BLACKSMITH FRIDAY - Gift ideas for Blacksmiths

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As the holidays approach I wanted to share some gift ideas for the blacksmith on your shopping list. Or maybe just for yourself. I have included a few things that are asked about regularly so its also a bit of Q&A.
Blacksmiths leather apron - www.forge-aprons.com
After Black Friday use the code BBF
Carolina hot mill gloves
piehtoolco.com/contents/en-us...
www.blacksmithsdepot.com/kevl...
Hearing protection
Iso Tunes ear buds - amzn.to/47ld61q
Iso tunes ear muff - amzn.to/3upMH3O
Pro ear ear muff - amzn.to/49Ombl1
Markal Silver pencil - amzn.to/47Kdqqj
Square for Hook ruler - amzn.to/40OZZTt
Tongs
kensironstore.com/
www.blacksmithsupply.com/sear...
piehtoolco.com/contents/en-us...
www.blacksmithsdepot.com/prod...
Project blanks
www.christcenteredironworks.c...
use coupon code John at checkout.
stoneypointforge.com/products
Brent Baily hammer - www.brentbaileyforge.com/shop...
Holland Anvil swage block - www.hollandanvil.com/product-...
Anvils
Holland Anvil anvils - www.hollandanvil.com/shop
stevefontaniniblacksmith.com/
Vevor double horn - s.vevor.com/bfQn97
Vevor single horn - s.vevor.com/bfQxZJ
Power tools
Metabo WPB 18 LT BL 11-125 cordless angle grinder kit
acmetools.pxf.io/k0QdOz
amzn.to/45ppgEw
Metabo BS 18 LTX-3 BL Q I METAL cordless drill kit
acmetools.pxf.io/Kj250n
Milwaukee angle acmetools.pxf.io/jryQb6
*Some of the links provided are for affiliate programs. Using these links does not cost you any extra but does pay a small commission to help support this channel. As an Amazon Influencer, I earn from qualifying purchases.
00:00- Intro
00:56 - Leather Apron
02:54 - Gloves
04:19 - Blue Tooth Hearing Protection
06:00 - Silver Pencil
06:47 - Hook Ruler
07:37 - Tongs
08:43 - Pre Cut Project Blanks
09:53 - Forging Hammer
10:26- Swage Block
10:54 - Anvils
12:05 Power Tools
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Below you will find useful links that will help you in your journey as a blacksmith.
To find more information in blacksmithing in the US or to search for your local ABANA affiliate group visit.
www.abana.org/
Blacksmithing tools and supplies
Self contained air hammers - www.saymakhammers.com/
General blacksmithing supplies - www.piehtoolco.com/
General blacksmithing supplies - www.centaurforge.com/
General blacksmithing supplies - www.blacksmithsdepot.com/
General blacksmithing supplies - www.blacksmithsupply.com/
Square head bolts and lags - www.blacksmithbolt.com/
New anvils - www.nimbaanvils.com/
New anvils -
Industrial supplier - www.mcmaster.com
Tong blanks and tools - kensironstore.com/
Fire brick and refractory - refwest.com
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@joshcrabtree404 6 ай бұрын

Hope you and everyone else had a wonderful and blessed thanksgiving day

@user-pn1mr8vl8w 6 ай бұрын

happy thanksgiving

@timocsutube 6 ай бұрын

Christ Centered Ironwork, Holland Anvil and Stoney Point are all Michigan businesses....ya know, there is actually a Christmas in Michigan!!! Happy Holiday crafting everyone!!

@BlackBearForge 6 ай бұрын

I had not made that connection, thanks for the info

@alfazio8880 6 ай бұрын

Merry blacksmith!!!

@userx4286 6 ай бұрын

I like the videos that you make long, see that you made 40-50 minutes long videos in the old days.

@AdamDeal-KF0PRI 6 ай бұрын

happy thanksgiving john! hope you and your family had a good day!

@BlackBearForge 6 ай бұрын

Thank you Happy Thanksgiving

@LandonMatlack 6 ай бұрын

It's always great to learn from Ron Swanson's father

@thomasgoodemoot 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for give Christ Centered Ironworks a shout out i know we have been working super hard at trying to get everyones orders out as fast as possible thank you again john love the videos keep them coming

@BlackBearForge 6 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

@caderodman33 6 ай бұрын

Genuinely love all of your videos! Keep up the good work and happy thanksgiving!

@willw7595 6 ай бұрын

Hello John, Great video..

@jamesball7322 6 ай бұрын

I did a scroll loop design bottle opener just yesterday

@johnjude2685 6 ай бұрын

Hot mill gloves something you suggest many times are well worth having as you have said before, I'm still loving the silver pen, something I learned from you. Yes we learned many things from you and safety Thanks for your teachings Something I taught myself buy worn out tong for really cheap and remove the rivet and keep the better half as a patern for your build making the weight and length as you desire.

@chewyakarieckenicholas6049 6 ай бұрын

Love the hat and great video I hope that you and your family have a great holiday season

@olddawgdreaming5715 6 ай бұрын

Great video John, lots of good ideas for Christmas Shopping. Looks great around the shop, stay safe and keep up the great work and videos. Fred.

@BlackBearForge 6 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

@TheJCJexe 6 ай бұрын

Santa is real!

@DH-xw6jp 6 ай бұрын

Nobody I associate with knows _anything_ about blacksmithing. So I have to be very specific if I ask for something, if I asked for hammers and tongs I would receive a claw hammer and bbq tongs. So I i simplified it this year. *BAR STOCK.* I gave them a list of carbon steels and other metals and told them any bars or rods of those types would be appreciated.

@johndepalma3795 6 ай бұрын

Thanks! Happy holidays sir

@kevinknight195 6 ай бұрын

I reached down to thumbs up no less than 5 times in this video... Appreciate the honesty and the wealth of knowledge you always share

@BlackBearForge 6 ай бұрын

I appreciate that!

@glencrandall7051 6 ай бұрын

All good suggestions.🙂🙂

@bjrn-oskarrnning2740 6 ай бұрын

I've been using my ISOtunes Pro 2 for almost 2 years now and I'm sad to say that they're starting to fall apart in just the same way the a friend of mine's did. He is on his... 4th pair now, in about two years, having tried various models that've failed in various ways. The audio quality is great and the noise reduction is pretty decent, but it might be worth looking at other brands, too. ISOtunes customer service is great, tho!

@ChristCenteredIronworks 6 ай бұрын

Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🍽️ John and everyone

@BlackBearForge 6 ай бұрын

Thank you Roy

@virtusleather 6 ай бұрын

Never heard of those gloves before, thanks john!

@louispassmore4740 6 ай бұрын

Hope you and your family had a happy thanksgiving

@samajier2566 6 ай бұрын

Good job

@AtholIronworks 6 ай бұрын

Hope you had a great thanksgiving....... And of course I ate to much 😂. I definitely recommend April's forge -aprons. I've had mine for years and it's held up under a beating and April is a super nice lady.

@BlackHoleForge 6 ай бұрын

Thanks john. Those were some wonderful ideas. Very useful thanks.

@user-ji7qb6ek7h 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@stephenjohnson6841 6 ай бұрын

Another great video John! I hope that you and the family had a Happy and great Thanksgiving! Happy belated Thanksgiving everyone!

@larrystrayer8336 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the Christmas list that i have sent to all my family. Lol. Good video; as usual.

@scottcarlson6012 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the great gift ideas, will send a link to the wife. Hope you and yours had a great Thanksgiving!

@FallenAnvilForge 6 ай бұрын

Happy Thanksgiving, John!

@tonyjones9715 6 ай бұрын

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family

@jeffgrier8488 6 ай бұрын

Happy Thanksgiving John!

@Dreadnought9411 6 ай бұрын

Quite simply Sir...your my most favorite blacksmith...thank you for all you do

@BlackBearForge 6 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

@buildfixeat 6 ай бұрын

Love the channel, you have some wonderful content. I have got to get a little smith setup. Thank you for all the great videos!! Happy thanksgiving.

@BlackBearForge 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@armageddontools 6 ай бұрын

The best gift you can give someone is a respirator and a link to a lung fibrosis disease webpage so they dont forget to use it even if they are going to do just a small cut. I wish someone gave me that gift 15 years ago.

@MASI_forging 6 ай бұрын

Nice work dude 🙂🙂

@prpunk187 6 ай бұрын

Happy Thanksgiving Ron Swanson lol just kidding hope u and ur family have a good one

@user-br3ou2cs9o 6 ай бұрын

I watch a news program called "The Five." Today was a Thanksgiving Special where they answered only fan mail. Former U.S. Congressman Harold Ford Jr. is an intermittent co-host. Today when the question was asked about study habits. 4 of the 5 said they needed quiet to concentrate to study or do things when focus was needed. I'm the same. Mr. Ford was the only one who said he preferred listening to music while studying, specifically law, in his case no pun intended. He said of himself maybe I'm just weird. The thing I find interesting is how he described it similarly to what you said about listening to music. Without the music in his earphones/earbuds he gets distracted into thinking of other things to do/get done and it's harder to focus on what's in front of him. I think you're both weird.. jj 😄😄 Hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving 🦃 as well. ✝️🕊️

@paulmemmer3260 6 ай бұрын

I just bought a Vevo single burner propane forge you had featured in a video. I can't find that video again, so I have to ask: The instructions on the refractory cement says to mix it with water in a ratio of 10:3. My question is: which is the 10 and which is the 3? And how long does it have to sit after I apply it? Thanks for all the great information you provide us beginners in forging. We're really enjoying your videos.

@Dzon_Jacek 6 ай бұрын

👍

@stevenolan7972 6 ай бұрын

Thing about Milwalkee tho is you buy the grinder then find out that the battery and the charger are all sold separately!

@BlackBearForge 6 ай бұрын

They sell them in kit form, with the battery and charger as well as the bare tool.

@bjornsmith2364 6 ай бұрын

Most tool companies do this not just Milwaukee. I usually buy the combo kits that come with a charger and battery or just battery.

@RyanBarnes 6 ай бұрын

I have both the Vevor anvil and forge. A note on the anvil, don't let the blue paint fool you. It's there to cover up the Bondo filler used. Not that I have any serious issues with the pocks on the horn, just know like John said that they may not be the best quality but they are very functional. I love my anvil and forge.

@Skinflaps_Meatslapper 6 ай бұрын

Yeah they're all swiss cheese under that paint and body filler. Any time you see paint on a hammering surface, it's hiding something. If you're feeling really industrious, you can grind the horn down to solid steel and it won't take a whole lot of steel off in the process. The casting method produces those voids on the surface but it's pretty solid underneath. Mine came with a nice little crack on the edge of the anvil, I marked the end of the crack and it hasn't spread or given me problems yet.

@RyanBarnes 6 ай бұрын

@@Skinflaps_Meatslapper might have to do that! I've done a decent job cleaning the horn getting rid of most of the casting lines and such. Was thinking too if I find any bad holes I could just do a little welding job and grind it clean.

@Skinflaps_Meatslapper 6 ай бұрын

@@RyanBarnes I considered filling the holes with weld, I just didn't want to risk affecting the heat treatment of the surrounding area. The surface is hardened a bit and it continues down for a while as it's a smaller anvil and quenches faster, so I occasionally checked hardness as I went. Maybe with the right filler you could maintain the same hardness or better, but with the kind of voids these anvils have even a mild steel fill is better than no fill at all.

@hump31951 6 ай бұрын

Does your induction forge have a cooling system?

@billssmithy7352 6 ай бұрын

Love Ken', ,buy all my plans there. BUT, I have been unable to properly cut the V into the V-Bit & Bolt Jaw Tongs. I know it's Operator Error, but I can't figure out where I'm going wrong. I left the 2nd blank set soak in the forge for quite a while before trying to chisel the "V" and still couldn't get the deep "V" as Ken's how-to video shows. Any help greatly appreciated!

@lanceh.8537 6 ай бұрын

Happy Thanksgiving! Thanks for all the quality work! Just to clarify though, Metabo is not the same as Metabo HPT. The Metabo you’ve got is a much higher quality

@BlackBearForge 6 ай бұрын

Thats correct. Metbo HPT is the old Hitachi brand

@GUNMETALGUYUSA 6 ай бұрын

🤠👍🏽

@TehlItER 6 ай бұрын

Hello and thanks for the video. I do blacksmithing as a hobby and sometimes use it as a way to get Christmas gifts, this year I’m tackling a long time grudge of mine with the project, can openers, they are flimsy horrible gadgets that never work as intended, and i know a lot of friends and family that think similarly, so this year Christmas gifts are going to be forged can openers, but here is the catch, I have not been able to find a good blueprint or instructions to work it out. I have a “working” prototype that works similar to scissors, its got a circumference with a sharp point in the middle and a moving arm with another point that cuts the can, while it is a viable option it works for just one size of cans, and I don’t like it. Do you have any idea how to tackle this problem?

@Skinflaps_Meatslapper 6 ай бұрын

Why not incorporate the working elements of a P38/P51 into a larger handheld version? They were super simple stamped pieces but their biggest drawback for everyday use is their compact size. Something with a larger handle and blade might function a lot better, and it wouldn't be difficult to replicate the cutty bits (though you might want to use carbon steel for that). Another idea would be to make a simple u-spring (like a spring handle swage) that you hold on the open end where the dies would be. The bottom side of the spring has the tooth to grab the rim of the lid while the top side of the spring has the blade, placed roughly halfway between the bend and the handle. Put the tooth under the rim against the side of the can and the cutter on top of the lid, then squeeze to puncture a hole, then repeat until you've made your way around. Simpler and easier operation compared the rocking motion needed with a P38/P51 style opener. You could even replace the bottom tooth that holds the can with a complete circle instead, so you could drop the can into it rather than making sure a tooth grabs the rim of the lid. It would still function with smaller cans, but it wouldn't be "hands off", so to speak. The u-spring could also be replaced with a pivoting joint, but you'd have to manually open it each time unless you added some kind of additional spring to it, which could also be forged but the complexity of the project would go up as well.

@MarinoDiMare 6 ай бұрын

Would be interested to learn about your forging playlist!

@BlackBearForge 6 ай бұрын

I have many playlists on forging.

@MarinoDiMare 6 ай бұрын

@@BlackBearForge ah sorry I was too vague. In your section on Isotunes you mentioned you like listening to music during forging, and I was wondering about the music type of playlist

@shawnkramer5818 6 ай бұрын

I'd be interested to hear what music you like to listen to while working?

@BlackBearForge 6 ай бұрын

Classic rock mostly

@RustyPearson 6 ай бұрын

What weight is the swage you have there?

@BlackBearForge 6 ай бұрын

50 pounds

@downunderbeddingeva 6 ай бұрын

Hello Black Bear Forge, We love your videos! we would like to send you a little advance gift for Christmas. It is a token of appreciation for the talent and hard work you poured into each video you share. Is there any possible way we can reach out to you? Thanks! :)

@adamdemirs3466 6 ай бұрын

Love these videos! One day when I have some time and money I'm going to forge some things I've always wanted. Until then, Im on the grind for the paying customer.