Forging scarf-welded Viking tongs 

16 sided polygon is a Hexadecagon (Six Ten) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexadecagon "A happy little sixteen-side-ygon right over here." says the Bob Ross of the Smithy.

I really appreciate the work you do with the camera. It lends a ton to understanding the work you do. Cheers and thanks for the videos, +RowanTaylor!

Your voice is fine, it reminds me of someone commentating on a test match (that's Cricket for all you Johnny foreigners out there!-) More importantly, there's no irritating background noise, just the music of hammer on anvil, and good closeup shots to illustrate technique. I've learned more about smithing in a few minuets than I have from most of the other you tube smiths out there. I guess it's all about personal preference at the end of the day, but don't you think that we're so bombarded by the sensational over-emphasised and dramatic kinds of voices that would be more at home doing a voiceover for some commercial or news bulletin, that we almost expect too much of ourselves to be able to emulate the degree of enthusiasm that would take? Worse still are the robotic voices which possess all the warmth and humanity of an elevator or a cash dispenser! Perhaps it's just me, but I like the bare facts, without any unnecessary flannel, and delivered in a voice which encourages me to have a go, and if I make a pigs ear of it, just pop it back in the fire and try again, what's the rush? So Thanks a lot Rowan for your reassuringly calm, urbane, and level headed approach. Please don't change, and ruin the individuality of your channel! I wouldn't have bothered listening to the end if you had sounded like all the rest. Just keep a stiff upper lip, and defend your wicket every time you come in to bat, and you'll knock your competition for six! Also if you can keep the content at this level, you'll still be at the crease when all your critics are in the showers, getting themselves all soapy, if you take my meaning?-) All the best, you are now +1 subscriber, cheers!

Had a good laugh at the voice thing. You're like the English Bob Ross

Thats a great job man. I really like that plate/locking mechanism.

I find it very pleasing watchig you smith, the hammer blows are so exakt on point, and you really go in to detail without saying to much about it just enoughe. Going to go throw the rest of your vids now. /un aspiring blacksmith

Your voice is just fine. It's a good instructional voice. Thanks for the knowledge.

Very nice reminds me of when I took up the task of forging all my tongs, Really nice stuff great job

as always soothing to watch, good job laddie .

Hexadecagon is a 16 sided parallelogram, according to my search engine of choice... A 16 facet 3d object would thus be a hexadecahedron, which would be an awesome word to encourage the thoroughly inebriated to use conversationally

Your videos help me relieve stress for whatever reason. The content is soothing and inspiring. Keep up the work mate! :)

great video cant wait till the next!

Great job Rowan! Such great quality

16 sides - hexadecagon is the word you were looking for ;

I love the look of these.

I need to get my some steel for this, then I need to get my friends to come over to make it!

Your voice sounds thoughtful and considering , no worries mate.

you sir, deserves more subscribers! keep on forging! ;D

Great stuff

you are doing great bro

Viking Anglo-Saxon stuff is cool.

Nice. I'm still trying to get my tongs finished. I'm working on a firewood rack at this time.

What tongs do you recommend for someone without tongs at all? I would like to start forging in my garage.

Great!

hexadecagon is a 16 sided shape.. :) (i googled it so cant take the credit.. )

really good, high quality videos! keen up the good work, and you will definitely get many more subscribers :D

In mathematics, a hexadecagon (sometimes called a hexakaidecagon) is a sixteen-sided polygon or 16-gon.

me thinks I shall send some hoof trimmers

10:46 Different strokes for different folks :)

that elongated coffin shape is a stretched out hexagon

Your 16 sided shape is a hexadecagon or hexakaidecagon if you want.... And keep up the great videos!

Could the funny shape have to do with the need to manhandle large, spongy chunks of bloom iron?

nice work

I think a 16 faced shape is called a polyhedron. I think. Also I don't think Vikings used an anvil with a bik-horn so bending over the edge was probably more authentic if think about it as I believe Vikings used large pieces of granite and such for anvils. Steal was too expensive for them to make a large anvil out of.

You called it iron, is it truly iron or is it just mild?

Did you forgeweld those 2 pieces without a flux?

Rhombus. A Rhombus is a flat shape with 4 equal straight sides. Opposite sides are parallel, and opposite angles are equal (it is a Parallelogram).

16-sided figure -- hexadecagon

Yeah it's a Hexadecagon

Is the "one of those funny shapes" a lozenge? Nice word, lozenge.

Someone did come up with hexadecagon, I was just going to say. A mathematician would probably just call it a 16-gon though.

You make scarf welding look too easy. I always fail once or twice to get the two pieces tacked before i get it right, its so complex.

Lozenge shape? 16 sides: hexadecagon or hexakaidecagon.

Are you part of ABS? I feel you might do alright as a Journey Smith.

what size of stock is this ?

Screw the individual names for the different shapes and just call them polygons.

Hexadecagon.

this looks familiar!

Google has the answers to your shapes questions

I thought the sixteenfaceagon was funny