Blacksmithing - Making a garden trowel 

That little guide tool you use while forging the rib is a very good idea.

love these videos so much, especially that theres no music, or voice over. just blacksmithing sounds

Steel rod + piece of firewood = a tool that will last generations Great work!

I think these are the best smithing videos on the Tube. No elevator music, just the sweet sound of the anvil. I do like the brief interludes of nature in between. That really ties the subject matter to the Earth and simple living. Well thought out subject matter Mr. Ahman, just a blacksmith at his craft. Skol

Why do some people dislike the videos, I find them therapeutic to watch and can appreciate his skill and craftsmanship. Oh well you can't please everyone.

I love that you make things other than knives, axes, or decorative art pieces. I think it's good for people to see that blacksmiths make much more - tools, cookware, etc.

You never cease to amaze me on your quality and dedication to the work you do. Thanks for the great vids!

Watching this at first I thought "why not just buy one?" But then I remembered the joy of using something you made yourself. For me it's electronics tools for my bench. It might look crap but my frequency counter is my most prized tool. I get it now. Good job Tobjorn!! Keep it up.

Last year I bought my wife a real expensive diamond 💍 for Christmas! And she asked her blacksmith hubby if I was too lazy too make her something? Lol but I have always made her Christmas gifts ... something I’ve seen she needs thru out the year ! So a set of gardening tools are what she will get this year ! She loves her flowers and I do the veggies! And this trowel right here gave me the 💡!!! Something that’ll out last me ! When she’s planting flowers I’ll be right there in her hands!

Any gardener would be proud to own that. That power hammer really does help.

I have so much admiration and respect for men like this. They embody the principle that used to be much more common, the idea of you need a tool? then you go make a tool! I wish that i was able to do this sort of thing, but I dont have the tools and equipment..and frankly the talent and ability to do it. But I do enjoy watching these videos so i say to you Mr. Ahman..thank you for the videos.

I love watching you create useful tools. It's one thing to just forge something, but so often you forge tools that you then use.

I love that you make "Heirloom" pieces. Not only are you using old world methods but you are making items that will last generations to come. A pleasure as always when I see your new videos. Thank you.

I see some weeds in the garden, "think i need to stop by the hardware store and get a garden trowel" Torbjorn says to himself "I fancy doing a bit of gardening, time to light the forge" nice Work as always

I'm an archaeology student, you just inspired me to make my own trowels, since it is mild steel i can skip the tempering. Nice video, quality content, cheers

I find these videos not only incredibly interesting and satisfying but somehow very soothing as well. Love it.

You’re accuracy and precision under the power hammer is nothing short of amazing. Thank you for sharing your craft.

Certainly would be proud of that trowel....beautifully done👍......Funky looking squirrels!

Please don’t ever stop posting. Your videos are very enjoyable, informative and inspirational. 🇨🇦

Those matches ,I still have a match box for every time I went to Scandinavia. Mostly Sweden, but had Norway and Finland (lapland). Met saami there ,even they had those matches 🤣 And swore by them ,as do I from that moment on 🥰 I even have the long stove matches ,they ignite like a rocket 🚀

I bet that transmission shaft had absolutely no idea after dutifully driving passengers around for 450,000 kilometres it was going to become a garden trowel in its next life.

Talk about beating swords into ploughshares! You had a pretty fearsome spearhead going there for the first 9 minutes. And even so, I still wouldn't want to get rapped over the knuckles with this trowel. Lovely job and beautiful video.

I love how clean your work is, and the simple, natural finishes you use. I can almost smell the linseed oil and turps. :) A pleasure as always.

Great work sir always love your methodical approach! Thanks for the upload

Really interesting to see it made from round stock. Probably the nicest garden trowel I'll ever see!

Dear Torbjörn, I have been turning handles for my collection of files and chisels that are in need of same and a couple of things I have done may be useful. To make a more fitting hole in the handle, I destroyed an old file by cutting teeth on one side using a thin bladed angle grinder. The teeth face backwards and therefore will cut on a pull stroke. I cut down the other side so that I end up with a thin broaching tool for squaring the holes. I made a couple of them, one thin for small blades and another thicker for bigger tangs like on large files. To get the best fit, I mounted the handle in a vice with a jig that grabbed them firmly, heated the tang to red hot and banged them in to the hilt whilst smoking and hissing. I then drench the handle in water to stop fire progression and voila - a well fitting tang. Cheers.

Taking the old adage "Need a tool - make a tool" to another level :)

One garden trowel to rule them all, One garden trowel to find them, One garden trowel to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them, In the Land of Sweden where the blue flowers grow...

All works I look from the beginning to the end, the master of my business and in general the master on all hands. A good manual adds a lot of knowledge. hi from Russia!!!

Here is another tool that will last a life time......... and more ! Thank you for sharing this great experience, Torbjörn !!!!

Great workmanship and the into made me so mutch happier that spring is around the corner.

The joy of creating something so simple and yet so beautiful ,how wonderful! A pleasure watching your videos, thank you so much.

Just another item of sheer beauty. What a pleasure to use such a tool.

Love seeing you using stuff from previous episodes 😁

I am absolutely stunned by this craftsmanship. This is a beautiful trowell, made with such pride and love. I would love to think that I could do something like this, thank you for showing us how.

Your handles are just as nice as the tools you build. Very nice.

I dont think any amount of yoga or nature program will ever be as relaxing and zen as these videos

Dixonville, Oregon, salutes you! Well done from Essential Craftsman's 'hood.

Man I love and respect your work and find your dedication, attention to details and giving as much effort as needed to get best quality results inspiring. Thanks for these great contents.

You snuck up on me with the fence/gate for the hammer. Great idea that I have never seen! I’ve made many garden tools, but I must make a version of the power hammer fence before I copy your little shovel! The squirrels have enormous ears. Tasty, I bet. The squirrels not the ears.

Great vid, incredible skills, amazing trowel - worthy of a maker’s mark!

i don't think there ever was a garden trowel of such quality ever made- not quite your usual 'dollar store china made trowel' hey lol

I love the sound of your power hammer, for some reason its quite satisfying. And your anvil is gorgeous....

Looking att your videos is like reading a book and cant stop reading. .👍

I love seeing a hunk of steel turned into a useful tool, I'd love to have a workshop filled with tools that I made, you're living the dream. Thanks for the fantastic videos I can spend hours just relaxing and watching them.

I like your skill, I like the tools you make I even like your squirrels but I absolutely love that jacket. Best band ever. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺

Great work, and I'm envious of your spring weather. I got like a week of nice weather, and now I got another 6 inches of snow.

A simple tool yet so fantastically beautiful. I am envious. I’d trade my new 2-cycle cultivator for that. Once again thank you for this content.

Dude.. That is some excellent craftsmanship! Love the attention to detail!

Your camera work on this one was superb and getting better all the time! Never ceases to amaze what masterpieces you are able to create by your deft hands....and that handle looked the perfect shape! Thanks for the blue flowers and great build Torbjorn! Hat Tip!

Incredible craftsmanship.

Very nice skew work, TA! Total craftsman, total artist! Thanks for the video.

thank you for enhancing my weekend

Thats a beautiful Garden Trowel should last a life time...

Wished lived near by could have filled my house with such garden tools from you, but now only for eyes. Pleasure full to watch. Great.

Nice work! Your spring comes early with all those flowers! I still have a 30cm of snow on my lawn...

It's always such a joy to watch you work, Torbjörn

Thanks Torbjörn! Another beautifully made tool and a beautifully made video. Awesome stuff :)

Beautiful work and beautiful place. Thanks for sharing !

my garden needs this

Fantastic work yet again, making something so common which is used by scientists, agriculturists, hobbyists, professionals, and something that we have all probably handled at least once in our life. Its normally left for mass production and always feels so cheap in the hands. This is one of the kinds of tools that people care about and are always sought after because if you enjoy working with it good tools lead to good work, and this is a damn fine tool with quality that is hard to come by nowadays.

Love your craftsmanship. You are such an artist.

awesome craft, work and editing, Thank you !

Really impressive work. Next level.

Beautiful work, you make it look easy, just as any professional should. By the way, you have some crazy looking squirrels.

I would proudly plant bulbs with that little dibbler. Beautiful as always. Happy spring time to you and yours.

Really like the close-up shots. And, nice lathe work; especially the skew.

Tool making to perfection as usual. Really good vision of the bits you need to able to see: and I love the squirrels 🙂

Loved the work on the edges. Great job, as always.

True craftsman love watching your work.

Nice to see that you are well again. Very nice work on the trowel and love the shop squirrels. :-)

the best made trowel ive ever seen.

I really enjoy your videos, but what I do appreciate it the occasional break with different content such as squirrels running around outside. This is a nice touch to your videos so thank you for such diversity. You're also a very fine craftsman as well. Being English and trained as a machinist I appreciate a lot of what you do.

beautiful ... just simply beautiful

Perfect craftsmanship and pure skill. If i did something like that i would treat it like a trophy :)

Awesome trowel Sir an it was a joy to watch you make it.

I’m a beginner at blacksmithing and these videos help me out thank you!!!!!

That is a wonderful trowel, you've made. I really like the videos. You learn a lot from them. Also the little pauses with nature, animals or just the weather. It reminds me, whatever you do, enjoy the time and make a pause. To relax and to soak in every experience so far. Thank you very much for this channel and your videos.

Good shoulder blade!👍 Hello from Russia!

Amazing trowel. and your wood turning is nice. smooth. 👍👍👍👍👍

Perfect timing for spring garden season. 👍

U got great forging skills Trowel looks awesome.

It took me a while to notice, but I love how the Å in your touchmark resembles a compass to go along with the hammer that forms the T.

Если начать просмотр с 8 ой минуты, можно подумать это реплика боевого копья!!! Ваша работа очень добротная, на века.

You are a wonderful brother to me, many thanks for everything that I learned from you.

Another quality video. Thank you for making these.

Your passion for details - emazing

Very impressive tool making! You make it seem almost effortless, but that is your skill that's making it seem that way. Enjoyable to watch and subbed, Cheers!

You are the consummate artisan! Your work is inspirational, instructive and entertaining!

Fantastic work, and a classy looking tool! 👍

Amazing Torbjörn, very nice work!!!!

quite a nice finish. Perfect for a garden trowel. The handle is very nice too.

Masterful as always, worth the wait.

no dejas de sorprenderme....cada detalle, cada operación está hecha con la calidad y sabiduría de un verdadero amante de su trabajo. Saludos desde Chile.

Dude, you have more talent in your big toe than I have in my entire body. Another great video!

Эх,красота!Смотрю с утра за завтраком,на весь день настроение поднимается! (Ah,beauty!I look in the morning at Breakfast,all day mood rises!)

Always enjoy your videos been a fan for some time. Really glad to see you popping into Tim’s live-streams as well lately. Keep up all the great work and thank you Torbjorn.

Very impressive. So glad you did not use epoxy to glue the tang into the handle.

Beautiful work, Be Well

And another one (great video) always great to see the tool you make get used