Forging the Herb Chopper
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A Herb chopper is a simple but functional kitchen tool for cutting herbs and small vegetables. This forged herb chopper is a fairly classic blacksmithing approach.
#herbchopper #forgedblade #kitchentool
My name is John Switzer, I operate Black Bear Forge, a small one person blacksmith shop located in southern Colorado. My current focus is shifting away from commissions and customer orders and towards education through these videos on TH-cam. Thank you for watching
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Thank you very much for showing the use of a double diagonal!
Really appreciate your videos. You are a good teacher
Dear John. Greetings from Antwerp in Belgium. I was home for two weeks due to covid and watched your videos every day. I learned a lot. I am waiting to start forging again and try out everything I have seen. You are the man. I am a fan.
Mister Nate.
Its never boring when learning, and John that's what you do best you
teach us .(:
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so glad you have a sponsor to help you get paid for teaching us. also appreciate a sponsor that is knowledge-based instead of for high-end stuff.
I appreciate that you show how to make things without tens of thousands of dollars of equipment.
Cheers from Tokyo!
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I like the way you explain all options
I'm just now getting into blacksmithing and your videos are always my go-to. Every single one is full of information and I look forward to every upload. Nothing is more relaxing than watching someone do what they're good at
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Yeah, totally not going to be boring. Pretty excited as I prefer to use hand tools with everything I can. Maybe when I get a bunch of years under my belt I'll change my mind. Not now!
Is a good way change the playlist timing to oldest first and the news videos in the last. so We can play in the correct sequence, I love your work! You are a inspiration to me man!!
Thanks for another great video. I've learned a ton from this channel
Glad to help
good work bro
John, you always motivate, inspire, and challenge ME! Every move you make is on purpose. Too that each hammer blow, will be used on other projects.
Thank you
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Thank you!! Excellent instruction for beginners like me.
Love that one, John! 🐾🔥⚒
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Love watching your work. It's like a Bob Ross tutorial for blacksmithing!
Your videos are awesome and very helpful. Great job
It wont be a boring video John. All your videos are very educational and helpful. Even for seasoned smiths. Sure I use power tools, simply because I have them and know how to use them. But using hand tools is a good skill to have and also helps when switching to power tools later. ( if that’s ones plan). Using a belt grinder or power hammer/press can really get out of control and ruin your work if you aren’t careful. So doing everything by hand first is the way to go.
Looks great John!
Great video John waiting on the finished product to show. Thanks for sharing with us. Fred.👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Hand tools are quiet and peaceful..just what we need today!
Herb chopper look cool. I enjoy hand sanding videos.so much satisfaction getting the work done by hands. Looking forward to next part 👍👍👍
Thanks 👍
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Most of my favorite TH-cam forge artists have taught me something or another when they showed their grinding techniques. I would greatly appreciate seeing some of your style and technique, especially since not many of the forms and such that I have seen so far work fully for me. On top of that you have a very profound way of saying and showing things that connects with me (I don't want to talk for others) and makes it so that I can learn far more from your videos then from most of the other forging channels that I watch.
Hi John i have watched all of your videos i have just fitted my shop i am a complete beginner you and Roy gave me the inspiration to start the craft i have retired i am a fit 69 year old so all the best from Scotland.
Welcome to the craft, enjoy your journey
I think I'm gonna try this for my next project. As a novice blacksmith, I am always learning from youe videos.
Watched second time and caught hardy Fuller not hot cut missed that at first and nice to know setback the width of stock....sidenote I am a retired firefighter also..still love to play with fire.lol
John, thanks for sharing another great and informative video. Everytime I watch one of your videos, I have this deep desire to build a small forge and try to make something useful for the home.
When I was in the 7th grade shop class, I made several different items from iron, wood and, Plexiglass. I continued having shop classes through the 12 grade.
I want to thank you for keeping that desire within me.
Again, thanks for sharing this video. Now, on to Part 2
Lovely video. Great project!
Do you ever get home with the safety glasses on, just to realize they are on...
Happens to me... :)
I started to make one of these as my first project. I made some mistakes and learned a lot so far. Working out the handle is taking some time for me, and I ended up breaking it off. I think I can still fix it.
I am using a 2.5lb hammer. The metal didn't move nearly as easy as yours is here. I imagine some of my difficulty is learning hammer technique. But I'm still excited. Your video helped a lot. Would you be able to talk more about drawing that handle out? The hammer technique behind it?
Thank you
I built a Ilu and for mostly herbs and we find it handy,makes a helpful gift a I as a newbie love you sujestion on the prefer steels
Thanks for your teaching again Sir
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Appreciate you're guidance and teachings as alwayS John! From an inspired young lad from new Zealand,(panel beater by trade) love the sho
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Hey John! I dont know why you feel it would be a boring video if you use files instead of the belt grinder, or filing and grinding in general. I, personally, think you could show a little more of that than you normally do. One can learn lot by just watching, even if it's supposedly simple and boring tasks.
Agreed!
100% agree. I love how easy it is to use power tools but I find a lot of satisfaction out of using files and other hand tools
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That's a slick project. I saw the tang and thought a wood handle was going to be slipped on.
Now I have to see how you are going to finish it!👍
Awesome
Fantastic, thank you!
Very nice lighting and color on this, even if the focus got you a couple of times. You can tell those classes are paying off as while the videos were always good, the production value is definitely going up.
I love these kind of videos John can't wait for the hand work
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Love watching these!
Beautiful work.
Very excited to see all the gift projects. A good fancy letter opener project would be awesome to see
Great project, very straight-forward and requires the simplest of tools, I might have to give this one a go!
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I like your videos because they are both pleasant to watch and educational. Plus making the blade the "old-fashioned way" is something you don't see very often among the TH-cam blacksmithing community. I'm looking forward to seeing it.
I like it! May have 2 give that a try
Inspiring idea for holiday gifts. Thank you
Love to watch you work. You make it look so easy :)
Hey John, I've been watching your content for a few years now and I love everything you do. I wouldn't worry about it being boring if you just use hand tools. Personally I think that makes what ever your making even cooler by showing that you can make a high quality product with nothing but time, effort, and basic tooling. Keep up the good work and don't worry about the haters.
nice work
Hello John
That idea is very usefull and it it s good praktice to blacksmithing
Thanks for the advise and the Video
Have a nice Weekend and a good week
Best wishes Frann
Nice so far John.
Nice work John as usual. I thought you were going to burn a timber handle onto that thin tapered shaft, until you put the curl on the end lol.
Great video mate. 👍⚒
I look forward to that video. I use files and sand paper for my blades at the moment.
Good instruction John, dont mind waiting for the filling and sanding! Part of the process, if you dont have a belt grinder. I do not, do a lot of grinding with an angle grinder and some filling but because I rarely do blades its not a big want at this point. Currently have a treadle hammer under construction beating up my time and brain every day but getting on top of it! Thanks John, any time spent with you is valuable knowledge learned!
Nice video, and thanks for the link to Skill Share....A lot to offer there.....doing the trial, but will sign up, Thanks again.
how could 6 people dislike his videos...
I do not know if you have ever done this or not, but with Christmas getting closer, I wondered if you had made, or would like to demonstrate how to make a forged Nutcracker.
my mother inlaw collects them, and I would love to attempt to make one for her.
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Love your videos John, they are really educational to us newbies 🙂
One tip though, you might want to change that hashtag from hebchopper to herbchopper 😉
You are the only one to notice that, I'll go make that change
Love the video as always great content was just checking out your web page and was thinking you should have your sticker turned into pvc patches I’d definitely buy a few to support the channel
Hi have you ever made a collard chopper that looks like a star
Thanks John! I’m in exactly that situation you described, lacking a belt grinder. Looking forward to seeing how you manage it with the files !
Looks great. Will you be quenching in oil to avoid cracks?
My wife just brought me all the antique old hickory type knives out of the kitchen, said she hates them because they stain. Wonder how common that is, they’d rather use dull POS stainless blades than sharp carbon ones.
Who is Herb? And why does he need chopped..... Don't tell me I'll wait till the end
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Excellent job.
I recently got into forging, and I'm looking for easy projects to grow my skills. Any suggestions?
Various hooks are always good skill builders and they're always useful
Hey, earlier today I built my first forge, if anyone has any tips on what to do to get going it would be great :)
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Hi John can you make the herb chopper if you don't have the double sided hammer
Sure,its just a bit faster
Nice work...curious why you used hardie to isolate handle material vs reducing half on half off, is it faster? I use half on half off and may try it that way, I've made several using old horse rasps
I think it leaves a cleaner transition
I'm very curious: how long have you seen this specific type of herb cutters around? With single tang folded over the blade?
Many years in one form or another.
Cool, a full length video... I am scared for Herb, but lets watch were this one goes... on to the video..............
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That was a good one John, thanks. Good to see no Herbs were harmed in the making of this video. I know the Herbs' friends and families appreciated that. LOL
But seriously, I can't wait to see the filing and finishing work on this chopper. I'm assuming there may be a lansky puck or some stoning as well since you said no grinder? Or do you have some really fine files? Guess we'll see next week. C U L8R
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What is the best height for an anvil?
What happened to the chains,? I definitely heard the difference
Just curious as to who is the best file manufacturer these days? Nicholson used to be but not much luck with them lately here.
There is a German company that has good reviews, I don't recall the name of the top of my head
I have a question that someone may be able to answer. I have several 24" circular saw blades that are 1/4" thick. I thought about stacking several pieces together and making a guillotine tool body out of some of the steel. My question is, would it be possible to forge weld the layers together in my coal forge or would rivets be strong enough to hold several layers together?
Jason, yes, you could forge weld the layers together to make a heavier/thicker piece. However, experiment with some smaller pieces first since you never quite know the properties of a piece of scrap steel like a saw blade. sometimes they are weird alloys which do odd things. Also, do not try to make too large a weld at one time.
Rivets might be strong enough too. Even bolts might work.
@@georgem7965 Thanks for the reply. I have about half a dozen of these large blades which is over a hundred lbs of steel to play with. Not sure what to do with them but I didn't want to turn down such a generous gift. From what I've read there is a possibility that the main body of the blade is mild steel or medium carbon steel with carbide teeth. I'm just thinking of ways to use it that don't need to be hardened but such wide and thin material is kind of limiting.
@@Jason-jd1jv You're welcome. You might be interested in checking out the forum at the I Forge Iron website. There are a lot of experienced smiths there and lots of good advice. Hope to see you there.
@@georgem7965 I go to iforgeiron from time to time. Been a member there for years. When I first joined I looked at all the work and was completely fascinated by the beautiful craftsmanship there. I had to wean myself off of it a little both to keep from copying other people's work (I'd like to develop my own style and skills and compare to see how I did lol) and to keep my frustration in check. I do check in from time to time though.
How long do each of those heats take? You never mention that.
to many variables. During filming i put the piece back in the forge with the blower off so I can move cameras and lights. Without that it still depends on the fuel, how well you maintain a fire or if you're using a gas forge how well designed and tuned the forge is.
Speaking of lighting, is it my eyes or is it dark in the shop today?
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Your anvil looks a bit more rusty than it used to.
What u prefer coal or charcol
I'm using coal. But if charcoal was easy to come by in bulk, I think I might prefer the charcoal
Hey! Would you mind trying to make a point to show the finished product at the end of the video? I think that would be a great improvemnet. Nice work!
I do when there is a finished project to show. since this won't be finished, you will have to see the final results in the next video.
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Why you doing measurements in only metric? Your biggest viewership do not use metric
First I would say to stop getting hung up on measurements, adapt the projects to the materials you have available. But if you watch the video I do give both imperial and metric. In the end though, TH-cam is a world wide platform and the majority of people use metric.
چقدر حرف بیخود میزنید...لطفا خلاصه کنید،
Много говорит мало показывает это не интересно смотреть
No real cook is going to use that. A real cook will use a chef’s knife to chop herbs. Nice gift/paper weight though.
Maybe real cooks should give it a try. They are awesome tools. I made one and use it everytime i cook
@@4110mahindra We see them all the time on Chopped, Hell’s Kitchen, and Master Chef, right?
@@myownspiritlevel so you think tv personalities on "reality TV" represent the entirity of profesional chefs?
@@4110mahindra I’ll admit it’s cool to make a tool you actually use. I made a Damascus oyster knife out of dull circular saw blades. I used it just this weekend.
Man I love how I pay for youtube premium so that I dont have to see ads... Now every youtuber just puts their own ads in from sponsors. Im about to uninstall TH-cam. This is as bad as my employer from the flowershop I just quit not paying me for overtime. Whats that called stealing :/