THANK YOU for an incredible project post! Add something to your project's resiliency...increase the carbon content of your edge steel. When you have your shape forged in and your cutting area close to its dimensions, start sprinkeling ground-up carbon dust onto your work and beat it in.just keep doing it. Then when you finish your piece, the same way you did, check the Rockwell hardness...you'll find it's a lot harder than it would have been without the carbon phase. ((Most Tool & Die shops will have a Rockwell tester. It brings a very hard center-punch type tip, down and presses against the part being checked. It measures how much force it took to push the tip the distance it pushed it, which is only a few thousandths of an inch; and then correlates the two and gives you your hardness, on the Rockwell Scale.)) This takes a "Mild steel", and makes it "High-Carbon steel. By beating carbon into the OPEN PORES of the very hot metal; the carbon content increases. You have all the rest, just right. I applaud you, sir!!! THANKS AGAIN
Absolutely beautiful. +1. 👍❤ BTW, one thing ive always wondered about bearded axes in general is why the cheeks are often so short, given the extra torque created by striking with that elongated beard ... I would have thought the cheeks would need to be much longer, and perhaps even cross-banded (at some distance below the head) to more fully maximize the stability of the head on it's shaft ... something along the lines of your hewing axe. Just thinking aloud.
Yes, and I also noticed the OBEY hat he's wearing, that's a company that promotes communist and socialist ideals and the are allegedly funded by George Soros and the shadow government
hey nils i happen to have the exact same forge only i cant get mine up to welding temperatures. Have you modified your one or do you use a special gas or something ?
4 года назад
What regulator do you use? I crank it up to 3 bar and wait. You need to let it heat up propperly, i made that mistake in the beginning.
You may have answered it... Beginning the blacksmithing phase soon. But what oil is that you are dipping the nearly finished axe in, just before you put it in the oven? Thank you. Awesome!
4 года назад
Its heat treating oil that i got from a friend. Before that i used rapeseed oil
I really enjoyed this - I find the process fascinating. And the end result...wow, what a beautiful axe! Thanks for sharing this, and I look forward to seeing more of your creations come to life from your forge. Cheers!
You definitely should do a video on fitting your head and making a handle. I don’t even have a functioning forge but I am definitely going to make a axe like this when I get my new one built.
I really like your usual videos where you take the main events during a production, but I am always find it interesting to se the whole process. Love all you axe builds, and the style of this and Skallagrims bearded axe.
I've recently discovered your channel. I am fascinated with the process that it takes to produce an axe such as the one in this video. It looks this would be right at home hanging from the hip of a viking in the 900's as he was preparing for a raid. Well done sir.
What is the benefit of doing a wrapped eye, versus a slit and drift?
4 года назад
Well, you can start off with smaller stock, you have to imagine yourself back in the day, getting a big piece of steel to drift was probably very hard and very expensive.
Please don't worry about correcting your speech man. You speak English extremely clearly and honestly I wish I had your accent lol. I sound like your typical guy from California. The wow, dude, bro, gnarly kind of guy lol You make the most beautiful axes and I hope to own one soon. I always miss out on the ones I want but that's what happens when each is handmade and there are only a few per batch. Again thank you for all you do.
I really like what you did here,Nils.The techniques may all be standard,and based in forging practice,but any smith imparts something of their own to the work regardless of that. The way your axe came out made me think of those several neat axes that the guys reproduced for that big public Oseberg ship recreation in Oslo several years back...I think your cultural,"ethnic" memory is coming out through your forging!:) Great job,and i really enjoy your closing rap at end of your videos,all and all-excellent effort,on forging and producing these films.
hey, please remove your cutting piece from the anvil when not using it, especially when it is on the right side. this is how you cut off fingers. great work thou! :)
Nils, would not a beginning Smith just put a large piece of high carbon steel into the main piece and then forge weld both together? Why did you make the additional step of forge welding the high carbon blade part into the mild steel bit, and then again forge weld all together into the main piece?
IMO you should have made the eye a little wider, that skinny eye makes the handle at the top very thin. This could be a major failure point in the future.
Why dont you use more material and make them a little bigger? It looks like you barely get the axe made because of using such a small amount of material
3 года назад
1000 years ago material was very expensive, therefore they tended to use only what was needed to get the job done. Alot of axes from that era were very small. Alot of bearded axes were used for carving and boatbuilding and could be smaller than the palm of my hand. The idea here is to show one of the historical ways of forging a bearded axe. Hope that helps
Great video quick question, would it not be easier and stronger to take a larger piece of metal and punch a hole in it for the handle? Does away with all the folding and welding.
9 месяцев назад
Thanks for watching! Sure thing, the punched eye is stronger and a more "modern" way for making an axe eye. However, the folded eye is more of a "historical" approach. I can't say for sure how old this technique is, but I have seen finds from Scandinavian Iron Age/viking age all the way to the late 1800's use the folded techinque. So it's been around for a while. It's more of an enthusiastic approach, trying to keep the old methods alive etc.
Hej Nils! Den blev ju vacker som ”sju sommarängar” måste jag säga👌! Jag ligger i startgroparna med egen smedja och har väl allt egentligen utom en rejäl bandputs, har du gjort din själv eller är den köpt? Några tips kanske;) 2”72 och minst 1,5hk kanske? Mvh Petter!
4 года назад
Köpte min, det är en kines. Kan inte rekommendera den är jag rädd. Men finns en Polack som säljer har jag hört..
Jasså haha! Ärligt å bra svar:) ja det verkar faktiskt finnas flera tillverkare i europa som gör (va det verkar) fina maskiner, men svårt att veta utan någon som verkligen provat ordentligt. Får forska hårt och meddela resultat😉 mvh Petter Broberg
What if I don't want the hammer part of the axe and just flatten the whole back? Is there anything wrong with that? I want to make an axe but I don't really like to hammer with axes
3 года назад
Whatever floats your boat! Just be sure not to make it too skinny around the eye you needbstrenght there to suport the handle.
First time I've seen your work, and of course it's the first time I drank alcohol in years. What we're we watching? Oh yeah, you my friend have made a really cute axe, I'd chop stuff up with it like a human cuisinart. Yup...
They are struck by a helper known in ancient times as an "apprentice". Although smaller work can be spring-clamped to the anvils' face through the Pritchel, that springs' foot often gets in the way of the flatter, and, as the time from forge to anvil is critical for the weld to succeed, or "take", a flatter slows the process to the point where the weld will more likely fail from oxygen interference.
I love the video, I love the hard work, and the very detailed process! My only concern is the socket size on the head. Someone like me would break the head off of the handle in 1-3 swings. It is a beautiful axe! I'd love to have one as a wall hanger
I have noticed in few videos that the metal keeps falling off the anvil when you strike it for removing excess material. Is there a way to fix it in place to prevent that, for safety purposes, obviously, red hot metal hitting your leg is not good :D
I just ordered your Forest Axe because that’s what was in stock. But I truly love this axe and can’t wait for the opportunity to purchase one of these beautiful crafts of yours!!
A question for you. I have watching many videos of how to make axes and you are the only one that I have seen forge the blade steal into another piece of steal before forge welding it into the axe face. Why do you use the extra piece of metal?
I stumbled across this video tonight and am very impressed with not only the end result of your forging such a fine bearded Axe but with your instruction through the process as well! EXCELLENT job Sir and you have a new fan here!!!
