Alright. Amateur blacksmith here. As usual I skipped all the basics and went right to beating knife blanks out with fire and hard steel. As is also usual, I did most of my work with the grinder. I got three minutes into your video and subscribed. All the little shit I learned in just those few minutes blew my mind. And now I’m off to your archives. After this video of course.
@@huntintrailmetals9343 ive learned here recently that Brian B mainly uses a 3.5lb hammer. These videos is mostly the only time he uses these heavy hammers
@@jtroutt19 mine vary depending on what I am doing, anything from a 7lb monster (no power hammer) down to a 1lb welder ...."horses for courses" is the phrase my mentor used.
I wish Brian had more tutorials to learn from. I watch these over and over and pick up something new every time. Would be awesome to work with him in person!
We have been putting more videos on the International Young Smiths Training Center channel on CZcams. We will be making a lot more while we are here in Brazil.
@@BrianBrazealBlacksmith Missed you in N. Cal at Frtiz's Octoberfest this year. It was great to have you and your brother there a couple years ago! Hope to see you there again soon and hear about your adventures!
Once again, your ability to explain detail, heplful hints, do's & don'ts are outstanding. I watch your tutorels over and over and always get something out of them to try at the anvil. Thank You...
Thanks Brian. For taking the hours and minutes out your day to help the aspiring Smith understand the processes involved in becoming proficient in the art. You're a natural teacher.
I have met and watched Brian at several blacksmith events here in California. I was also lucky enough to have 1 on 1 teaching and lunch with him. He is just your average pleasant guy. He doesn't put on airs or act like someone special. But i can tell you that he is one of those rare and remarkable masters that are a rare breed. If you are a metal craftsman, you should try to attend one of his functions. He travels the world to teach and learn his craft like a true master.
I'm not a blacksmith, but I watch hundreds of these blacksmith videos here on CZcams and you are one of the best I've ever seen! You seem to get done in one swing what others do in ten or more. The steel just does what you want it do do. It's been said that to do something great, you must do it a thousand times; then you must have punched two thousand of those plugs out. :) Great work!
Nobody moves metal like Brian Brazeal in my opinion. What a treat to see a true Master share his innovations so freely. Thanks Brian, for being the man you are.
Just an incredible wealth of knowledge in this video. I have watched it over & over & over!!!!!! Best advice for me was to not finish one part then move on to the next part. Made a pair yesterday afternoon that I am proud of. Wish I lived close enough to attend one of your classes. Thanks so much for openly sharing this hard earned knowledge through you videos.
I'm just amazed how clean his hammer work is. So smooth and so accurate. I feel like I'd have to hit three to four times to get what he does with one hit.
Not to seem goofy but I could watch you forge all day long. You make it look easy and more like an art than anyone else I've watched. I love it. Thanks for the videos.
I have watched this video about 50 times lol, trying to make my own tongs on a railroad track anvil and a brake drum forge. It is working well, but I am such an amateur. Thanks for taking the time to post this. This video helps with more than making tongs, it wil help to teach proper use of heat, and how to move steel when hot. Its a great video! I also absolutely love that hammer, 8lb rounding hammer...eventually I hope to be at the point when I can forge one of those myself.
Brian Brazeal AKA Thor!! Brian your a monster with that hammer. 6lb and taking right through the film too! I think my grip would have gone 1st and lungs in my throat after! Take my hat off to you Bri, your a legend! Thank you.
first chance I've had to to view one of your videos, I've heard your name lots (in good respect) and after watching I'm e xcited to follow your channel. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience.
beautiful work, and i chuckled when you punched the first hole, the plug and hole were so clean and done so quickly it almost looked unreal. Love watching you work man.
Evan, Brian is the man. If you do have a chance to take one of his classes, DO IT. I wish I had the time and could afford to go spend a month or 2 with him.
Mr. Brian you sure know bow to work that metal. I have been watching blacksmiths a lot and you really know how that metal flows. I am very impressed with your skill.thank you for sharing your talent with the rest of us aspiring armatures.
The hardy in the video works better because it is curved and has a tapered shank. Being hardened or not has nothing to do with that. I would not recommend using a hardened hardy to cut hot stock and not just because it is not necessary. The main reason not to use a hardened hot cut hardy is to avoid damaging your hammer when you or someone else hits the hardy with the hammer. Both your hammer and hardy will get damaged if the hardy is hardened, and only your hardy will be damaged if it's not.
Great info just like your CZcams videos. Always hopping to see more. Head and shoulders about the majority of the blacksmithing videos and info . THANKS!!
I recently joined the Mississippi Forge council. It was a gift from my girlfriend. I look forward to meeting you someday soon and participating in the upcoming events. I have watched this video no less than 5 times! Safe travels.
Why tap the anvil? That question gets asked a lot. Some people think or say you're hitting the anvil. Now I'm going pretty slow in this video, and I'm using a larger hammer for this work because I slowed down so people could see it better. I am mostly using the tap in this video to help pick up the hammer, but when you're forging at you're normal pace laying your hammer to the side as you turn or pause to look will also cause the tap. You would have to clinch down to stop your hammer and then stop your rhythm.
I understand tapping the anvil to maintain rhythm, and/or to let the energy "bleed out" while pausing so you aren't straining yourself by stopping the motion, but does tapping the anvil 4 times before swinging actually do anything? I'm not trying to be a dink, I just want to understand. Seems like one "bounce" off the anvil would be sufficient to put the hammer in motion and get it lifted up. If it is just something you do because you feel like doing it, that is totally understandable as well. I remember Nomar Garciapara friggin with his batting gloves before every swing. Made no sense, but it was his thing and it worked for him.
Scotty Milligan there is always the old blacksmiths legend/tradition to account for tapping the anvil. Three strikes or rings traps the devil and a tap after every four or five helps to make sure that he stays bound. Its an old legend and tradition, that's why some smiths still do it. Some also hang a horse shoe upside down over their shop. That way the luck pours over the forge and anvil. Hope that helps a little to understand why you sometimes see smiths doing the tapping. Its tradition.
Woof! That's a sledge not a hammer. :) No wonder it lands with such a ponderous thud. I'm definitely working on a pair of tongs in this style soon.... nice video, well done!
I use a coal forge with a Roger Lorance fire pot. That hammer head weighs 6 pounds. I used that hammer so I could slow down for the viewers to see the process. My anvil is quiet because it does't move, it is mounted to a tripod stand and my stand is anchored to the concrete slab. Metal on metal makes it quiet as long as there is no vibration. It would be even quieter if the concrete slab did not move.
I know this video is older but I just have to say the amount of metal you move with one hit is astounding! I made a flat bit tong and it took me like 2 hours to draw out the reins... i wish I had a rounding hammer! That seems to be a major help!
Brian, It is good to see and hear you again. Great forging as is normal for you, someday I hope to get another shot at making your horse head with you. You make hard work look so easy! Wayne Parris
Приклоняюсь перед вашим мастерством, меня никто не учил, пытаюсь делать что-то сам, но не всегда получаеся, хотел бы поучиться у вас но беда в том, что я живу в России. От вас очень далеко. Видео супер, очень понравились.
Hi im just starting to learn @52 great vids showing the metal moving and techniques ive picked up so much watching in the last 3 hrs of your videos and to my best luck also know Alec Steele, just got to get hitting stuff itching to keep going, the idea of making tongs without tongs is a great way to learn i guess.P.S Alecs doing great !!
You can take the creek out in water with mild steel, but I'd rather do it in oil for two reasons. Oil inhibits rust, and today's A36 will harden in water and I don't want nor need that. Also I do make a lot of tool steel tongs that could break if done in water. Some people don't know that, and I've seen many tongs ruined that way.
Hey Brian I’ve watched numerous tutorials here on CZcams and I have to say your tutorials are by far the best. I always appreciate teachers with good knowledge and skills teaching us up and coming smiths on the how’s and why’s of yalls craft. My only question I have is can I make forge on a limited budget as I’m a vet on disability due to PTSD?
It is very possible to make your own forge. I have made almost every piece of equipment I use. I do not know how to put pictures on this site, but if you are on Facebook or have an email address, I can send you pictures or drawings and even live chat or videos. I'm easy to find. Every thing on me is brianbrazealblacksmith. I'd like to help you out Mike.
@@BrianBrazealBlacksmith my wife has Facebook I’ll be getting with you. I really have wanted to learn this craft for a very long time. I appreciate your help immensely
Same style - rounding hammer. Dave forged this with Brian a year ago almost exactly and dave's weighs 4.5 lbs!
Alright. Amateur blacksmith here. As usual I skipped all the basics and went right to beating knife blanks out with fire and hard steel. As is also usual, I did most of my work with the grinder. I got three minutes into your video and subscribed. All the little shit I learned in just those few minutes blew my mind. And now I’m off to your archives. After this video of course.
Brian forged this hammer from 4 1/2 inches of 2 1/2 inch round 1045. It is a rounding hammer and weighs 6lbs
Jesus 6lbs?! I thought my 4lb was tiring to swing…..
Yea I’m ok with my 2lb pickard hammer!
@@huntintrailmetals9343 ive learned here recently that Brian B mainly uses a 3.5lb hammer. These videos is mostly the only time he uses these heavy hammers
@@jtroutt19 mine vary depending on what I am doing, anything from a 7lb monster (no power hammer) down to a 1lb welder ...."horses for courses" is the phrase my mentor used.
I wish Brian had more tutorials to learn from. I watch these over and over and pick up something new every time.
Would be awesome to work with him in person!
We have been putting more videos on the International Young Smiths Training Center channel on CZcams. We will be making a lot more while we are here in Brazil.
@@BrianBrazealBlacksmith Missed you in N. Cal at Frtiz's Octoberfest this year. It was great to have you and your brother there a couple years ago! Hope to see you there again soon and hear about your adventures!
Once again, your ability to explain detail, heplful hints, do's & don'ts are outstanding.
I watch your tutorels over and over and always get something out of them to try at the anvil.
Thank You...
You sir are a freaking master!!!! I hope to know one tenth of what you have forgotten about blacksmithing.
Thanks Brian. For taking the hours and minutes out your day to help the aspiring Smith understand the processes involved in becoming proficient in the art. You're a natural teacher.
I keep watching this same video year after year. It still amazes me and I learn something new each time.
I came to this channel because of Alec Steele, now I'm subscribed to 2 great Blacksmiths. Happy days 😊
man i love forging, and that thumping sound heard in this video is a good example of one of the reasons why.. so inspiring! great video btw!!
I have met and watched Brian at several blacksmith events here in California. I was also lucky enough to have 1 on 1 teaching and lunch with him. He is just your average pleasant guy. He doesn't put on airs or act like someone special.
But i can tell you that he is one of those rare and remarkable masters that are a rare breed. If you are a metal craftsman, you should try to attend one of his functions. He travels the world to teach and learn his craft like a true master.
I'm not a blacksmith, but I watch hundreds of these blacksmith videos here on CZcams and you are one of the best I've ever seen! You seem to get done in one swing what others do in ten or more. The steel just does what you want it do do. It's been said that to do something great, you must do it a thousand times; then you must have punched two thousand of those plugs out. :)
Great work!
Nobody moves metal like Brian Brazeal in my opinion. What a treat to see a true Master share his innovations so freely. Thanks Brian, for being the man you are.
You are a good teacher.
It is amazing how you do such fine and finished looking work with the big hammers.
😂 I’ve said before and I’ll say it again…. Who needs a power hammer when you have a Brian!!😂
Just an incredible wealth of knowledge in this video. I have watched it over & over & over!!!!!! Best advice for me was to not finish one part then move on to the next part. Made a pair yesterday afternoon that I am proud of. Wish I lived close enough to attend one of your classes. Thanks so much for openly sharing this hard earned knowledge through you videos.
Wow! I think you mastered the art of making your tongs! Your hammers control is spot on!!
I'm just amazed how clean his hammer work is. So smooth and so accurate. I feel like I'd have to hit three to four times to get what he does with one hit.
Not to seem goofy but I could watch you forge all day long. You make it look easy and more like an art than anyone else I've watched. I love it. Thanks for the videos.
I have watched this video about 50 times lol, trying to make my own tongs on a railroad track anvil and a brake drum forge. It is working well, but I am such an amateur. Thanks for taking the time to post this. This video helps with more than making tongs, it wil help to teach proper use of heat, and how to move steel when hot. Its a great video!
I also absolutely love that hammer, 8lb rounding hammer...eventually I hope to be at the point when I can forge one of those myself.
When folks make it look so easy, you can be absolutely sure that they are consummate craftsmen.
Of all the blacksmiths I follow, the number one name from all of them is Brian Brazeal!!
Forged my first tongs watching this vid! Thanks for sharing your knowledge sir!
Just wanna say, I Love watching your Videos. Lots of Experience here and Glad someone like you is out there Passing on the Trade!
Cheers
Awesome video! Well said and easily understood. For I'm probably not the only CZcams/self taught blacksmith. Thanks for sharing!
Brian Brazeal AKA Thor!! Brian your a monster with that hammer. 6lb and taking right through the film too! I think my grip would have gone 1st and lungs in my throat after! Take my hat off to you Bri, your a legend! Thank you.
Looking back on this in my "watch later" for probably the dozenth time. You can learn so much from watching even just a single forging.
Mr. Brazeal you are truly an artist.a master of your craft!thank you so much for your videos!you and Alec are a constant inspiration for me.
Jered Phillips thank you and you're welcome.
I think this is the best tong makeing i have seen
This is amazing, I can't believe how easy you make this look.
Amazing work! It should be criminal to make this look so easy. Thanks for sharing and inspiring!
That hammer is mmm 'history'. An inspiring tool to look at and one you wield skillfully. Thankyou for going through this process here
What a great video on tongs! My brain totally groks the making of the ends now, many thanks!
first chance I've had to to view one of your videos, I've heard your name lots (in good respect) and after watching I'm e
xcited to follow your channel. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience.
excellent camera view to help understand what is happening as you explain it.
beautiful work, and i chuckled when you punched the first hole, the plug and hole were so clean and done so quickly it almost looked unreal. Love watching you work man.
You are the best blacksmith I have ever seen
Evan, Brian is the man. If you do have a chance to take one of his classes, DO IT. I wish I had the time and could afford to go spend a month or 2 with him.
I really enjoyed the instructions on this video. very easy to understand.
Mr. Brian you sure know bow to work that metal. I have been watching blacksmiths a lot and you really know how that metal flows. I am very impressed with your skill.thank you for sharing your talent with the rest of us aspiring armatures.
Brian, you make it look too easy. Shows me that I need to pay close attention, and practice, watch again, repeat. THANK YOU.
Completely different techniques than i was taught. I like this better. I'll have to give it a whirl.
The hardy in the video works better because it is curved and has a tapered shank. Being hardened or not has nothing to do with that. I would not recommend using a hardened hardy to cut hot stock and not just because it is not necessary. The main reason not to use a hardened hot cut hardy is to avoid damaging your hammer when you or someone else hits the hardy with the hammer. Both your hammer and hardy will get damaged if the hardy is hardened, and only your hardy will be damaged if it's not.
Great info just like your CZcams videos.
Always hopping to see more. Head and shoulders about the majority of the blacksmithing videos and info .
THANKS!!
Surely the hot metal will soften a hardened cut-off hardy, anyway? I can't imagine it would take long to ruin the temper.
I really impressed with your technique. Your control was amazing. right on man.
Fred Bomberg, I started with 3/4" round stock for these tongs, but I've also used other sizes for larger, smaller, or mini tongs.
dude must have forearms like popeye
I recently joined the Mississippi Forge council. It was a gift from my girlfriend. I look forward to meeting you someday soon and participating in the upcoming events.
I have watched this video no less than 5 times! Safe travels.
Why tap the anvil? That question gets asked a lot. Some people think or say you're hitting the anvil. Now I'm going pretty slow in this video, and I'm using a larger hammer for this work because I slowed down so people could see it better. I am mostly using the tap in this video to help pick up the hammer, but when you're forging at you're normal pace laying your hammer to the side as you turn or pause to look will also cause the tap. You would have to clinch down to stop your hammer and then stop your rhythm.
Always looking forward to your you tube videos. I have learned a lot from the info you put out in ant form.
Thanks,
Bob M
Awesome Video as usual, Brian.
I understand tapping the anvil to maintain rhythm, and/or to let the energy "bleed out" while pausing so you aren't straining yourself by stopping the motion, but does tapping the anvil 4 times before swinging actually do anything? I'm not trying to be a dink, I just want to understand. Seems like one "bounce" off the anvil would be sufficient to put the hammer in motion and get it lifted up. If it is just something you do because you feel like doing it, that is totally understandable as well. I remember Nomar Garciapara friggin with his batting gloves before every swing. Made no sense, but it was his thing and it worked for him.
Scotty Milligan there is always the old blacksmiths legend/tradition to account for tapping the anvil. Three strikes or rings traps the devil and a tap after every four or five helps to make sure that he stays bound. Its an old legend and tradition, that's why some smiths still do it. Some also hang a horse shoe upside down over their shop. That way the luck pours over the forge and anvil. Hope that helps a little to understand why you sometimes see smiths doing the tapping. Its tradition.
I like it!
As a beginner good not needing tongs to make tongs...
Man you move steel.
Anoughter great leason
Thank you
Thanks so much for the video Brian!!! Very knowledgeable for a newbie like me! Love your videos!
Most excellent tutorial.
Oops...as I was saying...utterly utterly fascinating to watch. A real pleasure to see a true craftsman at work.
Best video so far on making tongs! I wish I started earlier with blacksmithing but it's never too late I guess ;)
I like the "almost" cut you made at the very beginning to define the length. Added benefit of reducing heat transfer to the part in your hand.
so after browsing CZcams blacksmithing videos, it seems I have found the professional. Well done video.
Alec Steele sent me!
Thanks for the great video!
Cheers!
Woof! That's a sledge not a hammer. :) No wonder it lands with such a ponderous thud. I'm definitely working on a pair of tongs in this style soon.... nice video, well done!
I've been practicing and have gotten so much better Thank you for your instructions.
You are very welcome.
A true master craftsman at work.
I use a coal forge with a Roger Lorance fire pot. That hammer head weighs 6 pounds. I used that hammer so I could slow down for the viewers to see the process. My anvil is quiet because it does't move, it is mounted to a tripod stand and my stand is anchored to the concrete slab. Metal on metal makes it quiet as long as there is no vibration. It would be even quieter if the concrete slab did not move.
Thank you Mr. Brazeal for the tutorial!
You are very welcome.
Your skill amazes me Brian. Hope to take a class from you soon.
I know this video is older but I just have to say the amount of metal you move with one hit is astounding! I made a flat bit tong and it took me like 2 hours to draw out the reins... i wish I had a rounding hammer! That seems to be a major help!
Aaron Gleason the top (hammer) and bottom (anvil) surfaces that you use to forge with is the key to efficiency.
Great video Brian. Sure wish I had the chance to learn from you before you left Mississippi.
Brian I almost did it! There was just a little difference in size and proportions between them, and the alignment of the boss holes .
Brian,
It is good to see and hear you again. Great forging as is normal for you, someday I hope to get another shot at making your horse head with you. You make hard work look so easy!
Wayne Parris
really great instructions, and i love that large hammer.
Lyle and the other guys at MS Forge Council told me to look at your stuff, amazing. I want to make it to your classes one day.
There are many different locking mechanisms for tongs. Tong clips being one of the most simplistic.
Very informative. Much appreciated.
Приклоняюсь перед вашим мастерством, меня никто не учил, пытаюсь делать что-то сам, но не всегда получаеся, хотел бы поучиться у вас но беда в том, что я живу в России. От вас очень далеко. Видео супер, очень понравились.
Very good video. You a good teacher dude. Skillz
Thanks for the video Brian. I really enjoyed it.
Randy Emerson you're welcome.
Wayne, it's good to hear from you, too! There are two videos on CZcams of the one heat horse head, and I'm going to be at Vista, California in June.
Amazing...so nice to see and learn... you are also a very good teacher! Thanks for sharing... Ciao!
Good fun, thank you for the tips and demo
C'est très beau de vous voir façonné le métal avec une telle facilité
Always great work
Now THAT.......was cool! I'm impressed!
That is a 88 pound Henry Wright anvil that was forged in 1897 I believe, and it will ring like a bell if it is not mounted properly.
thanks a great footage and clear explanation
The anvil is mounted to a steel stand tightly.
Hi im just starting to learn @52 great vids showing the metal moving and techniques ive picked up so much watching in the last 3 hrs of your videos and to my best luck also know Alec Steele, just got to get hitting stuff itching to keep going, the idea of making tongs without tongs is a great way to learn i guess.P.S Alecs doing great !!
Jay P, yes, a pair of railroad spikes would have enough material to make a pair of tongs.
Brian Brazeal I just made a set of tongs using 2 rail spikes. VERY happy with them.
that looks amazing
Thank you Brian.
Thank you, hope it is helpful.
You can take the creek out in water with mild steel, but I'd rather do it in oil for two reasons. Oil inhibits rust, and today's A36 will harden in water and I don't want nor need that. Also I do make a lot of tool steel tongs that could break if done in water. Some people don't know that, and I've seen many tongs ruined that way.
slick punch modification! gonna try it out...thanks!
Work of art, wow
what a pro..nice job!
Прекрасное видео!
👍🔥
Very nice Sir, you make it look so easy
you can also throw a large magnet on the side. helps reduce the ring. harbor freight usually has 5 pounders on sale.
Very nice work!
Hey Brian I’ve watched numerous tutorials here on CZcams and I have to say your tutorials are by far the best. I always appreciate teachers with good knowledge and skills teaching us up and coming smiths on the how’s and why’s of yalls craft. My only question I have is can I make forge on a limited budget as I’m a vet on disability due to PTSD?
It is very possible to make your own forge. I have made almost every piece of equipment I use. I do not know how to put pictures on this site, but if you are on Facebook or have an email address, I can send you pictures or drawings and even live chat or videos. I'm easy to find. Every thing on me is brianbrazealblacksmith. I'd like to help you out Mike.
@@BrianBrazealBlacksmith my wife has Facebook I’ll be getting with you. I really have wanted to learn this craft for a very long time. I appreciate your help immensely
I am impressed at how much you get done on one heat. You also use a larger hammer than I think I can manage as I am a little guy.
Great work.
Good, efficient process.
Nice tongs, too. :)