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Holy hell! I have the same make of little French. I've had it for years, but could only read half the mark on it. Thank you so much, I can now look into my little guy!

Great interview with a fantastic blacksmith and friend in the craft! Thanks Drew

Lovely ball pein hammer.

Can I have it?

Im 14

You need to get a new sledge.

Do u use every tool u have?

Thats an impressive hammer collection

You have some great insight into both the pros and cons of each. This was a very informative video.

Very cool!

Sorry for all the ignorance

Awesome honor, great work

I know that this is old but any copper tools you come across are used in places like refineries and other no spark places. You’ll even find some that are stamped USN for United States Navy. Because on ships there Beau Coup areas were they have to be extra careful with anything that could cause a fire or explosion like on the Aux Tanker’s that carries fuel on them to refuel ships. Because as you can guess a fire on a ship 100’to 1000’s of miles from land is beyond dangerous

It’s probably copper beryllium. Be careful as they can shatter and the beryllium particles are poisonous. 😮

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Just that klein 6n1 is worth 30 duckets.

Most likely the screw drivers are beryllium. That is the common no spark material

Awesome job

Copper is just the base that the electroplated Chrome sticks to.

Push pin brad drivers, nails are so small, a hammer could leave dents. All it takes, is average strength, to push wire brads in.

Nice, beautiful work.

The push pin is how you mark a spot to drill it should have a punch in it

Awesome to hear more of his background. Thank you for doing the interview.

Dull leather hole puncher.

😊de primera el taller 😊💰💰💰

That video is way too short. The beauty of pieces like this is , that unless it will be hit by a meteorite people will be stunned by the beauty and craftsmanship centuries from now.

Thats one amazing man.

I remember meeting Joe at Yesteryear forge in Amelia Va. back in 2010. I also recognized you Drew in some of the photos I have from back then. You are doing a real service to the blacksmithing community. It's so nice to hear the origins of how other smiths got to where they are now. Thank you Drew.

Copper is just under the layer that wore off.

Push pin tool is for small brads, kinda like today’s 23gauge pin nailer

Oh my gosh. I have to act surprised at what I put in a toolbox for views. Said the guy who put stuff in a toolbox for views.

Jen u wine

I hve that last tool what is it?

As a young fellow blacksmith, I absolutely agree with your wisdom.

Copper tools are used for distillery so they won't cause a spark

It’s a dikfor bro

Nicee

Absolutely effin right 👍👍

There was a blacksmith working and selling some items at a celebration of pioneer days in Murphy Idaho. The event is called outpost days. We bought a few items and watched some demonstrations and it was fascinating.👍🏻🇺🇸🤠

Well said.

Need more people like this in the world

That's heartwarming and that's what we need to do. People looking out for people.

Great idea god bless you Sir

Glad I stumbled across your channel - this was truly inspirational for me as someone starting their smithing journey after several decades of working in another field. So much good advice that I will need to watch this several more times in the coming years. I've had my eye on Mark Aspery's books for a while, so after seeing Joe's work and hearing him recommend them, I've shelled out some of my hard earned on one. Also, thanks for having such a wide angle of the shop in the interview 0 it's great to see where others work.

Thank you Joe for being a wonderful person. God will bless you.

We need more of this !

Amen

We need more folks like this gentlemen in the world today

This is called the currency of blessings!

Thank you Joe!!