Hand Forging Your First Hammer! Tips and Tricks on making your first hammer.

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Let's talk about making your first hammers and how to get yours looking the best it can. In this video I will be going over how I make a hammers by hand and how you can as well. I'll be covering every thing from lay out to finishing and more. Do's Don'ts and Musts so you can make super sexy hammers every time. I'm even going to show you some of the secrets that get great results super easy.
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@leroybarker8510 4 года назад

Great video, I enjoy watching your forging not using a power hammer. My power is a 73 year old arm so I pretty much know what it will and won"t do.

@conautiver 4 года назад

This is just priceless.

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

In a good way I hope.

@conautiver 4 года назад

@@danielmoss2089 Of course!!

@daveadams4128 4 года назад

great content as ever, hammer making seems to be a higher skill -set for for someone just coming into the craft, you show it isn't beyond the keen beginner - you give hope to us all! All there best Dave

@dragonstonegemironworkscra4740 4 года назад

Very true sir. My 1st ever forge experience was with Daniel Moss in his hammer class in Ohio. It was the most challenging and rewarding thing ive done to date. With his instructions just about anyone should be able to get it done

@omarsedano4301 4 года назад

Come on everyone let’s get the likes inn. I want to watch the hammer video. Dan great job, I love your work.

@lenblacksmith8559 4 года назад

Good one Dan, looking great. Thanks for the tutorial.

@trevorjarvis3021 4 года назад

Always enjoy all your videos Dan, learning all the time!

@mjonesjr75 4 года назад

Loved the video dan. Awesome content

@newtsleatherandmetalsmithy1827 4 года назад

Love watching you work brother

@BBForge 4 года назад

well done as always Dan

@NeilGraham.I.M.F 4 года назад

Good vid. It's nice to see everybody's version of I Hand Forged hammer. Is it processes are the same but the nuances are different. Subtle differences that makes everybody's Hammer their own

@dracor2aetdma876 4 года назад

Thank you so much for all of your content! I would never have made it as far as I have, in so short a time, with this craft if it werent for the help of your videos!

@SSSmithing 4 года назад

Great work Dan

@techronmattic5876 4 года назад

Nice job Dan

@davteunfeun3737 4 года назад

Another great video... Thanks Dan!!!

@picklesnoutpenobscott3165 4 года назад

Dan, aww yeah! The hammers reforged! Very good stuff, I have some old sledges I have salvaged, his may be a great application.

@chippaoz81 4 года назад

Great job mate.

@picklesnoutpenobscott3165 4 года назад

I am so excited to get to try this! I will feel like a real 'prentice smith!

@jasonmacpherson936 4 года назад

Vary cool video. The reforge videos are awsome for learning from

@jackarmer8560 4 года назад

Love It Keep it up

@gypsie 4 года назад

Great video 👍, love your work.

@michaelrobertson8795 4 года назад

Excellent video👍

@iancrump4369 4 года назад

Nice work mate great video absolutely love watching them keep on hammering 🔥⚒️😎👍

@mikejeffers6371 4 года назад

Great video

@JustinTopp 4 года назад

Great video as all ways dan!!

@c.foetschl 4 года назад

Great videos, really nice content and valuable tips for hammermaking👍👍keep up the great work👏😁

@kennymiller4428 4 года назад

You got my like!

@GaryForgingOn 4 года назад

I am enjoying these videos. I have never made a hammer but may have to give it a try.

@stevenlisk2468 Год назад

Great tutorial great work well done

@pablofederico1978 4 года назад

I was waiting for a new video!

@billflint3369 4 года назад

Thanks for the video's for our education and entertainment.

@wayneheitz8390 4 года назад

Everything you do is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

Pleasure and thank you for the comment.

@johnmcclain3887 2 года назад

I've been really enjoying your work, style and content. I've worked a little bit for almost fifty years, as mechanic, machinist and such, and retired, am beginning to do it more extensively, and desperately need tongs and hammers. I've made my own before, but not near as neat or clean, and you really make them look good, as well as function. I hope to learn a good bit more, thanks much. Cheers.

@danielmoss2089 2 года назад

Pleasure it great to hear that im helping. thank you for the comment and welcome aboard.

@douglasfathers4848 4 года назад

Thanks Daniel this video will help me a lot mate as i don't own a power hammer . and yes it would be great to see you modify a larger production hammer by hand .cheers.

@marcerivest6204 4 года назад

Hammer making is what I would like to be doing wonce l get enough skills with the hammer and drifting. I have a hard time keeping the drifting straight. Great video Dan.

@kennywoods8713 4 года назад

Morning Dan, Great timing for my hammer makes. My current hammer made out of a cheap lump hammer is just not handling the harder spring. Just need my stock to make 1 or 4, little dig there Dan. All the best and keep safe.

@xj9779 3 года назад

Just subscribed nice to watch and much to learn. Keep it up 💪👍

@schmiedepeter3881 4 года назад

Hello Daniel, your videos are so wonderful!

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

Thank you.

@yorkshirejoinery2869 4 года назад

Liked at ‘688’, looking forward to seeing the shop bought remake! Love the look of this hammer, but like the re-worked shop bought hammer even more! Great work!

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

We're on 705 now so I'll get to it.

@kortaika 4 года назад

Nice !👌💪🤝

@billygildark4565 4 года назад

I’ve got a favorite hammer I made a couple years ago, 4 handles and 2 heads later it’s still my favorite!

@LOOKMONSTERZOMBIES 4 года назад

Just came across your channel was looking for a good way to make a new hammer. You really helped. Thank you very much

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

Pleasure dude hope it was some help.

@LOOKMONSTERZOMBIES 4 года назад

Daniel Moss massive help. I will be buying some wolf jaw tongs from you next week sometime 👍

@theaaronvirgo 4 года назад

Just bought a raffle ticket that you Daniel for the tutorials! I need to get my forge built and start doing some copying and see what I am capable of!

@duaneaubuchon9453 4 года назад

I really like your videos sir !!!!!

@TheOldaz1 4 года назад

Nice hammer, I'm in process of making a similar one, but starting with round material. In thinking through the steps I find I should make appropriate tongs and an eye punch first - always handy to have the right tools before you start bashing a lump of steel. Thanks for the detailed instructional.

@johnmcclain3887 2 года назад

I'm going through the same process myself, thinking exactly the same thought. He makes nice tongs and punches, I've been scrounging steel, for the same. Semper Fi.

@RonanRochford 4 года назад

Thanks for the video! I bought two hammer blanks, tong blanks and a drift to get started on trying to recreate it! Awesome Vid! Love the hand forged stuff. I know it takes longer so I really appreciate it. :D

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

Best of luck dude. They will be on there way by the end of the week I hope. Love to see how you get on.

@RonanRochford 4 года назад

@@danielmoss2089 For sure I will tag you on Instagram from my hobby page IrishSeppa. Might make a 30 sec video also so you can see the induction forge in action.

@Anderson-HandForged 2 года назад

great video just subbed and liked

@gladgurkan91 4 года назад

Hi Daniel, I don´t know if you´ve studied older Swedish pattern blacksmithing hammers, but these one that you make look pretty much exactly like those! Just make them slightly more front-heavy / longer and you´ll be spot on! Beautifully made, I enjoyed watching the process.

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

Thank you and I sort of saw a picture and copied it. Worked out OK.

@hannemannironworks1651 4 года назад

Great video Dan! Thanks for the tips and tricks and let’s get that 700 likes!

@dragonstonegemironworkscra4740 4 года назад

Love the video and content. Great info. Looks very similar to a scandi. A design i would like to do for my own hammer. If only i could like it a few hundred more times..... 🙏 Blessed days now crawford out ⚒️🧙‍♂️

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

Thanks Dan your the man.

@peteridpath9432 4 года назад

Liked this video, looking forward to the re-forging videos. How long is the wait for etsy items?

@chrislawrence6015 4 года назад

Awesome vid love it how you make it look so easy..hammers is one of the things I have not tried as scares the crap out of me for some reason . May just need to bite the bullet and get some stock off you and just have a go, let me know if you got my mails

@benperkins10 4 года назад

Thank you so much for this video this was very helpful, I would love it if you do make the rounding hammer reforge and fabrication videos they should great! Good job :) Also where do you get your steel for your hammers? :)

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

hit that like button and tell every one you know to as well. I defo do it I'm just going to do it sooner if people want it.

@HighWealder 2 года назад

Great technique. I have been a few weekend courses with various people and made some things, but have never found an ideal hammer. I am not heavily built, but hammers available either seem too light, too heavy or the face is the wrong shape by being too flat, but maybe my hammer action is wrong.

@donstephenson9474 4 года назад

I couldn't comment for quite some time now. This is a test

@user-ie5xw6ol4q 5 месяцев назад

Молодца, братан. В окурат подходишь к делу. Очень всё ровненько и со знанием дела👍

@dougwilliams8302 4 года назад

Dan, I’d love to see a video on ways to correct a crooked/offset hole after it’s been punched (like you didn’t notice it was crooked until after you punched).... thanks for all the entertainment and information, I’m headed over to mosscocraft Etsy now

@randomgoat2272 4 года назад

You need to cool one side and then hammer on the side that is biggest (I think). It’s mentioned in an Old Hickory Forge video. I’ve forgotten which, sorry.

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

You can do the water cool trick and also cleaver forging can help in combination with bolsters.

@ChirpysTinkerings 4 года назад

good video dan, Ive been curious why most smiths fuller in between the hammer face and the cheeks part, does it serve any purpose? You never see it on commercial hammers, but almost constantly on hand forged hammers.

@ed.sol.crafts 4 года назад

They do it for artistic purposes mostly. It also makes the cheeks quicker. It is one of those things that distinguishes a handmade hammer.

@stevesyncox9893 4 года назад

Most ball pien hammers are fullered. The head on claw hammers too.

@jakelargin4324 4 года назад

Come on folks let’s get that 700 likes! I need a new hammer!

@traceymoss7550 4 года назад

Great job Dan looks like you have 700 likes x

@beardywilson7876 4 года назад

Fascinating. Quick question, I'm getting a flypress soon. Could I use it to drift hammer/axe eyes?

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

Sure can just need to find some h13 to make the tools.

@cameronflack2254 4 года назад

DAN! Its a good looking hammer, but if you are more aggressive about knocking the corners back, you can avoid it fish-mouthing when you draw the peen out. It'll save you quite a bit of time grinding and keep more mass in the peen. Trust me, I'm a blacksmith too. Cheers mate!

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

I didn't have any fish lips I forged them back in. I cut the face of cause it look a little long. I think I talked about it the first time I made the video but forgot in this one. It's still a great point thanks.

@AnyMotoUSA 6 месяцев назад

RU-vid university, thanks as im beginner and have some stock large enough for a hammer i should try one.

@doneforyouservices3601 3 года назад

I would like to purchase one of your 2lb. cross pien hammers. Can you tell me where I can order one. Thank you. I really appreciate your videos. They are just what is new blacksmith need.

@jacobrawles8687 4 года назад

Do you see any worth in making a hammer by wrapping the eye like you would do an ax or hachet?

@benjamindejonge3624 4 года назад

Next time you do a Japanese forge hammers, send one to me lol

@gwaaiedenshaw8310 4 года назад

I’m curious why you even drift the hammer at all before shaping it. I’m assuming that the reason is because it is much easier to lay out your centre when it’s squared up, rather than when it is more organic. But otherwise, it seems like you could wail away and be far less carful shaping it out if you didn’t have to work around the hole? Is there more to the process?

@PackHunterGD 4 года назад

Daniel I'm an aspiring smith and i need a cheap easy way to forge a flattener without the use of a power hammer or wielder, have you any thoughts? I thought of converting an old sledge head, or even upsetting a RR spike into something. A reply would be appreciated or better yet a video. Thanks danny boy keep up the work

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

I'm on it. Stay tuned

@joeltarrartistblacksmith 4 года назад

What steel did you make your punch and drifts from?

@NKG416 4 года назад

me sitting here, wanting to start forging again! (my shop occupied by my cat and her sons lol)

@91donwilson 4 года назад

Any chance you could do a reforge into a top tool? Thanks for the vid Dan

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

Nice idea dude. I'll have a look

@tomosdavies2353 4 года назад

Hi Dan bit of a random question, I’m looking to make a stand for my swage block and all the traditional ones seem very low and I’ve noticed yours is too! What do you think the ideal height would be ? I would really value your advice, many thanks Tomos

@benchrysler3940 4 года назад

I like it 700 times 👍🏻 love the video how does Etsy work for US dollars when your prices are in Pounds just curious.

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

Sure does Ben and thank you for the likes. Means a lot

@BigWillSD 4 года назад

Super duper hammer video

@TheGamingmidnightsun 4 года назад

Daniel I've brought one of your Tshirts and I've got some steel if you want it its 2 blocks of just 1464 hardend steel if you want it and I'm going to purchase an ticket for the wrafffel.

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

I did see you got a t shirt. Thanks means a lot. I'll be sending you the hammer and stuff in the next couple of days.

@TheGamingmidnightsun 4 года назад

@@danielmoss2089 thanks Dan I know your busy I can wait

@TheGamingmidnightsun 4 года назад

@@danielmoss2089 the Tshirt was to help cover cost of postage to me

@pablofederico1978 4 года назад

I'm starting to do some forging, I have a gas forge runing and my first attemp is to make a pair of tongs (I was hammering a piece of rebar yesteday), so I would like to know what kinf of tongs do you recommend to be the first ones to make, the most versatile for someone starting. Thanks!

@randomgoat2272 4 года назад

I would make some v-bit tongs first. They allow you to hold square bar and they work for round bar. Once you can easily hold square, you make more tongs. Good luck with your forging.

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

I think this might be a video soon. However it depends on what you want to make.

@drason69 4 года назад

Serious question Dan. Could a person do all of this, on a striking anvil? I know we made rounding hammers before. But, as an option for others. Thanks ⚒️👍🙂

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

Yes but it would have a job getting the peen like mine but it can be done.

@williamemerson1799 4 года назад

What do you find most useful, straight or cross pein? I would think straight pein, but then I don't know Jack Schitt. He seems to be kinda scarce in this neck o the woods.

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

I made a straight about a year ago and I like it but it's 6 of one half a dozen of the other.

@OuroborosArmory 4 года назад

Woot, you go.. thinking about getting a drift and punch from you. Does that count as one purchase, or two if I buy the set?

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

Two

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

Not sure there's any up. There will be in a week or so.

@TheGamingmidnightsun 4 года назад

Order for raffle done.

@EmilReiko 4 года назад

So after i punch the hole, there is no isse in me forging the whole area around the hole narower before drifting. Im asking because it seems to be the easyest way of doing it, if my goal is a sheffield style doghead forgers hammer.

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

Most of the time if you get the majority of the forging done before the eye is formed and you won't mess it up to much. However if you do go the fuller route just take it easy. Hope that helps. I'll be make rounders in a week or so. I'll show you then.

@garethheverin2369 4 года назад

Hey Dan, wee question for you. What's the story with drawing out the cheeks? is it an aesthetic part of the design or does it help with functionality etc instead of having the hammer head go out around the eye ...big that question makes sense. I'm new to blacksmithing, love it so far and thanks for all the help you've given me so far :)

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

I'm not sure. Some hammers have some don't. I think it's a bit of an axe cross over thing and it's quite trendy at the moment.

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

Sorry crap answer.

@garethheverin2369 4 года назад

@@danielmoss2089 thanks for the honesty! I was fairly sure it wasnt aerodynamics at any rate. Cheers for all the tips, made my second ever set of tongs after watching your bolt tongs video :)

@WickedNtent 2 года назад

Newbie here. What’s the large metal black with different types of holes called?

@chrismay2298 Год назад

Swedge block.

@georgegriffiths2235 4 года назад

I would post you another if I had your address think I have a couple left got some other stuff for you 👍

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

Thank you dude you have done so much already thank you.

@Carterironworks 4 года назад

About how long does it take you to make a hammer?

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

By hand about an hour to Forge. 20-30mins to grind first time 30mins to heat treat and then polish and handle another hour.

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

Same to make with a power hammer just the Forge is about 20-30mins depending on the hammer.

@grandadz_forge 4 года назад

Loved it. Enjoyed this video. For a straight peen, what problems would you create by drawing out the peen before you punched the eye?

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

Do the same as I did here just the other way and keep flat sides by the eye even.

@artemisandcallisto9925 4 года назад

I made my first hammer with the hammer I was making, I can get the hammer to hit itself. There’s only three blacksmiths alive that know that technique and two of them are dead.

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

I like that a lot! But there are story of blacksmithing making a hammer before having one.

@bhaktapeter3501 22 дня назад

Please make a video showing us how its done

@stuffbywoody5497 4 года назад

25 likes to go

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

Thank you.

@stuffbywoody5497 4 года назад

@@danielmoss2089 , and you're at 752 likes 😉👍

@TheApalachian 4 года назад

11:04 Sorry for being childish 🤷🏼‍♂️

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

I completely get it. Lol

@ThorsRache1 4 года назад

I´m make like 666 . bad number ;-)

@thomasarussellsr 4 года назад

Wait, what? You don't have a cross peen in your shop, but your t-shirt logo has one and you're teaching blacksmithing? I mean, heck, I've learned a lot, but this was a bit of a shocker to hear.

@danielmoss2089 4 года назад

First hammer I made and I do have it still just it's a bit first like. Lol I do have a straight peen. Lol