I don't why anyone would be cutting out when you start talking John. That's a part of your videos that I personally enjoy. You are very informative and the way the you relay information is easy for me to process and understand the first time. I find your flow easy to follow not to mention it usually contains half of the most important requirements for the video, the other would be the forging of course. Thanks again John.
Beautiful work, worthy of a master craftsman, you are a gentleman, a master with your teachings, thank you very much for your videos, I send you greetings from southern Argentina.
After watching several of your videos and some of the ones you recommend, it is not hard to visualize how important the smith was to a community years ago and the mystical properties that went along with his trade. THANKS for sharing!
The ad that popped up before this video started was Scott Wadsworth talking about his blacksmith course he is selling. I really like his videos. Just seemed ironic you are my go to blacksmith teacher on TH-cam, i think you do an amazing job teaching this craft, I appreciate all you do. I’m in the middle of building a post anvil from a Cat D11R axle shaft and am building a propane forge. Thanks for all you have taught me. And also of course keeping an eye out for a real anvil.
I made a poker of 1 inch square with a pineapple twist. I had previously made a poker out of 1/2 square with a nice leaf finial. My wife said it was inadequate for domestic arguments or home defense, so I made the bigger one.
That pineapple twist was taken to a Beatiful finish as a fireplace poker ! Wonderful Job , It is always a blessing to watch you work ! Keep Hammering !
Great video I am learning more everyday that I am at the forge . I am teaching my self. This is something I have always wanted to learn and after having cancer last summer I decided it was time
I friggen love that fuller tool you used early on in the video. It's so simple but so well done. Other fuller tools have too much side to side movement.
Perfect timing as my next project was a fire poker . I have been doing pineapple twist on my railroad spike knives and decided to do something different with pineapple twist . Well Done , Kerr Forge
I always enjoy watching your work. Takes me back to being an apprentice with a knowledgeable journeyman patiently teaching me the skills that years of experience can only bring. Keep up the great work.
This thing turned out so nice. I watched as you worked around some of the aspects being all wonky n thought cant u just straighten that up. Then you explain your process n think...well i woulda broke it off then if ida let my fix it now mindset go. Thats the exact thing that makes your tutalidge so valuable to us new guys. Saves us from so many wrecked projects ive no doubt of that. Thank you for doing these videos Mr.John. Blessings upon u sirSir, Crawford out P.S. got to see Brett McAffee anchor build today. Let him know about your challenge...of course he already knew, but hey at least the people on his channel that didnt know about our little family/community in this corner do now! Maybe it will help out you and alex n roy n the whole bunch.
Mr. Switzer have you ever done a podcast contrasting the methods and uses of the various style of welds? It would be nice to hear your take on when and where and how welds should be used or at least might be best used?
As always you have an honest winner for us John. Many thanks fella ! Curious as to if you ever acid sharpen your rasps and files my friend ? I am always here to the end !
Nevermind you answered in your video dedicated to making this jig (leaf spring in original and mild steel in your new and improved jig) th-cam.com/video/Scn1uSpP4Ig/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=BlackBearForge
Great video as always John and want to let you know that Roy at Christ Center Ironworks sends you a great 👍. Myself a huge THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU AGAIN for your time and hard work📖⛪
Hey John, you should really think about making a Holdfast for punching short stock... and how long did it take you to figure out how to pound out a round shape on a power hammer? Must have taken a lot of practice. Anyhow, always a pleasure watching you work, you make things look easy
A holdfast wouldn't work in this case because the twist must stay off the anvil and would be damaged if clamped between holdfast and anvil. You can see the video on making a holdfasts here th-cam.com/video/1Edt7QGj3fI/w-d-xo.html Figuring out how to forge a round end under the hammer isn't so hard. But it takes lots of practice to get it right without causing other problems.
John I found a 2” hex bar a lot of work to draw down but do you think that it would make a good pineapple twist handle for fire place tools or can you think of something that it would be good for instead of just forging it to another shape? You have more imagination than me on the material I would really love your input love the channel I watch it before anything else when I get home keep up the good work.
2" will be a really big tool handle. But it would look good. If it's something hardenable it would make good tools. I would be tempted to cut it into sections about 3" and stand them up vertically in the press and squish them until the sides start to bulge. Then punch part way with a 3/4" punch to make a candle holder.
@@BlackBearForge I like it $150 is a really good price but can you make it longer its for an out door fire pit thats really big and I have been look for something unique but it would have to be longer. I love you page and have been following for some time and would really like to have a peace from you.
Why do we have the American standard base 12 system? The metric system is base 10, we have 10 digits, fingers, toes. Makes sense. Base 12 came from the Nephilim (giants), listen to all the descriptions of giants around the world, they had several things in common, 6 digits each limb,(where the base 12 American standard came from), 2 rows of teeth, and red-haired.
9/16 roughly 15mm, 1/2 just under 13mm, 5/8 almost perfect 16mm, 11/16 very close 18mm, 3/4 near exact 19mm 3/8 is just over 9.5mm, 7/16 almost perfect 11mm From a blacksmithing POV, close enough. From an mechanics and engineers POV, some of these approximations are too far out of spec. Perfect examples in this range are approximating 3/8 to 10mm and 3/4 to 20mm. Both will result in damaged fasteners and damaged tools.
I don't why anyone would be cutting out when you start talking John. That's a part of your videos that I personally enjoy. You are very informative and the way the you relay information is easy for me to process and understand the first time. I find your flow easy to follow not to mention it usually contains half of the most important requirements for the video, the other would be the forging of course. Thanks again John.
Beautiful work, worthy of a master craftsman, you are a gentleman, a master with your teachings, thank you very much for your videos, I send you greetings from southern Argentina.
After watching several of your videos and some of the ones you recommend, it is not hard to visualize how important the smith was to a community years ago and the mystical properties that went along with his trade. THANKS for sharing!
The ad that popped up before this video started was Scott Wadsworth talking about his blacksmith course he is selling. I really like his videos. Just seemed ironic you are my go to blacksmith teacher on TH-cam, i think you do an amazing job teaching this craft, I appreciate all you do. I’m in the middle of building a post anvil from a Cat D11R axle shaft and am building a propane forge. Thanks for all you have taught me. And also of course keeping an eye out for a real anvil.
I made a poker of 1 inch square with a pineapple twist. I had previously made a poker out of 1/2 square with a nice leaf finial. My wife said it was inadequate for domestic arguments or home defense, so I made the bigger one.
That pineapple twist was taken to a Beatiful finish as a fireplace poker ! Wonderful Job , It is always a blessing to watch you work ! Keep Hammering !
Beautiful work as always mate! I love the "flame" like feel to the poker end.
the length is okay nice work , i like the pineapple twist
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Christian (germany)
Great video I am learning more everyday that I am at the forge . I am teaching my self. This is something I have always wanted to learn and after having cancer last summer I decided it was time
I could watch you work all day long. Thanks for the great video....
Thanks
my teacher learned me to make pineapple twist for my first time on forge ! it's really cool to do !
I friggen love that fuller tool you used early on in the video. It's so simple but so well done. Other fuller tools have too much side to side movement.
This is one of those classic black bear Forge videos I love so much and I love seeing you pull out tools that I recognize from earlier times
I have learned the most through these videos and going through the experience thank you sir for your time and well thought out videos
Another very nice piece. I really like the hook on the end, stylish and not at all plain Jane like the fireplace tool sets that are mass produced.
Always a delight to spend time in your smithy :)
Perfect timing as my next project was a fire poker . I have been doing pineapple twist on my railroad spike knives and decided to do something different with pineapple twist .
Well Done , Kerr Forge
Another gorgeous project, John. I love the Pineapple Twist handle and the sensuous end of the poker. Thank you for the teaching.
Well done! Thank you for taking us along
I always enjoy watching your work. Takes me back to being an apprentice with a knowledgeable journeyman patiently teaching me the skills that years of experience can only bring. Keep up the great work.
Your transitions between heating the work have gotten really smooth... its like magic... orange one moment, lemon yellow on the next strike... nice.
Great video, nice little project. Turned out excellent.
That poker came out great! I love it. 👍👍
Wow! Did that ever turn out nice. Great job John!
That's a great looking poker! The pineapple twist makes a lot of difference compared to a slightly more traditional poker. Really nicely done 👍😊
Looks great John and I loved the video!
This thing turned out so nice. I watched as you worked around some of the aspects being all wonky n thought cant u just straighten that up. Then you explain your process n think...well i woulda broke it off then if ida let my fix it now mindset go. Thats the exact thing that makes your tutalidge so valuable to us new guys. Saves us from so many wrecked projects ive no doubt of that. Thank you for doing these videos Mr.John.
Blessings upon u sirSir,
Crawford out
P.S. got to see Brett McAffee anchor build today. Let him know about your challenge...of course he already knew, but hey at least the people on his channel that didnt know about our little family/community in this corner do now! Maybe it will help out you and alex n roy n the whole bunch.
Cool project. Poker looks beautiful
Good job thanks so much i have lurnt so much from you
Thats a sweet poker my friend nice work
Ok, the other day I did a pineapple twist after watching your video. So now I guess I have to make a fire poker or a steak flipper.
Really like the poker you made
Nice job, from square pineapple to finished product very cool :-)
What a nice poker! Yeah I winced a little when you hit the pineapple twist, been there done that, but mine usually ends up a lot worse ;) Great video.
great video, thanks John
i truly enjoy the way you quieted (took the ring) out of your anvil but probably not as much as you.
That turned out great John!
Great job!
Mr. Switzer have you ever done a podcast contrasting the methods and uses of the various style of welds? It would be nice to hear your take on when and where and how welds should be used or at least might be best used?
I have never done any form of pod cast. But I will think about the topic for a future video.
@@BlackBearForge I meant to say "you tube video" sorry, and thanks for considering it.
Thanks John!
How did you arrange that face in the steel at 1:52?
As always you have an honest winner for us John. Many thanks fella ! Curious as to if you ever acid sharpen your rasps and files my friend ? I am always here to the end !
I tried it once in my acid bath but it didn't make much difference. I think they need to be only slightly dull for the method to work.
@@BlackBearForge I did find Battery acid (hydrochloric) worked far better than sulfuric.
I never knew that clunky and wonky were blacksmithing words
I am always wondering where you get your steel? Amazon is all I've tried and I'm not happy with the quality of that stock.
How wide is your blacksmith's vice in centimeters?
I don't even have a fireplace and I want it lol.
Your fullering jig appears home made, can you tell me what type of steel you used to make it?
Nevermind you answered in your video dedicated to making this jig (leaf spring in original and mild steel in your new and improved jig) th-cam.com/video/Scn1uSpP4Ig/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=BlackBearForge
Thanks for adding to my eucation of the worth of a bat of steel in the right hands
Great video as always John and want to let you know that Roy at Christ Center Ironworks sends you a great 👍. Myself a huge THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU AGAIN for your time and hard work📖⛪
I saw Roys video. Thanks for watching.
I'm interested in where that mallet you used in the last little straightening came from.
It is a rawhide mallet with replaceable heads. Most industrial suppliers sell them. Although this one may have come from Ebay
@@BlackBearForge thanks. I have used rawhide mallets in the past but the replaceable heads seemed more cost effcient than just buying a new mallet
Hey John, you should really think about making a Holdfast for punching short stock... and how long did it take you to figure out how to pound out a round shape on a power hammer? Must have taken a lot of practice. Anyhow, always a pleasure watching you work, you make things look easy
A holdfast wouldn't work in this case because the twist must stay off the anvil and would be damaged if clamped between holdfast and anvil. You can see the video on making a holdfasts here th-cam.com/video/1Edt7QGj3fI/w-d-xo.html Figuring out how to forge a round end under the hammer isn't so hard. But it takes lots of practice to get it right without causing other problems.
how much wood you sell that for
Nice!
How are you turning the piece 360 degrees with tongs in your hand?
Awesome poker!! Would this have been easier to do if you saved the pineapple twist for last?
The twist needs the support of the bar in full size or it would only twist in the thin areas.
Beauty
John I found a 2” hex bar a lot of work to draw down but do you think that it would make a good pineapple twist handle for fire place tools or can you think of something that it would be good for instead of just forging it to another shape? You have more imagination than me on the material I would really love your input love the channel I watch it before anything else when I get home keep up the good work.
2" will be a really big tool handle. But it would look good. If it's something hardenable it would make good tools. I would be tempted to cut it into sections about 3" and stand them up vertically in the press and squish them until the sides start to bulge. Then punch part way with a 3/4" punch to make a candle holder.
Black Bear Forge I will try to send you some then
That would a great. Good video subjects as well. Thanks
I would be interested in buying a poker like this style. Do you sell any of your creations?
This poker is listed for sale in my Etsy shop
@@BlackBearForge I like it $150 is a really good price but can you make it longer its for an out door fire pit thats really big and I have been look for something unique but it would have to be longer. I love you page and have been following for some time and would really like to have a peace from you.
@@dominicfortini6512 shoot me an email and we can discuss making another one switz@mindspring.com
There isn't a link to your Etsy shop. You may get more traffic if you add it.
The link is in the video description with the links to my website and other sites.
@@BlackBearForge I'm blind lol
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Good work. Thanks for the fun and informative video.
is it ok to ask how much you will ask for that
It sold last week for $150
@@BlackBearForge thanks mate always a mystery sometimes on what to charge
Why do we have the American standard base 12 system? The metric system is base 10, we have 10 digits, fingers, toes. Makes sense. Base 12 came from the Nephilim (giants), listen to all the descriptions of giants around the world, they had several things in common, 6 digits each limb,(where the base 12 American standard came from), 2 rows of teeth, and red-haired.
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9/16 roughly 15mm, 1/2 just under 13mm, 5/8 almost perfect 16mm, 11/16 very close 18mm, 3/4 near exact 19mm
3/8 is just over 9.5mm, 7/16 almost perfect 11mm
From a blacksmithing POV, close enough.
From an mechanics and engineers POV, some of these approximations are too far out of spec.
Perfect examples in this range are approximating 3/8 to 10mm and 3/4 to 20mm. Both will result in damaged fasteners and damaged tools.