Blacksmithing - Forging a Leaf from Wrought Iron
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- čas přidán 19. 12. 2020
- I wanted to do a quick piece to test the wrought iron chain I forged out. What better way than to make one of the most classic blacksmithing projects, a leaf! It turned out pretty nice I think but it can be a tricky material to work with, as it constantly wants to crack and split apart.
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A quick video before I leaf for work.
Thanks dude and happy holidays!
Thank you for leafing a nice comment. You too mate :)
This was just a quick little video that I filmed after doing the wrought iron. There will be another one in the middle of the week. Knifemaking!
Nice job :) Waiting for a new video)
Very nice work. You are a talented man. I always enjoy watching a good blacksmith at work.
Thank you very much!
mmmm wrought iron! looks like a lot of fun!
It is when it doesn't split like crazy hahaa
@@MakeNCreate yup very true lol
How could anyone give this video a thumbs down? 🙄 Merry Christmas! Keep up the good work.
Merry Christmas! Thank you!
It's really pretty,like I really want to put it on my head and I have no idea why
Hehe thank you :)
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Wow, very nice art! Good job sir.
Уважение рабочему человеку!
Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
Thank you very much! Appreciate it :)
@@MakeNCreate You're welcome
Nice little leaf.looking forward for knifemaking . Shop looking good👍👍👍
Thank you very much :) Indeed it is!
Your vids are very satisfying to watch!
Thank you!
Great job 👍
Thank you!
Nice. Could be a door knocker, or a door handle maybe.
This one is just for decoration but yeah you cold make something like that. Thank you!
nice job
Thank you very much!
Me: *sees the end*
Also me: yeah, no shit lol
Sådan! 😉
Haha Takker!
I use wrought iron from pins and spike found on farm fields. My problem, is even when I bring temperature to forge ( non magnetic), as soon trying to establish a point....the fiber delaminate in hundred of needle., even If I use borax. So making nails with found wrought iron...is not working. I found that I can make small project by flattening and rolling the tip, but hard to to, when pointing. I try making leaf, but found they have to be pretty thick, not to see the delamination. I am o.k with the long crack created when twisting, or bending, it add to character of reusing this material....but point are hard to do. Wondering how they achieved pointing nails back then...might be from higher carbon wrought iron. Have a good day, from Canada
Magnet won't get you anywhere good, it's not an indicator for forging temperatures.
Wrought iron needs to be bright yellow almost white when forging it. It doesn't mind high temperatures so don't be afraid to push it. If you want to have stick together better your best bet is to cut and fold to refine it and make the fibers smaller. More homogeneous basically.
Ladies and gentleman that should be the first thing you make when you start blacksmithing
Definitely a good exercise.
Gotta keep wrought iron at welding heat for little stuff like that or it's prone to splitting.
yup I know. Wanted to stress and test this a bit though.
This ones little better than the first one we all made. Just a bit.
Haha mine could still be a ton better. I haven't made that many leafs in my blacksmithing career.
This is nice but what's the difference between normal iron and wrought iron?
Wrought iron refers to the way it was produced. Just like there is cast iron or pig iron etc. Here is a link to a page explaining how it was made www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/wrought-iron
Good to get some practice : ) 4:53 your hands look like you just came out of a coal mine : P
A while back you made a beautiful rose. Was that made of a different material?
Hehe yeah I guess so XD. Yeah that one was made from copper. Thank you!
Going to make a leaf knife?
Don't think so but definitely possible to make the guard of the knife a leaf.
From what I see wrought iron is too brittle to make a small art project, I wonder if your next video on knife making with it will at least be hardenable or withstand the normal use of a knife...
It's not that it's brittle. Wrought iron has a very odd structure with a lots of strands in it, almost like wood. That's why it breaks apart like it does. It doesn't have any carbon in it really so it won't harden whatsoever, making it useless for knives. However you can forge a piece of high carbon steel to it and make san mai which I will be doing in the future.
Make a kunai please
I'll pass.
@@MakeNCreate aww ok
@@MakeNCreate a kukri?
@@that_one_dude_3541 I already made 2
I from russia! Please drop me knife)))