Hand forging a Russian axe head from a single piece of C45 steel. This is how I make most of my bushcraft axes. Open the full video description for more information. ---------------------------- Date: March 2025 Day: 08°C (46.4°F) Night: 0°C (32°F) Hours of daylight = 11 Location: My property. Scandinavia, northwest Denmark - sea, spruce/pine and hardwood forrest. Some of the most remote in Denmark, but limited how remote it can get. A lot of birds and deers etc. No bears, only a few wolves. _________________ Dimensions and weight: Made from a 140mm long piece of 20x40mm C45 tool steel. 12cm cutting edge, 15.5cm from pole to cutting edge and 700 grams. A future handle would be about 55-60cm long. _________________ A few questions: 1. What are the function of the spike on the axe? Protects the axe handle and add more contact area (making the axe head less likely to work itself loose). 2. What fuel are you using in the forge? Charcoal. Homemade from birch and poplar wood. Just made in an 200L oil drum. 3. What anvil are you using? Home made - made from a large fortlift fork. Cut with an angle grinder and heat treated like a normal anvil. 4. What hammer are you using? Homemade - Now a days offen referred to as a "Japanese style hammer" but this style of hammer are/was used by many. The main advantage of a hammer like this with only one face are that you can keep the balance point (the handle) way off center making the hammer natural wanting to fall straight and able to self correct if not straight to some degree. By far my favorit blacksmithing style hammer. 5. What forge are you using? Homemade bottom blast forge. Made from random plumbing parts from a scrap yard. The air blower are from the danish military - if you want similar try to google "hand cranked forge blower" or similar. You can get a better look at my specific forge blower in this video • MAKING A BLACKSMITH SHOP WITH NO POWER TOOLS 6. Why heat treat in water? Some steel are supposed to be hardened in oil and others in water. C45 steel are supposed to be hardened in water. Personally do I like water hardening steels - no flames that can burn you and no smoke making it harder to see what you are doing. 7. How did you heat treat the axe? Normalizing once, hardening the cutting edge area in water and using the heat in the rest of the axe for tempering to a light yellow collar. The final step was to add oil and let it burn onto the hot surface leaving a black fishing and a bit of rust protection. 8. Why use the top fuller tool at 04:23? To avoid getting a cold shut (in preparation of bending/raising up the spike). 9. Can I buy an axe, knife etc. from you? No. 10. What are the two other axes show in this video? Another Russian axe design and a Karelian axe design. Homemade, also made from C45 and with the same blacksmithing tools as shown in the video. 11. Why so many hammer marks on 02:58? Because I am using the corner of the hammer to make the axe blade wider and not longer (a alternative to use a cross pen hammer). 12. Is it a hot tent in the background? Yes - a 4 person lavvu/hot tent. Just made from spruce poles, plastic tarps and nails. 13. What will the next video be about? Primitive bushcraft trip with primitive natural shelter building. 14. What if I have a question that are not included in this video description? Consider leaving a comment - I read all comments made within the first few days and update the video description with the most asked questions. _________________ Video gear: Nikon Z30 Nikon 40mm 2 Nikon 50-250mm 4.5-6.3 Røde videomic NTG Macbook 2011 iMovie

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MIZUOCHI Ryoichi of Sanjo Seisakusho is the last Japanese razor craftsman in Japan. See his world-renowned Japanese razors on display at BIOLOGY OF METAL: METAL CRAFTSMANSHIP IN TSUBAME-SANJO exhibition at Japan House London until 28 October 2018. The Sanjo Seisakusho company was founded in 1947 by IWASAKI Kosuke, a respected authority on metallurgy, who had conducted scientific research on Japanese blades, especially swords. In addition to western-style razors, Sanjo Seisakusho’s Japanese razors and small knives are renowned in various parts of the world for their sharpness. In 2014, Mizuochi Ryoichi was acknowledged as a Master of Traditional Crafts by the Japanese government.

Sounds of the blacksmith's shop. Check out our blacksmithing videos in this 1800s shop below! Starting up the Forge - 1860s Blacksmith Shop • Starting up the Coal Forge - Old School Bl... Hand Forged Candle Holder: • Hand Forged Candle Holder- Blacksmithing Blacksmithing in 1800s: • Blacksmithing in 1800’s - Heritage Village Welcome! We feature small indoor/outdoor gardening, blacksmithing, handcrafts and the outdoors. Sharing simple ways we slow down our busy modern life and return to basics. Thanks for watching! ~Back to Basics - Simple Living~

In this video we're looking into two new elements in forging axes. Forging dubbel lugs and making the beard of the axe. Thank you for watching!

Believe it or not, but Ioan Bedelean is the LAST declared blacksmith of the Community. He learnt how to do his work while he was very young and in the area there was still the tradition of learning a craft by being an apprentice for 2-3 years. He's been active in the field for over 40 years & he also masters excellent carpenter skills.

Blacksmith Steven House hand forges a blacksmith knife. No music and no talking, just relaxing shop sounds and the ringing of the hammer and anvil. This is a great hand forged project that anyone can try. Filmed and edited by Matt Stagmer of That Works. Filmed at ‪@MtPhillipMetalWorks‬ See the full video here : • The Art of Crafting a Blacksmith Knife - S... See the step by step class on how to make this here : / mattstagmer

Forging the PERFECT Harvesting Knife from Scratch! | Blacksmith ASMR in Kawit Cavite Ever wondered what it takes to forge the ultimate harvesting knife by hand? Step into the captivating world of blacksmithing as we transform raw steel into a perfectly balanced, razor-sharp tool designed for precision and durability. This ASMR-filled journey captures every strike of the hammer and every scrape of the blade, offering an immersive experience that showcases the skill, patience, and artistry behind traditional knife-making. From the fiery forge to the final polish, witness the craft unfold as we create a harvesting knife that's not just a tool but a work of art. Whether you're a blacksmithing enthusiast, an ASMR lover, or simply someone who admires handmade craftsmanship, this video is for you! Did you enjoy the video? Don’t forget to subscribe to our channel and join our growing community of craft lovers. We’re here to celebrate the artisans who pour passion and tradition into their work—one masterpiece at a time. 🔗 Follow us for more handmade magic Instagram: / tatak.philippines Facebook: / tatakcreative

33,735 views Feb 12, 2018 Detailed video showing a professional blacksmith at Muckross Farms Killarney making a horseshoe and then fitting the shoe onto the horse. Subscribe to our channel here https://goo.gl/E5V6sB Follow us on Facebook here https://goo.gl/YJmYck

In this video I forge a pair of oil lamps from a piece of steel pipe. A fun project that involves a bit of metal turning as well as brazing. The end result was a bit unexpected but unique! The inspiration for this video came from a facebook post by Jim Whitson - The Blazing Blacksmith. Check him out here: / theblazingblacksmith https://blazingblacksmith.co.uk/ Check out my recommended tools/gear: https://www.amazon.com/shop/torbjorna... If you like my videos you can support me at: / torbjornahman ...or buy a T-shirt here: https://tahman.myspreadshop.com For more info: http://www.torbjornahman.se / torbjornahman / torbjornahmanblacksmith

In this video I'm making a sleigh bell, or is it a cat caller?! At first glance a quite simple project, but tricky to get right, and does require some tools. A perfect challenge, right!?

A demonstration of nail forging with an up-close look at how we make our nails, why we think they're important and a little bit of history behind them. To find out more about us and what we do please visit www.alexpoleironwork.com If you want so see more of our work and what we do, find us on Instagram here: / alexpoleironwork

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He's Not Yet Trusted to Sharpen His Own Razor A Japanese razor can't simply be sharp — it must never cut skin, yet it absolutely must cut hair. Get that balance wrong, and the blade fails at the one job it has. It's a responsibility so precise that Yoshihiro Inagaki, despite years of training under master blacksmith Ryoichi Mizuochi, still isn't permitted to perform the final sharpening alone. In Sanjo City, Niigata — a town built by blacksmiths since the Edo period — Mizuochi, now over 80, continues hammering steel using techniques borrowed from Japanese sword-making. His razors carry a three-year waiting list. Alongside him, a young craftsman is learning a blade so demanding, one lapse in focus can ruin it — and one that, in the hands of a barbershop three generations deep, survived even a flood.

Step inside the last hand file-cutting workshops of Pohlhausen, in the heart of Germany's Bergisches Land, and discover how every file that ever shaped metal once had its teeth struck in by hand, one hammer blow at a time. This historical craft documentary follows the final generation of master file cutters as they gathered in a workshop untouched for a decade, preserved exactly as it was before being moved, fittings and all, to the Rhineland Open-Air Museum at Kommern. Watch the complete traditional process unfold: forged blanks scoured and bevelled at the vise, annealed slowly over the family kitchen hearth, and cut on solid oak blocks sunk deep into the ground, with a foot strap holding the work in place. You will see how cutters sharpened their chisels on a treadle-driven sandstone grindstone and Belgian whetstone, and how they spaced up to twenty teeth per centimetre purely by feel and rhythm. Beyond the workbench, this film reveals the rich domestic and economic life that surrounded the trade. Learn how women and children helped prepare blanks, how smallholdings and livestock supported cutting families, and how weekly wages were earned by delivering baskets of newspaper-wrapped files on foot through the Eschbach valley to Remscheid. From three-square saw files and round files with bastard cut to square files with demanding double cut, each pattern showcases remarkable precision, patience, and inherited skill passed down through generations. Ideal for lovers of traditional craftsmanship, blacksmithing, industrial heritage, and vanishing trades, this episode offers a rare, authentic record of a lost art that helped build modern metalworking. Original source material: Die Arbeit der Feilenhauer in der Feilenhauerstube S. Klein Published by Alltagskulturen im Rheinland © LVR-Institut für Landeskunde und Regionalgeschichte CC BY 4.0

Want to see all 27 films? Then support us on Patreon! Here's the link (Only German Versions): / benediktkubyfilmproduktion ----------------------- Alfred Habermann, originally from Bohemia, is one of the greats of his craft, a blacksmith straight out of a storybook. When he's not at the forge, he travels the world teaching the old techniques of blacksmithing and promoting the revival of blacksmithing in architecture. A film from 1992.