I've been finding that I appreciate the quiet, contemplative nature of these videos. No music, no talking, just a man and his tools getting things done. Besides, I get to learn about various tools I didn't know about.

Your projects must fill your heart with immense pride knowing that you've made working tools with your own hands that will last for more than a lifetime. to be passed down to your children and beyond. well done again

I worked in a lumber mill in Oregon 40 years ago. We called them a peavy. None were as beautiful as this one. Well done!

Men your videos are in top of youtube for craftsman, almost meditative. I appreciate yours effort and time you take to make this quality of content and ideas. Keep going and thank you very much for motivation!

Nothing short of amazing!!! I absolutely love the projects you undertake, the quality of the finished product, the video as well as the little sneak peeks we get of your life!!! Your woodworking shop seems to be coming along great as well.

I never knew anyone beyond the state of VT knew it as a "cant hook." I've also heard it called a "peavey," but seeing "cant hook" took me right back to my childhood, listening to my grandfather and mother talk about logging in the woods of VT. Thank you!

This is Among THE VERY BEST Blacksmithing channels!!!!!

I am humbled and impressed by everything you demonstrate, but it is they way that you include your family and the lifestyle you choose to keep that shows what kind of man you are. (Side note: I'm a tree guy that has used a cant hook a time or two, and you made the highest quality one I've ever seen.) Cheers from Florida

It looks like you've machined most of your work rather than forging, it because it's so perfect. Truly impressive work and keep up the good job.

I’m amazed! In the middle of a cant hook video that is amazing, is a snippet of the most amazing greenhouse I’ve ever seen.

❤sadly one can't buy a quality tool like that one. Excellent well done sir ! 😊

you make such beautiful objects out of iron and wood, which is a privilege to experience and watch, but you do it in such a way that looks so effortless! Thanks for posting this video

Pretty much the nicest cant hook I have ever seen! Nicely done!!

Absolutely beautiful tool. Excellent craftsmanship! This is definitely my favorite channel on KZfaq.

Simple, elegant, and well- built. The envy of any working man!

Very useful and flexible tool. One of my favorite channels.

I don’t think you realise how easy you make it look, I’ve just started getting into blacksmithing and it’s really hard to say the least. So hats off to your great skill 👌🏻

A simple principle used in many trades. Perfectly produced by a master craftsman.👍

I love your videos. They're very enjoyable. But one thing I noticed is how perfectly level your property is. It's a factor that plays into the wholesomeness. That there's no conflict from the way you hammer the metal to the way you mill the wood to even the way you plant your garden. Everything is organized, level, open and well lit. I'm truly envious. Keep up the good work.😀

Love these videos, very informative, no dribbling on or crappy music. Wish I had some of the equipment. Love it, thanks.

This is what we call a “ peavey” over here. You do beautiful and sturdy tools, way better than the flimsy junk available nowadays. Thank you for showing how it is done.

The videos with wood and metal are just great!

No chattering about how the job is done, no catchy music to annoy, just the sound of the job being done. Brilliant, I think you are one of those people who is excellent at everything he decides to do. Thank you.

you inspire me man. i love the way you do your work.So organized clean and systematic ,Thank you.

Simple, clean, and functional. I like it. I’m talking about the video and the log turning tool.

I love the peace and quite coupled with shear skill. I love this style of video that concentrated on the skill not the stupid commentary and music. Well done and keep it up

The quality of your work is truly amazing ! Tom

Everything about that tool is beautiful! Good work sir!

Well done beautiful work very clean my brother and I need a cant hook ! Quality hand built tool

As always, when I see you make tools or other things, it's like a yoga session. And obviously it's so educational. Thanks a lot, and keep it up!!!!!!!!!!!!

one of your best videos yet. I really like the combination of wood and metal work.

Another beautifully crafted item. Elegant, practical, functional. 😀

For those that are commenting and making puns on the word cant. Cant is a word that means corner. Thus a log that has a squared face is a cant and the tool for turning them on a mill is called a cant hook. They work fine for turning unsquared logs also. Now if you put a spike in the end of a cant hook it's called a Peavy after the blacksmith from Maine, USA that first did it. I personally like to have a relatively short handled cant hook and a longer handled Peavy. Maybe 36" - 92 cm for the cant hook and 60" - 150cm for the Peavy.

Great craftsmanship as always! Love to watch your videos. Cheers!

I appreciate your work and your way of letting us participate in this. Thanks a lot.

I am Ahmed from Egypt (Cairo) and I love to tell you that you are a good person and your work is great .. well done thank you for this video

An organized, well planned, well financed, enriching, rewarding and talented life. Good for you sir. Inspiring; although I am a bit envious

Man that looks better than the ones you buy at hardware stores and it looks like it will last more than a 100 years to . Kick ass video keep it up. 👍🇺🇸

what an impecable work your did back there. Congratulations

Thank you men!!! .when skill and talent are put to practice everything possible ,i have learnt annealing,tempering ,quenching and good workman's ship skills...keep it up.

beautifull and clean tool :) as always you're amazing

Lindíssimo trabalho, parabéns!

Once again a pleasure seeing a great realisation in a simple design

Exquisite craftsmanship, as usual. Thank you

Your videos make me want to try blacksmithing myself. Keep at it Torbjörn 🙂

Wow what an artist ! You are 👍🏼👍🏼

I appreciate your skills across various materials and tools.

Great build! I’ve watched this several times since you posted it. Always see something new. I just found an antique can’t hook that’s in great condition. I’m sure it could tell some stories of working men and women...and muscle! Thanks for posting.

Excellent work. Very understated but nethertheless great content. Lovely mix of calm and metal bashing. Enjoyed that.

I can't get over how pretty that property is and that greenhouse!! It's absolutely phenomenal, what I'd do to get a piece of land to build on like that.

You are an incredibly gifted smith!

In your videos there is so much love for good traditions, neatness and enjoyment in the mere fact of making useful things, Torbjörn. I think that that’s why people from all over the world connect with this type of contents, which makes this channel even more satisfying. Thanks and keep it up.

Really like your high-end tools...Tormek T-8 sharpening system made in Sweden...

Great timing on this build, I'm going to need one of these soon and was looking to buy one

Torbjorn.....I reside in the "hinterland" of Canada and use a cant hook as a necessary tool for my hobby of milling wood and appreciate a good job you accomplished with your cant hook....keep up the good work! Cheers, Stumpfarmer

Excellent, your touls, your skill, and things you make. Congrats.

I love the "MEANWHILE...OUTSIDE THE FORGE," moments :D

A good cant hook costs around $100 new. This is an excellent, simple project to make a tool that's extremely useful if you cut your own firewood, and for a fraction of the cost. Even if you don't have a lathe, a hand planed or even a store bought handle would still make this a preferable option over buying a new tool. I already own a peavey (almost the same tool) but I'm gonna try to make this version next chance I get. (for those who don't cut their own firewood, when the tree is down and limbed you go along with the chainsaw and cut almost all the way through in sections as long as you want your firewood, 16 in. for me. You don't cut all the way through so as not to ruin your chain in the dirt. You then can take the cant hook and roll the whole log so you can finish the cuts without putting your chain in the dirt. Also very handy when there's a tree down across the road and you want to move it without having to cut the whole thing into pieces small enough to carry)

I love that you make various items in a clear and concise manner that is easy to follow

I love the art that you make . You are so talented ! The videos are fantastic .

Your'e a craftsman top class job

yet another nice, quality built tool to last a lifetime. Can i suggest a small modification to extend the life of your tool? In canada growing up all the cant hooks / peavies had a metal spike on the end. Pretty much a cone of steel that cups the first 100-150 mm of your handle. It is useful when you are using 2 to steer a log. 1 can be driven into the dirt to stop a log and another to pivot the log around the other. Also it will save your handle from getting chewed up in the dirt with rotating the log thus making it last longer. Please dont mistake me and think i dont love your design because i do. I just think the addition of the spiked cone may make it last a lot longer for you.

I found one of these traipsing around in the woods a while back, looked like it had been there for a while (trash grown over it, etc) so I took it home. It sure found a use when we had to cut a couple trees down in the back yard. Not a tool you need often if you're not in the trade, but one you don't want to be caught without when you are.

I’ve never seen that particular tool; very good work!

only 182k subs is way too few. there should be millions. there must be justice in this case!

I've never needed to slightly rotate a log but if I did I'd want to do it with whatever this is.

I admire you man. You are my rolemodel. I wanna be like you in the future.

You have every machine imaginable!

"CANT!" "What did you call me?" "Oh nothing, just found my prized hook!"

can you make a "can" hook....sry terrible joke,I'll see myself out :)

You have a beautiful garden, and good job of course! :)

Another excellent project. And you got to utilize the new wood lathe too. Great video as always!

Cool thing, painstaking work, perfect quality ..... but why? Trunks in the forest to turn in search of larvae of bug beetle?

19:41 look at those pasty calves! You've got airline pilot legs haha

Beautiful handcrafted work, just love it. A pleasure to look at your work. Thank you for sharing your amazing video

Wow, Man!!! Look at your house!! It´s a paradise!!

Got a par of green thumbs I see

I wood. But I cant

Your one of my favorite craftsman. Such detailed work and forging👍🏻🪓

Yet another great one! Thanks a million for sharing!

Seems more like a CAN hook to me

Сделал крутую приспособу, чтоб кактать брёвна, вместо того, чтоб просто взять в руки и перенести.

A wonderfully useful tool for firewood processing. In fact, thanks for reminding me that I need a new one. My old one disappeared a while back and I have not replaced it. Your wood working skills progressed very fast once you got that wood work shop up and running. Your tools are great by the way. FAR better lathe then I have, and I love that whetstone wheel set-up. A second side with strop is a great design.

Wow ! Very specialized tool ! Thanks for sharing !

Didnt even feel like 20 minutes.

Why can’t you hook it?

Gotta love that mechanical advantage! Looks like you're getting good use out of your wood shop already. :D

Well done, great traditional tool!

Зачем это у меня в рекомендациях

in Eastern Europe we use legs to push logs. No need in special instruments))) sometimes thoughts about how poor we are here make me cry and laugh at the same time

Well made and a credit to your ability. Thank you.

You have taken your videos to a higher level with blacksmithing, woodworking and some gardening well integrated. There is no doubt about your skilled craftsmanship. You also have become a one person quality tool manufacturer as well. I sincerely enjoy watching your videos as we viewers learn a little more about these crafts each time we see them. I find your videos can be therapeutic and a great way to relax at times and regenerate my blacksmithing motivation.

И в чем прикол?

It’s kind of odd seeing the woodworking on this channel 👍

I’ve used these. Nice to see it made.

That greenhouse is top notch. Nice to see other stuff in the videos also.

CAN you make a HOOK?

More like a Can Hook though, if you really think about it.

Im just getting started in forging, i have a small cheap setup and most of my inspiration came from watching your channe. I thank you

Maestro! Excellent work. Beautiful. Greetings from Chile.