Heart hook - Hook of the Week 21
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- As our scrap bucket gets low we have less material to chose from. For this weeks hook of the week we will make a classic split heart hook from 1/8 x 1/2" stock.
My name is John Switzer, thank you for watching. Black Bear Forge is a small one person shop located in the Southern Colorado Mountains
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I know this video is a few years old, but I want you to know how much I admire how you spread those fish tails and such with the pein side of the hammer. I hope to work up to that level!
I just want to thank you Mr. Switzer for being a constant inspiration and a well of knowledge no matter if it's just a "simple" project or not.
That's a cute Hook John from a tiny piece of steel we usualy throw away...It goes to show you should never waste anything
John love watching the hook of the week. I look forward to it every Sunday morning. So when you run out of material in this bucket let’s find another old beat up bucket that need something done with it.
I counted buckets yesterday, there are 19 more out there
@@BlackBearForge Yay, For 19 more buckets!
Vid production quality is getting better all the time. Love the hook, you make it all look easy :D
Thank you for your vids and sharing your knowledge and experience.
Thank you, I am glad you're enjoying the video improvements.
Hi John,
Been wantin ta blacksmith for years.
I been watchin ya for awhile and started watchin Big Dog and others as per your advice. The more I watch the more I need to buy an anvil. I am trying ta buy a house in Sitka, Alaska. The one we are lookin at has enough lot space ta build a small shop. Maybe I'll get ta ring the anvil soon.
Learnin every day. Thank you!!!
The "hook" series is great. I made a "heart hook" during our local festival yesterday using your technique. It came out very nice the first try....Dave
Very Awesome John ...I need to do some of these as they are for Christmas presents...thank you so much Brother for your time and sharing your talents .....subscribing for life👍👍
Now is certainly the time to be making Christmas gifts.
Thank you John, you are a great inspiration to a lot of people including me. I am a truck driver and I watch all of your videos when I am taking my break and getting loaded. I have learned so much from you and appreciate it so much. You have made me a better blacksmith and I thank you very much for that. Now I am trying to make it as a full time blacksmith here in Michigan. Thank you again sir and god bless
Glad to hear the videos are helping. Drive safe
Where in Michigan are you doing your blacksmithing? I'm a bit south of Lansing myself, I've been trying to make it a point to get out to my shop a few times a week to whack at some metal. Good luck to ya.
You make it look so easy, still catching up on videos this hook would easily sell in the south east . Thanks again
Glad to help
I love it! Two hooks (one narrative, one wall) in one video.
And I've heard of drop forged, but this is a rare occurrence of dropped brushing...
very nice hook john love your hook of the week videos thanks for sharing your knowledge 😊
Super classic project!! Nicely done! Thanks for the video!
You sure hooked me with this video!!!
Love this series hooks are my favorite things to make so useful and can be decorative as well as utilitarian.
I really probably get more than a little overexcited to watch Hook of the Week each week, and this was no exception.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you for the demo and instruction. everyone needs a bunch of these around for gifts.....
I stumbled across your channel one day when the youtube algorithm recommended one your videos to me. Stayed because theres something relaxing about watching things being forged. The videos are great! You got a great craft John keep it up!
Thank you, glad to hear you are enjoying the videos
After you rounded the fingers that became the heart, I'm surprised you didn't just use the scrolling pliers or a small set of scrolling Forks/ jig to do all of the shaping of the heart. I find it easier to keep things symmetrical, but I'm glad to see you showing the work being done over the horn.
Dang , a tiny piece of material and you get that out of it ...with out making a sparkler out of it in the forge ;)
The gas forge can be set at a point where you can't accidentally burn the material.
Ahh, hook of the week. I feel better now 😊👍👍👍👍👍 I always look for it first thing in the morning when I know that it gets released around lunch time in the UK. I guess I'm just being hopeful LOL.
I really enjoy these hooks, don't stop doing them.
I don't have plans to stop anytime soon
Good job! Wife liked the looks of this one. Take care and God bless.
awe, that's gotta be the tiniest cutest set of box jaw tongs I have ever seen! (@8:40)
and really handy too
Another great video John. Thank you for sharing you knowledge. I look forward to your series every Sunday.
Thank you John. Sunday mornings now feel like the Saturday mornings I had as a kid. I look forward to the “Hook of the Week “. Bucket’s looking kind of sparse though. It’s got me feeling a bit anxious.
There are 19 more buckets out by the stock rack, so no worry's. Grab a fresh box of Captin Crunch and enjoy 😀
Great job John, beautifully hooked up again :-)
Good looking and somewhat simple. Great hook for all experience levels.
Good Afternoon , John
As always , your Videos are
Informative and inspiring !
So many ideas come from watching your Videos !
Take Care and Be Safe !
That's really nice. It would look awesome with a forged Scottish Thistle finneal
John. Awesome as always.
Great little hook. I might start my forging with something like this, after a forge nd tongs, that is. It is about time I stop watching only, and start doing.
Thanks for sharing this. It looks so easy when you do it.
I was hooked from the beginning. Gonna need a new bucket of off cuts soon!
If my estimate is correct, I have enough buckets of atuf to last about 10 years
Great hook John, I really like the design and the simplicity of this one!
John, I do not know why it is (it may just be your personality) but I truly enjoy watching you work the metal! I have never been a blacksmith, never even thought of it before and yet I find you channel intriguing.. I have tried other blacksmithing channels and lost interest after two or three videos, but here I find myself looking forward to watch yours.. I am amazed at my intrigue and how much enjoyment I derive from watching you work.. SO thanks for your sharing my friend, carry on and be safe!
I appreciate the comment and I'm glad you're enjoying the videos. You'll be shopping for an anvil before you know it.
@@BlackBearForge that is sooo funny... I was looking at one on craigslist the other day saying. "Heck I can afford this!" EGAD!
Great job on this hook too ! Thanks for sharing with us.
John I thank you very much and I will get at making this nice hook.
YIKES, that bucket is nearly empty, great hook out of that little piece of steel, fantastic
I have more buckets of stuff
You had me at "hook." LOL
Cheers!
Whipple
Of course I enjoyed the video..........its one of yours. Like the ❤ hook, thanks again for this series.
I'm going to build for my wife she treasure anything I make for her.
I did get out to The Quad State in Troy Ohio as a beginner learn alot and got many good supplies and some great prices meet Yamaz also Brian Bazeil ( whom I judge as the best Blacksmit with hammer skills).I will be joining the SOFA.
Thanks for the teaching Sir
Sounds like a good time was had by all
The buckets almost empty! Noooo! Fill it back up!
I love these videos :^)
I have plenty of other buckets
Loving the new intro's John. Very nice
Thanks
I'm hooked!
🐾🔥⚒🎣
Think I’m gonna give this one a go but put a little of my own style into it and twist the tines together where the heart comes together at. I’ve got a large amount of 1/8” x 5/8” x 42” that I picked up at an old job that’s just been sitting around while I’ve been trying to decide what to do with.
As always excellent work John
Hey John, now that you have a heart shaped hook of the week, maybe you should think of making a diamond, spade and club shaped hook of the week to go with the heart shaped hook.
That would be a fun coat rack
Awesome informational educational video experience Y'alls
That is a beautiful hook!
Nice hook.
Cool beans!!
I love hook of he week ,the only thing wrong is I have to wait till Monday in Australia .
Cheers *hoists coffee cup*....thanks much for the comment about not filing on the backstroke.
You've got me wanting to try out some forge work on my own... Just need to convince the wife to let me collect yet another hobby with a large initial funding bill. Also sounds like maybe there have been recent changes to the audio equipment.
Blacksmithing an be addictive, but worth it. No new changes to the audio, same wireless mic I've been using for a year or so.
It doesn't have to be a sharp point at this point but the point is we need some sort of point to turn into two points at a later point.
Right
❤️hook!
Sweet
John, thanks for your great vids. Question, what tool did you modify to get those scroll pliers?
Those are as purchased from Blacksmiths Depot. I think they are made for electricians.
Thanks, I'm on it.
Magnificent Works Bud Would you like to teach us how we makes Swivel For Shotgun In Some Video And Thanks .
Pretty sure you need to forge a new bucket. :)
Nope, that bucket needs to just go. Hopefully over the course of a year or two we can clear out most of the old buckets.
What brand of marking pen are you using? Could you include a link to buy them. Thank you we enjoy your videos so much!
Its a Markall silver welders pencil.
I like the way the punched holes look countersunk was that done purposely or did it just happen. Thx ....Paul.
It wasn't intentional, but because the material bulges out in the back when punching it worked out perfect when it was flattened again.
ok girls and boys he is back :)
Was I gone?
@@BlackBearForge well for 3 days. i think you mining for gold with your holder
I got one of those
but different
How does that slider bar for the camera work? Does it auto adjust?
It has programmable motors that are controlled from a cell phone app
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I am a blacksmith I have a great anvil
I know it's the Hook of the week but, Have you made 3 tined forks?
I haven't but I have thought about it
Could the heart have been done faster with scrolling tongs?
I mean just straight away with out using a bickern or or the horn of your anvil.
Just a matter of preference, I doubt it would be any faster. But try both out and see how it goes
Made one a month ago, but my heart scrolls were smaller. I made it using the bickern I made from a rail-spike (the hardie hole on my small 53 lbs. Fisher-Norris anvil cast in 1904 is 5/8ths of an inch. Rail-spikes are conveniently 5/8ths of an inch for shank dimensions.)