I tried to forge a viking seax with a mosaic tile weld blade

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  • Not everything turns out the way we'd like. It's easy to only show success on a video, but that isn't real life. Skill and experience comes from many behind the camera failures, but now you get to see what happened with this one.
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  • @brennanxyz
    @brennanxyz หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    The fact that you post everything is hugely inspiring to me. You're a masterful steelsmith and watching the occasional failures is satisfying

    • @FireCreekForge
      @FireCreekForge  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Glad to hear it. That is life sometimes

    • @dedede9664
      @dedede9664 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don't think they are failures. He is experimenting

  • @brysonalden5414
    @brysonalden5414 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I learned a lot from all the problems you faced and dealt with. Mr. Murphy was clearly hanging out in your shop, because I can't imagine much more going wrong. Thanks for the reminder not to buy steel on eBay!

  • @matthewf1979
    @matthewf1979 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I 100% see where you were going with the pattern. Please try it again!
    Probably would want to add an extra 50% more steel off the bat. Those patterns just get eaten up by scale in a hurry.

  • @muellermade
    @muellermade หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I was really excited to see how this was gonna turn out, but this was cool to see the process anyways.

  • @skoitch
    @skoitch หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Love the dust bag on your height gauge! I’m lucky to have a clean room for mine!

  • @BCM1959
    @BCM1959 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I would wonder if every project came out perfect...
    Still better than I could do.
    You do such clean work and it's a pleasure to watch.

  • @dirtfarmer7472
    @dirtfarmer7472 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    You used to talk about what you were doing, not now that’s OK we can see what happens. It’s never a lost effort, you’re always learning.
    Thank you Sir for this opportunity to learn.

    • @paykore45
      @paykore45 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Sometimes when he's either not feeling well, or if he just needs to put out content on his channel he won't accompany the video with a voice over.
      Doesn't happen too often, but it does happen.

    • @dirtfarmer7472
      @dirtfarmer7472 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@paykore45
      That’s fine with me, just different, I’ve watched enough of his videos to understand what he’s doing.

  • @r3ngokuking
    @r3ngokuking หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Man, the frustration was all over your face on the etch. We've all been there.

  • @jeffbrown4382
    @jeffbrown4382 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This was a cup of tea away from being a shurap video, and I mean this as a great compliment. I like watching you forge.

  • @keithpreston1841
    @keithpreston1841 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Loved the ASMR approach.

  • @DONJUILIO
    @DONJUILIO หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I hate that it happened to you, but I'm glad you showed us.

  • @b2bogster
    @b2bogster หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Learning is dang tough sometimes! Love what you do. Can't wait to see what you do next.

    • @FireCreekForge
      @FireCreekForge  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah it can be for sure! Thanks for watching!

  • @wiley979
    @wiley979 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for showing us this. With the prices of materials being so high. The alternate sourced like Ebay, Amazon and the like aren't always reliable. Personally, I'll be giving the bearings I just ordered a quick dip in ferric to help weed out any non 52100 that slip in.

  • @Tenoct91
    @Tenoct91 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Call this one, Spot 😁

  • @donnyflippo2781
    @donnyflippo2781 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Good video, You cutting the steel in half by pushing your hands toward the band saw blade, wow, brace soul you are. Stay safe

  • @TalRohan
    @TalRohan หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I had a horrible feeling one of those non 52100 bearings was going to balls it up somehow.
    IT had promise though the rest of the patterning looked good although the bearings stuffed up the crosses by not compressing much at all...Did you get your money back from the bearing supplier atleast
    Ah thats a rotten shame but all power to your ability to make it work.
    Perhaps a shop knife of shame box where useable knives go to be used for horrible things you wouldn't want to use a good one for.
    Again well done for finishing it ..those weird bearings could do some interesting damascus if you knew they were in there from the start
    Well done and thanks for sharing.

  • @guitarhoarder5426
    @guitarhoarder5426 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Seeing the mistakes is just as entertaining as the successes!

  • @Kuznica_Maria_Leonid
    @Kuznica_Maria_Leonid หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    “Even an adult, experienced monkey sometimes unsuccessfully jumps from a tree” (c) China
    Best regards from Russia

  • @joshschneider9766
    @joshschneider9766 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i bet if you collaborate with a machinist you could mill very detailed pockets into solid stock and then back fill them with a contrasting powder and forge weld. ill bet you could even heat it to welding heats in a ceramics kiln and beat the crap out of it too. I feel like this technical concept has a lot of merit.

    • @JacobE-23
      @JacobE-23 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Seen something like this done on a reproduction wulfbert (probably spelt that wrong). Sword was forged, the lettering was cnc cut into it, then rought iron was used to fill them in. Gave a real nice contrast and made a beautiful sword!

    • @joshschneider9766
      @joshschneider9766 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@JacobE-23 sounds awesome I always did think the pattern welding potential between smiths and machinists was very high.

  • @dominicdwk
    @dominicdwk หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Impressive process, very involved. I felt your pain. Come back to it again.

    • @FireCreekForge
      @FireCreekForge  หลายเดือนก่อน

      I had high hopes! good experience either way.

  • @anonymous-tn6ij
    @anonymous-tn6ij หลายเดือนก่อน

    So liquid molten hot steel would have no separations or the laminations so if you wanna weld steel, you have to get it super hot can’t be pounding on any dark red steel and hoping to laminate it

  • @MASI_forging
    @MASI_forging หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Your work is always impress 👏👏

  • @KevinJohnson-gr4to
    @KevinJohnson-gr4to หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wonder if anyone has ever tried building up welding beads (all one direction, or crisscross), just welding beads and beads, until they had enough material to make a Damascus blade?

    • @joshschneider9766
      @joshschneider9766 หลายเดือนก่อน

      interesting idea. i would imagine it would depend on what filler you use

  • @OGfrenchy1986
    @OGfrenchy1986 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Still awesome you posted the video and made a blade!!! Get back up on the horse and FORGE ON!!! 👊

  • @dmadd4643
    @dmadd4643 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Shame it failed, but I trust you'll...forge ahead. (Ba Dum Tish).
    BTW - any chance at a raindrop one for a future vid? Always loved that pattern...
    Either way, keep up the good work!

  • @est19791
    @est19791 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What rod do you use for welding the blanks?

  • @DJ_Taylor24
    @DJ_Taylor24 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Odd question but what do you do with all the metal from the canisters you cut off your billets?

  • @beb32225
    @beb32225 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    the video is true to the adage "if you don't have anything good to say then don't say anything at all".....also you need an exorcism for the gremlins in your shop...

  • @christianborghi7544
    @christianborghi7544 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I know how you feel , I made a mosaic katana and one of the first welds didn’t take , unfortunately it didn’t show up until it came out of the etch , $200+ down the drain and over 120hrs maybe more

    • @FireCreekForge
      @FireCreekForge  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah it's a big bummer when an extensive project fails!

  • @paullmight42
    @paullmight42 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    there was some angst behind those throws haha...

    • @FireCreekForge
      @FireCreekForge  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Haha, little steel test

  • @GibsonCutlery
    @GibsonCutlery หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Oh man. I can imagine the choice words when you realized what had happened. I'm so sorry man - way to persevere though! Those bearings weren't from one of the "official" suppliers were they? (auction find perhaps?)

    • @FireCreekForge
      @FireCreekForge  หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      A company that sells them on eBay.

    • @FireCreekForge
      @FireCreekForge  หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I just cried a little inside..

    • @GibsonCutlery
      @GibsonCutlery หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@FireCreekForge I can image! Stay strong brother. You've stepped everything you do up by a thousand times this year. Bound to be some roadblocks! Hard times make strong men 👍

  • @hulkthedane7542
    @hulkthedane7542 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Quite an amount of adversity on this one. Good to see, that you still make a video of the process. I wish you better luck next time - hopefully your supplier of bearings labels hus products better, so that you can at least avoid that hurdle.
    ☀️💪👍💪☀️.

    • @FireCreekForge
      @FireCreekForge  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      haha, yep it was sort of doomed from the beginning. I bought 52100 bearings, and they were packaged and labeled as such, and most of the were 52100 obviously. Somehow some others got mixed in before I got them... but oh well.

    • @hulkthedane7542
      @hulkthedane7542 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@FireCreekForge you are such a high spirited man. I tip my har for you 👍

    • @hulkthedane7542
      @hulkthedane7542 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ....hat....... Stupid autocorrect.

  • @ghostdog662
    @ghostdog662 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    When it comes time to remove the metal casing you welded, why don't you cut off the ends with your bandsaw?

    • @jasonharrison25
      @jasonharrison25 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Hard on the blade. He often cuts them open while they are still hot. Heat will kill the bandsaw blade. Or he has to wait for it to cool and thus loose valuable time. Then there is the scale that will wear down the teeth faster too. Probably cheaper the way he does it

  • @ryanblystone5153
    @ryanblystone5153 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you

  • @cgmsg1
    @cgmsg1 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Well Damn!

  • @Vikingwerk
    @Vikingwerk หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Well that had to be frustrating.

  • @philsturgill3435
    @philsturgill3435 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Looks more like a warncliff or sheep foot blade to me, but I’m no expert.

  • @breakawaybooks4752
    @breakawaybooks4752 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Seax's were a product of circumstance when a sword broke. Rather than completely toss it out a large knife was often made from what was left behind, and though I'm not saying that this would be a good idea for a finished commercial product, forging a short sword then breaking it on purpose, and THEN crafting a seax from it would tell this weapon's full story.

    • @FireCreekForge
      @FireCreekForge  หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Interesting

    • @DH-xw6jp
      @DH-xw6jp หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Not at all.
      The handle construction is radically different. The seax (or sea ax) has always been a heavy utility knife, not a broken sword.

    • @breedlofam
      @breedlofam หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​@@DH-xw6jpagreed, it's a theory, but no proof. Most swords of the age had two sides and the seax is a wide knife. Kinda hard to cut a spine for a knife from a double edged sword.
      The Britains did have broken back long seax's though and it was unique to them. 24-30 inches and is likely where the confusion lies with people thinking they were made from broken swords.

    • @giodavid991
      @giodavid991 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      This is totally false

    • @giodavid991
      @giodavid991 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@breedlofam long saxes are not just an anglo-saxon thing at all. Merovingians, alamannians and langobards had them before and were way more widespread, as well as scandinavian long knives (even though they are not really considered seaxes)

  • @Mossyrock6
    @Mossyrock6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What boots are you wearing?

  • @Echowhiskeyone
    @Echowhiskeyone หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    These things happen. That is how we learn. The next one will be better.

    • @FireCreekForge
      @FireCreekForge  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hard won experience!

  • @jd.prestage
    @jd.prestage หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Many of us appreciate you shielding the welding flash

    • @MattDavey68
      @MattDavey68 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Why? Can't hurt you on a computer. lol

  • @paykore45
    @paykore45 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What a curmudgeonly little blade, it really did not want to be, did it?

  • @telecatsermaster
    @telecatsermaster หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Sander bite on your thumb knuckle…. Im a welder and i wear my work as well

  • @michealdelaura1853
    @michealdelaura1853 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Why don't you do voice over anymore?

    • @FireCreekForge
      @FireCreekForge  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Trying some new things because views and especially new subscribers have been way down over the last 6 months- year.

    • @GaisaSanktejo
      @GaisaSanktejo หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@FireCreekForge blame the ever increasing glut of voiced manga (and other) "real life" tales flooding youtube friend, those of us hardcore watchers will always follow true artists like you

    • @DH-xw6jp
      @DH-xw6jp หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@GaisaSanktejoare you really blaming comic books for the lower view count of a bladesmith?
      Really?

    • @GaisaSanktejo
      @GaisaSanktejo หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@DH-xw6jp more like the glut of comic vids flooding TH-cams algorithm make finding anything useful or interesting a real chore without deliberately searching for something...
      I don't know when it started for me, but I've blocked hundreds of revenge tale, comic vid and more channels, but for every one I block, it seems five more appear 😭🤬

    • @Clydes.Shop78
      @Clydes.Shop78 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@FireCreekForge Need some verbal from you. I enjoy hearing your thoughts.

  • @ClenioBuilder
    @ClenioBuilder หลายเดือนก่อน

    👏👏👏🤜🤛

  • @TobaccoTooling
    @TobaccoTooling หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Why do you always stick weld stuff? You’d be much better off with the tig process. On the knife steel that is, not the canister.

    • @rholdphoto
      @rholdphoto หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      If it works for him, it works.

  • @TeamStevers
    @TeamStevers หลายเดือนก่อน

    Disconnect mic from table. Makes sound so bad

  • @user-ls4oq8wr8r
    @user-ls4oq8wr8r หลายเดือนก่อน

    Не понял для чего столько геморроя? Сделать дамаск и приварить к нему лезвие, это верх извращения. Не проще сразу сделать дамаск который будет резать?

  • @arynnightshade7164
    @arynnightshade7164 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I never understood Christians and the cross thing. It's a torture device. Why would you worship a torture device? Kind of odd if you ask me...

    • @FireCreekForge
      @FireCreekForge  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Good question. But actually we don't worship the cross, we worship the one who died on it.

  • @NortheR2301
    @NortheR2301 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Seriously? A viking seax with a christin cross pattern?

    • @jacobkoen8994
      @jacobkoen8994 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well they did technically “convert to Christianity” eventually.

    • @FireCreekForge
      @FireCreekForge  หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Well the Ulfberht sword has crosses on it, so I don't think it's too far out of the realm of possibility. But I'm not claiming to try and make an historical replica or anything.

    • @minnesotatomcat
      @minnesotatomcat หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      A cross doesn’t necessarily mean Christianity or religion, the nazi swastika symbol was used by many groups of people to signify different things, it was just the nazis that made it notorious.

    • @DH-xw6jp
      @DH-xw6jp หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You know they converted, right?

  • @JohnSmith-gs4lw
    @JohnSmith-gs4lw หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Weren’t Vikings Godless pagans?

    • @FireCreekForge
      @FireCreekForge  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yep

    • @catch22fishing65
      @catch22fishing65 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      To be pagan means you have many gods. They had Odin and Thor and Loki and Freya just to name a few. So how can they be godless when they had more gods than the monotheistic religions of today?

    • @JohnSmith-gs4lw
      @JohnSmith-gs4lw หลายเดือนก่อน

      My point was that the cross and a crucifixion had a different meaning to them than it has to Christians.

    • @catch22fishing65
      @catch22fishing65 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@JohnSmith-gs4lw so that makes them godless heathen's? The cross symbol is far older than the Christian religion. They just adopted it. Either way they weren't godless words have meaning.

    • @JohnSmith-gs4lw
      @JohnSmith-gs4lw หลายเดือนก่อน

      I never said crosses weren’t older than the Christian religion. Obviously they crucified Jesus on a cross so it existed before Jesus, if that makes you feel better. I also don’t need to defend your strawman arguments against me; you made that argument, not me.
      Cheese and rice! Who would have thought Vikings would have such delicate sensibilities? Sorry to offend. Don’t cancel me or anything. Don’t worry, you’re on a Google platform. The only people who catch shade out here are Christians and Jews.