave a comment to enter the giveaway. Please check back december 13th to see if you are the winner, you have no idea how many people have won before but have not bothered to check. Important! Be wary of scammers, I have caught a few of them impersonating me, trying to trick people inte to contacting them. Always check back to this comment to see if the winner has been announced. Another thing to look carefully at is the name tag of the person writing. mine is "@nilsogren" , they usually have weird tags promting people to reach out via telegram or so. DONT engage with them. Thank you for watching! /Nils
I've been using your beginner's guide to axe forging to work on an axe of my own, on the jankiest diy forge to ever exist, and I’ve been having a lot of fun. Really cool videos, man.
I am a blacksmith just starting my journey into the craft and I was finally able to get to my local blacksmith group conference this past weekend. Since meeting the group I've been invited to several hammer in days at some of the smiths shops and trying to make an axe like some of yours is on my list of projects along with a hammer and the necessary tooling to make it all! I truly appreciate the work you do with your videos that inspire people to put their skills to the test. The hard part is deciding what to work on first! Godspeed to you and yours!
I really enjoyed this video, and I love the process from beginning to end. It is an immense amount of work. I am a retired shipbuilder and welder, and have always wanted to try something like this, but because I am living on Social Security, and have very limited funds, I am not able to afford any of the materials or equipment. I live vicariously through watching videos like this. I am an avid hiker and camper, and make due with the bare necessities, and would love to have such a treasure to remind me of the hard work involved in the process, and to eventually pass on to my son. Thank you for sharing your talent with us; your work and craft is much appreciated!
Best axe maker on youtube imo, watching your journey from amateur to the prime example of a humble blacksmith mastering his niche and being recognized for it has been a pleasure, keep it up my good man
You're videos have helped me a lot in my journey to make my own axe. I'm amased at how efficient you are with your material. I usually end up with a small hatchet using the amount of steel you use.
Ive been watching your videos as well as other axe/tool smiths. Its helpful seeing everyones techniques, tools, and styles. Ive one hatchet so far using a drift i forge and borrowed tooling. Im working on making my own tooling currently. Your videos and axes are great, keep up the great work.
Those axes are awesome! I like working in small batches like you showed here. I make knives in batches of 4-5. It helps with productivity as I can get a batch of knives done and it doesn't take too much longer than doing one knife by itself. Thank you for sharing your craft!
Another fascinating video. I'm not a blacksmith (I work with wood, mostly), but I love watching the process of forming a block of metal into something useful and beautiful. Keep up the good work!
I really enjoy watching your videos. There are so many on TH-cam at the other end of the skill and experience spectrum, it's great to watch someone make a plan and execute it four times with close similarity in the product. I make backpacking equipment and only have made single items at a time, but since I'm recently retired I envision doing small runs of my backpacks. I've tried my hand at making knives and it's been fun and somewhat successful so far. Forging an axe head is a whole different world though. The amount of steel that has to be handled is pretty daunting. Anyway, it's fun to see you make it work and because I use an axe quite a lot, spoon carving I'd appreciate being added to the list of hopeful owners of one of one of your axes.
Really nice to see someone flourishing in his purpose with great passion. I like that you make all sorts of axes and don't bother to try new methods and axe styles. keep it up.
Very good and detailed construction. Very beautiful axes. Congratulations. I have not tried in practice an axe like the ones you made and I cannot be sure if my comments that I write to you are correct. Having worked for many years with Greek axes, I find that the handle of the axes you made is small. I believe that with a longer handle the axes would be easier to use. Also, the hole of the axe is narrow and the handle at this point is weak with a risk of breaking. In the axes we have in Greece, the handle is longer. The hole of the axe is considerably wider. The handle is straight, narrower on the operator's side and a little wider on the axe side. It passes through the hole upside down, that is, it first passes the narrowest part until it reaches the other end, which, because it is wider, the handle cannot come out. The handle is made of a straight piece of wood a little wider than the hole of the axe, which is processed to adapt to the axe. The curves in the handle cut the "wood grain" of the wood, reducing its strength. With such a construction, no wedge is needed and the handle is stronger along its entire length and even more so at the end where the axe is located and receives the greatest forces.
I enjoyed the video. I appreciate that you show both hand forging and power forging techniques in your videos. Also, I'm with you on the small batch vs large batch thing. I forge knives, and making more than a half dozen blade at a time turns into a chore.
Amazing content as always. I love how your videos are easy to follow and self-explanatory. A voiceover isn't normally necessary because you do such a good job of explaining through the video what's being done and why.
Not sure why the algorithm recommended your video, but quite glad it did. Video made perfect sense and if the only thing you did to help the shape up until you went to the grinder to get them ready for heat treat was take that top bump off, major props to you. I only really watch one other black smith as to me forging something to a very rough shape and then using the grinder to do the majority of the work shows a lack of real skill, something you definitely do not lack. Would love to get one of these axes, think it would work well for the task I would use it for as a hand tool only wood worker looking to take it a step further and start splitting my own logs and then trimming them down etc., sadly all we have available here are crappy mass produced, not well balanced tools.
Hi Nils! Thank you for the effort you put into this exhausting work, to do good quality things and for the information you share with us, through the effort you put into making the beautiful videos! You do an excellent job! The axe would be excellent for my outings in nature / outdoors / bushcraft! It would be a great piece in my survival/outing kit! Greetings from Romania! P.S. - I hope this is not a problem / this distance between us! Good luck in what you do, many thanks and encouragement! I greet you and keep it up! Success👌🙏👏🪓🪓🪓💯🔝🤝
I love your Axes, You have inspired me to try forging my own axes.I am trying to make one out of wrought Iron for my Viking age toolkit. Stay safe See you soon!!!
Hello Nils, you have completed a beautiful blacksmithing work. I wish you and the whole cuddly community a Merry Christmas and all the best for the new year!
Absolutly beautiful craftsmanship! As I am wanting to get into knife an axe making, watching your content is so inspiring! hopefully I will be able to afford a forge and anvil at some point, until then, I get to watch your amazing work!
Thank you for what you do: Your videos have not moved much forward in your own handmade forged axes. Thank you in what you do and please continue to beautify. Good luck
Hello! I am just recently getting into my blacksmithing journey with humble tools. Your videos are extremely helpful to learning how absolutely versatile this art is
Just bought a small $12 axe from Harbor Freight, doing some stock removal and decorative engraving on the head/handle - Just as I started working on it I see the notification that you posted 😊 perfect time for some inspiration!
I'm learning all I can about blacksmithing and use this channel a lot for reference and techniques. This was a great video as well because I always wondered about multiple axes from a billet. Thanks and keep them coming!
Very neat to see this. It’s a good illustration of how machines can speed up certain stages but they can’t replace a smith knowing what they’re doing.
หลายเดือนก่อน
Hey the old winner never responded. If you want it, send me an email at nils@nilsogren.com also double check the pinned comment to see that you actually won!
Hello Nils, love your videos. I have never worked with steel, but watching you makes me want to try my hand at it! I am a hand tool woodworker and love hand forged tools. Hankering to try my hand at axe carving. Keep up the good work! Seth
NIls, thank you for your videos and for sharing your passion! I've been a fan for a long time and I've watched all your videos and tried some of your techniques but not nearly as successfully as you.
Thanks Nils for sharing what you do....I've been making knives for a while now including the other great chopper the Kukri at the forge but age has caught up to me and so smaller knives like the scandi kind are on my bench...thanks again Bill Armstrong/ Aspenforge/SW Colorado
I just got my anvil stand and anvil set back up yesterday. Looking forward to trying your folded axe technique though the forge welding still worries me some. Awesome videos!
Its always impressive to see you build one project - still fascinated at how build up the blade from a chonky piece of metal. Seeing you build four at a time sounds like quite the challenge. Very cool video!
Wonderfully crafted as always! Lets hope i can add it to my collection. I’ll make sure to check back here dec 15 and make sure I have some leather at hand for a shoulder cover and axe head mask
Great videos! As a beginner in the blacksmithing world, your videos show a great wealth of knowledge and provide a huge source of information. Keep up the awesome work. I can’t wait to win one of these axes!
Another great video... thank you Nils What is great about these videos is that, while using power tools for batch production is fairly necessary for economic working, you have already shown us how to achieve the same results working with just hand tools. Keep up the good work my friend !
Great video - and interesting take on making items in batches. I'm still a beginner, but am now skilled enough to make several small punches at a time. Very handy for my upcoming project, which will need holes in different sizes and shapes. Would be so happy to win the axe - whoever does is lucky! They're beautiful!
Nils, I've been so impressed with your work for some time now. We certainly plan to up our game on axe making in the forge. I would be honored to have a piece of your craftsmanship in my arsenal of tools.
I could tell for sure. When you were slack belt grinding the edge with your fixture, was your belt running in reverse? Might want to clear that up for safety, for anyone who might not realize the possibility ot catching a belt with the edge...
3 วันที่ผ่านมา
It was slack but not in reverse. Never heard of that happening. Most people I know do it like this, the edge keeps cooler if the belt runs the normal way.
I've blown a belt a couple of time grinding knives like that. Perhaps knife geometry is worse for grabbing than axe geometry. Blew a belt grinding a small Sloyd knife in a fixture, that was exciting! Anyway, I very much enjoy your videos. I like seeing your power tools get use, too. Keep up the great work!
Beautiful work! I have drifted a couple of things by hand. I have a Clay Spencer style power hammer, but it doesn't have enough clearance to use for drifting. While I love my power hammer, if I had it to do over again, I would have gotten a press instead. I like your set-up for drifting.
The only blade I've made is for a Travisher, a chairmaking tool which I couldn't afford. Good fun, and really pleasing to use a tool that I've made myself. Lovely axes!
Beautiful work as always mate, precision and economy of effort shining through. Great skills. Always look forward to seeing your next project posted and please keep them coming. I would love to own one of your creations. All the best.
Beautiful work! I use axes in my workshop for various woodworking tasks. A smaller axe like one of these will be used for carving and getting rid of excess wood fast. It is a very effective tool in a hand tool oriented workshop. Unfortunately, we are very limited in the choice of available tools in South Africa. Owning a hand made tool like one of your axes is just a little too out of reach. Nevertheless we can still watch you creating your beautiful works of art!
Tack för en bra video som vanligt !!!! Jag gillar hur du gör dina yxor , dom ser robusta ut . Det ser bra ut med lite glödskal kvar och inte någon lackad som de billigare sorten man kan köpa lite här och var. Gillar det !!! In English Thanks for a great video as usual!!!! I like the way you make your axes, they look robust. It looks good with a little glow shell left and not some sanded or clean and varnished like the cheaper kind you can buy here and there. Like it!!! Great jobb Nils !!!
Love watching the process. Your axes are beautiful and your skills are superb. I love seeing the special tools and jigs you’ve made. I would love to win one of those axes.
Great video! Especially liked when you put the forging up to your drawing on the anvil and it matched so well. Thanks for taking the time to produce these videos. I have been watching your videos since you started and can tell you are becoming a master at your craft. Your dedication has paid off.
Do you find you have more consistency in finished shape/dimensions/weight in the axes forged in a batch like this, versus making them one after the other?
Absolutely amazing work, Nils! The craftsmanship and dedication you put into each axe is truly inspiring. I’ve been following your journey for a while. Keep up the incredible work - you're a true master of your craft. Would be honored to win one of these axes! 🙌🔨
I hope you'll eventually get into more decorative axes. The one with the cross was really neat. I understand that the skill level and, especially, fabrication time goes up dramatically when you start getting into damascus patterns and complicated shapes, but it's just so eyegasmic to watch.
Hey, I would absolutely love to introduce that nice axe to my two Gränsfors axes! Got a small off grid cottage in Småland, will be going there for a week over Christmas to do absolutely "nothing" - which means cutting firewood, felling some trees and feed the birds. Tranquility calls! (Might even bother to finally put something up on my own channel, who knows?!) Hallå, det vore fantastiskt kul att få introducera den där fina yxan till mina Gränsfors-yxor. Har ett strömlöst torp I Småland, och kommer åka dit över jul i avsikt att göra absolut ingenting alls - dvs hugga ved, fälla några träd och mata småfåglarna. Lugnet lockar!
Interesting take on how to balance the personal nature of these projects and how to maximize output or be efficient. It would be interesting to also see how you develop your specialty items to assit in the process.
I loved watching this video!! Especially loved seeing you use files and rasps on your axe heads, it helps those curves and contours stand out so much better! Hey by the way, if you don't mind, what type of solution are you using to finish your axe handles? They look fabulous! Best regards. Elisha White
I'll take a chance :) I live a little far away, but I make axes that shepherds used to carry. I'm a Hutsul, maybe you don't know where that is. It's the west of Ukraine, in the Carpathian mountains. It's nice that this matter brings us closer ;) I want it to be easier to forge and give more heat to the furnace!
always interesting to see small-batch production rather than one-offs, the tooling setups and efficiencies, but not at the industrial scale that I usually see as an engineer, which tend to be rather... impersonal
The axes came out great. I'm a blacksmith and I've made most of my own tools... never made an axe though.. I'm building up the courage to try one of these days. Your videos are wonderful to watch and are very inspirational. Cheers!
Love that drift you built isn't quite right but I'm improving and partly because you're teaching us. Thanks again and pull me for the drawing,( fair play is cool)
I have never made more than one of something as I have been at the forge, but I can see that it would have numerous benefits. Twice as much practice and two chances at creating something great. Thanks, Nils!
หลายเดือนก่อน
In this case it's primarily for making money. If I only were to make one and sell it that would never work as a business. However If I make more and practice my methods so that my speed is better, all of a sudden I make similar to a carpenter. good stuff
Beautiful job as always :) I come from a city that was once famous for blacksmithing. But now all that's left is the internet to see the blacksmith's work. Thanks for that :D
GIVEAWAY INFO!
THE WINNER IS:
@berndnolte7867 . Unfortunately He or She did not respond so the new winner is: @AlasdairMuckart
The giveaway will end DECEMBER 13th and the winner will be announced in THIS comment.
If you re the winner and you don't reach out to me in seven days, I will pick another winner.
Subscribe to my channel and leave a comment to enter the giveaway.
Please check back december 13th to see if you are the winner, you have no idea how many people have won before but have not bothered to check.
Important! Be wary of scammers, I have caught a few of them impersonating me, trying to trick people inte to contacting them. Always check back to this comment to see if the winner has been announced. Another thing to look carefully at is the name tag of the person writing. mine is "@nilsogren" , they usually have weird tags promting people to reach out via telegram or so. DONT engage with them.
Thank you for watching!
/Nils
Great and interesting content as always! You should consider making a blooper real.. I bet things can get rather spicy with that powerhammer!
July 15th?
July 15?
Ähh, jag hoppas på att vinna .
Nice axes!
I better keep checking then.
I've been using your beginner's guide to axe forging to work on an axe of my own, on the jankiest diy forge to ever exist, and I’ve been having a lot of fun. Really cool videos, man.
I am a blacksmith just starting my journey into the craft and I was finally able to get to my local blacksmith group conference this past weekend. Since meeting the group I've been invited to several hammer in days at some of the smiths shops and trying to make an axe like some of yours is on my list of projects along with a hammer and the necessary tooling to make it all! I truly appreciate the work you do with your videos that inspire people to put their skills to the test. The hard part is deciding what to work on first! Godspeed to you and yours!
I really enjoyed this video, and I love the process from beginning to end. It is an immense amount of work. I am a retired shipbuilder and welder, and have always wanted to try something like this, but because I am living on Social Security, and have very limited funds, I am not able to afford any of the materials or equipment. I live vicariously through watching videos like this. I am an avid hiker and camper, and make due with the bare necessities, and would love to have such a treasure to remind me of the hard work involved in the process, and to eventually pass on to my son. Thank you for sharing your talent with us; your work and craft is much appreciated!
Best axe maker on youtube imo, watching your journey from amateur to the prime example of a humble blacksmith mastering his niche and being recognized for it has been a pleasure, keep it up my good man
You're videos have helped me a lot in my journey to make my own axe. I'm amased at how efficient you are with your material. I usually end up with a small hatchet using the amount of steel you use.
Ive been watching your videos as well as other axe/tool smiths. Its helpful seeing everyones techniques, tools, and styles. Ive one hatchet so far using a drift i forge and borrowed tooling. Im working on making my own tooling currently. Your videos and axes are great, keep up the great work.
Those axes are awesome! I like working in small batches like you showed here. I make knives in batches of 4-5. It helps with productivity as I can get a batch of knives done and it doesn't take too much longer than doing one knife by itself. Thank you for sharing your craft!
Another fascinating video. I'm not a blacksmith (I work with wood, mostly), but I love watching the process of forming a block of metal into something useful and beautiful. Keep up the good work!
I really enjoy watching your videos. There are so many on TH-cam at the other end of the skill and experience spectrum, it's great to watch someone make a plan and execute it four times with close similarity in the product. I make backpacking equipment and only have made single items at a time, but since I'm recently retired I envision doing small runs of my backpacks. I've tried my hand at making knives and it's been fun and somewhat successful so far. Forging an axe head is a whole different world though. The amount of steel that has to be handled is pretty daunting. Anyway, it's fun to see you make it work and because I use an axe quite a lot, spoon carving I'd appreciate being added to the list of hopeful owners of one of one of your axes.
Really nice to see someone flourishing in his purpose with great passion. I like that you make all sorts of axes and don't bother to try new methods and axe styles. keep it up.
Beautiful work Nils! Thank you for sharing.
Very good and detailed construction. Very beautiful axes. Congratulations.
I have not tried in practice an axe like the ones you made and I cannot be sure if my comments that I write to you are correct.
Having worked for many years with Greek axes, I find that the handle of the axes you made is small. I believe that with a longer handle the axes would be easier to use.
Also, the hole of the axe is narrow and the handle at this point is weak with a risk of breaking.
In the axes we have in Greece, the handle is longer. The hole of the axe is considerably wider. The handle is straight, narrower on the operator's side and a little wider on the axe side. It passes through the hole upside down, that is, it first passes the narrowest part until it reaches the other end, which, because it is wider, the handle cannot come out.
The handle is made of a straight piece of wood a little wider than the hole of the axe, which is processed to adapt to the axe. The curves in the handle cut the "wood grain" of the wood, reducing its strength.
With such a construction, no wedge is needed and the handle is stronger along its entire length and even more so at the end where the axe is located and receives the greatest forces.
I'm almost finished restoring a small hatchet for myself, but my father would certainly love an axe for some of his woodworking projects!
I enjoyed the video. I appreciate that you show both hand forging and power forging techniques in your videos.
Also, I'm with you on the small batch vs large batch thing. I forge knives, and making more than a half dozen blade at a time turns into a chore.
I love the beveling jig for the grinder. That is great! Also, I really enjoyed watching you haft the axe.
Amazing content as always. I love how your videos are easy to follow and self-explanatory. A voiceover isn't normally necessary because you do such a good job of explaining through the video what's being done and why.
Always enjoy watching a craftsman work.
Not sure why the algorithm recommended your video, but quite glad it did. Video made perfect sense and if the only thing you did to help the shape up until you went to the grinder to get them ready for heat treat was take that top bump off, major props to you. I only really watch one other black smith as to me forging something to a very rough shape and then using the grinder to do the majority of the work shows a lack of real skill, something you definitely do not lack. Would love to get one of these axes, think it would work well for the task I would use it for as a hand tool only wood worker looking to take it a step further and start splitting my own logs and then trimming them down etc., sadly all we have available here are crappy mass produced, not well balanced tools.
Hi Nils! Thank you for the effort you put into this exhausting work, to do good quality things and for the information you share with us, through the effort you put into making the beautiful videos! You do an excellent job! The axe would be excellent for my outings in nature / outdoors / bushcraft! It would be a great piece in my survival/outing kit! Greetings from Romania! P.S. - I hope this is not a problem / this distance between us! Good luck in what you do, many thanks and encouragement! I greet you and keep it up! Success👌🙏👏🪓🪓🪓💯🔝🤝
I love your Axes, You have inspired me to try forging my own axes.I am trying to make one out of wrought Iron for my Viking age toolkit. Stay safe See you soon!!!
Hello Nils, you have completed a beautiful blacksmithing work. I wish you and the whole cuddly community a Merry Christmas and all the best for the new year!
Absolutly beautiful craftsmanship! As I am wanting to get into knife an axe making, watching your content is so inspiring! hopefully I will be able to afford a forge and anvil at some point, until then, I get to watch your amazing work!
Thank you for what you do: Your videos have not moved much forward in your own handmade forged axes. Thank you in what you do and please continue to beautify. Good luck
Hello! I am just recently getting into my blacksmithing journey with humble tools. Your videos are extremely helpful to learning how absolutely versatile this art is
Awesome content and an inspiration for many aspiring blacksmiths! Especially the axes you make without any large tools. Keep them coming!
An inspiration to craftsmen everywhere! Demonstration of technique is always appreciated
Just bought a small $12 axe from Harbor Freight, doing some stock removal and decorative engraving on the head/handle -
Just as I started working on it I see the notification that you posted 😊 perfect time for some inspiration!
Id love to have one of those axes, i work alot with greenwood. This axe would be a great addition to my collection
I'm learning all I can about blacksmithing and use this channel a lot for reference and techniques. This was a great video as well because I always wondered about multiple axes from a billet. Thanks and keep them coming!
Glad I can help :)
Very neat to see this. It’s a good illustration of how machines can speed up certain stages but they can’t replace a smith knowing what they’re doing.
Hey the old winner never responded. If you want it, send me an email at nils@nilsogren.com
also double check the pinned comment to see that you actually won!
OMG! \o/
Thank you!
Hello Nils, love your videos. I have never worked with steel, but watching you makes me want to try my hand at it! I am a hand tool woodworker and love hand forged tools. Hankering to try my hand at axe carving. Keep up the good work!
Seth
NIls, thank you for your videos and for sharing your passion! I've been a fan for a long time and I've watched all your videos and tried some of your techniques but not nearly as successfully as you.
I collect axes and I would love to add some of your work to my collection!!!!
Very awesome work my friend!!!!
Thanks Nils for sharing what you do....I've been making knives for a while now including the other great chopper the Kukri at the forge but age has caught up to me and so smaller knives like the scandi kind are on my bench...thanks again Bill Armstrong/ Aspenforge/SW Colorado
I just got my anvil stand and anvil set back up yesterday. Looking forward to trying your folded axe technique though the forge welding still worries me some. Awesome videos!
Its always impressive to see you build one project - still fascinated at how build up the blade from a chonky piece of metal. Seeing you build four at a time sounds like quite the challenge. Very cool video!
It was very satisfying to watch you make four axes at once and how each one is almost identical. Very good job.
Wonderfully crafted as always! Lets hope i can add it to my collection. I’ll make sure to check back here dec 15 and make sure I have some leather at hand for a shoulder cover and axe head mask
Great videos! As a beginner in the blacksmithing world, your videos show a great wealth of knowledge and provide a huge source of information. Keep up the awesome work. I can’t wait to win one of these axes!
Another great video... thank you Nils
What is great about these videos is that, while using power tools for batch production is fairly necessary for economic working, you have already shown us how to achieve the same results working with just hand tools. Keep up the good work my friend !
That trick with the pivoting clamp-on bolt is amazingly simple but smart. Fingers crossed to win, i'd be honoured to have a hand-made axe.
Great video - and interesting take on making items in batches. I'm still a beginner, but am now skilled enough to make several small punches at a time. Very handy for my upcoming project, which will need holes in different sizes and shapes.
Would be so happy to win the axe - whoever does is lucky! They're beautiful!
As always a real treat to watch your videos and craft. Nice touch with the powder charcoal in the snusdosa a new taste. Keep on the great work Nils.
Nils, I've been so impressed with your work for some time now. We certainly plan to up our game on axe making in the forge. I would be honored to have a piece of your craftsmanship in my arsenal of tools.
I love watching blacksmithing channels, and Nils has a very unique style that I really appreciate. Winning one of his axes would be awesome.
Some of the best videos for an amateur blacksmith as myself. Nice with details on steel and dimensions.
I could tell for sure. When you were slack belt grinding the edge with your fixture, was your belt running in reverse? Might want to clear that up for safety, for anyone who might not realize the possibility ot catching a belt with the edge...
It was slack but not in reverse. Never heard of that happening. Most people I know do it like this, the edge keeps cooler if the belt runs the normal way.
I've blown a belt a couple of time grinding knives like that. Perhaps knife geometry is worse for grabbing than axe geometry. Blew a belt grinding a small Sloyd knife in a fixture, that was exciting! Anyway, I very much enjoy your videos. I like seeing your power tools get use, too. Keep up the great work!
Thank you Niles, for all the different techniques you share, It’s always fun and educational watching you make axes.
Beautiful work! I have drifted a couple of things by hand. I have a Clay Spencer style power hammer, but it doesn't have enough clearance to use for drifting. While I love my power hammer, if I had it to do over again, I would have gotten a press instead. I like your set-up for drifting.
The only blade I've made is for a Travisher, a chairmaking tool which I couldn't afford. Good fun, and really pleasing to use a tool that I've made myself. Lovely axes!
So clean forging! Beautiful axes 👌 Very inspiring! 😃
Beautiful work, I hope to make an axe like that one day. What is the weight of the finished axe head?
Outstanding work as always. Thank you for taking the time to document the entire process. You are a true craftsman!
Beautiful work as always mate, precision and economy of effort shining through. Great skills. Always look forward to seeing your next project posted and please keep them coming. I would love to own one of your creations. All the best.
Incredible work! I've been contemplating for some time now getting started in blacksmithing. Your instructional videos are gonna be a big help 👍
Beautiful work! I use axes in my workshop for various woodworking tasks. A smaller axe like one of these will be used for carving and getting rid of excess wood fast. It is a very effective tool in a hand tool oriented workshop. Unfortunately, we are very limited in the choice of available tools in South Africa. Owning a hand made tool like one of your axes is just a little too out of reach. Nevertheless we can still watch you creating your beautiful works of art!
Your axes and your work are beautiful, thank you for teach us more about the world of blacksmithing of axes!
Tack för en bra video som vanligt !!!!
Jag gillar hur du gör dina yxor , dom ser robusta ut . Det ser bra ut med lite glödskal kvar och inte någon lackad som de billigare sorten man kan köpa lite här och var. Gillar det !!!
In English Thanks for a great video as usual!!!!
I like the way you make your axes, they look robust. It looks good with a little glow shell left and not some sanded or clean and varnished like the cheaper kind you can buy here and there. Like it!!! Great jobb Nils !!!
Love seeing this beautiful craftsmanship. I'm getting into a viking cosplay recently and I still need a nice rustic axe to go along with it.
Very nice looking axes. Most of the other smiths make knives. Nice to see someone making something else.
Awesome video. Stumbled across your channel and really enjoyed everything about your forging technique.
Love watching the process. Your axes are beautiful and your skills are superb. I love seeing the special tools and jigs you’ve made. I would love to win one of those axes.
Great video! Especially liked when you put the forging up to your drawing on the anvil and it matched so well.
Thanks for taking the time to produce these videos. I have been watching your videos since you started and can tell you are becoming a master at your craft. Your dedication has paid off.
Do you find you have more consistency in finished shape/dimensions/weight in the axes forged in a batch like this, versus making them one after the other?
Absolutely amazing work, Nils! The craftsmanship and dedication you put into each axe is truly inspiring. I’ve been following your journey for a while. Keep up the incredible work - you're a true master of your craft. Would be honored to win one of these axes! 🙌🔨
Awesome axes Nils. You inspired me to start forging axes, just finished my first one. 😊
Beautiful work, Nils, both in front of and behind the camera.
the detail with the charcoal powder to lubricate the punch is nice, ive never seen it before. and as always,these are nice axes.
I hope you'll eventually get into more decorative axes. The one with the cross was really neat. I understand that the skill level and, especially, fabrication time goes up dramatically when you start getting into damascus patterns and complicated shapes, but it's just so eyegasmic to watch.
Field dress any animal. I’ve made hand axes that I use for field dressing cows, elk, deer & chopping wood. No knives. This is a great video.
Hey, I would absolutely love to introduce that nice axe to my two Gränsfors axes! Got a small off grid cottage in Småland, will be going there for a week over Christmas to do absolutely "nothing" - which means cutting firewood, felling some trees and feed the birds. Tranquility calls! (Might even bother to finally put something up on my own channel, who knows?!)
Hallå, det vore fantastiskt kul att få introducera den där fina yxan till mina Gränsfors-yxor. Har ett strömlöst torp I Småland, och kommer åka dit över jul i avsikt att göra absolut ingenting alls - dvs hugga ved, fälla några träd och mata småfåglarna. Lugnet lockar!
This was great from start to finish! It makes me yearn for the day when I would be able to have the space and tools to forge one myself!
Great work man! Really inspiring how you can make 4 axes at the same time, and i hope that one day i can do the same! Keep on doing what you love.
Its always so satisfying to see you work. Thanks for sharing 👍
Interesting take on how to balance the personal nature of these projects and how to maximize output or be efficient. It would be interesting to also see how you develop your specialty items to assit in the process.
Using power tools only for the heavy work but the detailing and the fine forging by hand is cool. Real handmade axes! :)
I loved watching this video!! Especially loved seeing you use files and rasps on your axe heads, it helps those curves and contours stand out so much better!
Hey by the way, if you don't mind, what type of solution are you using to finish your axe handles? They look fabulous!
Best regards.
Elisha White
I like the small batch approach better because I've worked on a factory floor before and its a tough gig for sure! Great vid!
Love it! This has given some great insight! I have been wanting to make Hudson Bay Style axe heads. Thank you very much.
I need to watch more of your beginning videos to figure out how to get started forging. Thanks for the great info!
You are going to like my next video :)
Every time I watch a video of yours I get inspired to clean more space out of my garage to do more forging.
Wow what an amazing work from you, i love to watch your Videos for my own Projects.
Thank you for the Inspiration 👍👍👍👍
The best blacksmithing channel on TH-cam!! Could do with a nice axe 😂. Good luck everyone.
Making one axe alike is easy. Making four axes alike is somewhat harder.
I'll take a chance :)
I live a little far away, but I make axes that shepherds used to carry. I'm a Hutsul, maybe you don't know where that is. It's the west of Ukraine, in the Carpathian mountains.
It's nice that this matter brings us closer ;)
I want it to be easier to forge and give more heat to the furnace!
always interesting to see small-batch production rather than one-offs, the tooling setups and efficiencies, but not at the industrial scale that I usually see as an engineer, which tend to be rather... impersonal
Love to see a proper bearded axe forged. I've got to say you were the best part of Forgecast. Glad to see you doing well!
Very nice axes. You've been a great inspiration and now I'm planning to start forging too.
As always, love your work. I'm 100% with you on the "factory floor". I do this for the variety and the fun! Production work is for the factory!
The axes came out great. I'm a blacksmith and I've made most of my own tools... never made an axe though.. I'm building up the courage to try one of these days. Your videos are wonderful to watch and are very inspirational. Cheers!
Amazing how similar they ended up, takes some insane skill. Keep up the good work!
the amount of perfection and method you add to your work is really astonishing 😮
Beautiful Axe, great craftmanship !! well done!!!
July 15th? Alright - calendar reminder set. 👍🏻
It’s interesting to see your process for small batch production. Great video!
Love that drift you built isn't quite right but I'm improving and partly because you're teaching us.
Thanks again and pull me for the drawing,( fair play is cool)
I have never made more than one of something as I have been at the forge, but I can see that it would have numerous benefits. Twice as much practice and two chances at creating something great. Thanks, Nils!
In this case it's primarily for making money. If I only were to make one and sell it that would never work as a business. However If I make more and practice my methods so that my speed is better, all of a sudden I make similar to a carpenter. good stuff
Beautiful job as always :)
I come from a city that was once famous for blacksmithing.
But now all that's left is the internet to see the blacksmith's work.
Thanks for that :D
I’ve been looking forward to another video. Nice work Nils! Time for another video with
Torbjorn!
Absolutely stunning looking top line another geat video thank you