Lovely ladle. The joinery at the bowl has a splendid medieval look. Your use of nails as rivets brought back memories. When I was a weekend Viking in the 1980s, we rivetted our helmets with 1" Galvanised roofing nails. Being soft they rivetted cold with no trouble. Good 'ealth, John Warner, Australia

I've been woodworking for fifty years. In doing restoration on old furniture I found that you have to stock up on old hinges and other hardware. Sometimes thats just not enough and you have to make your own hardware. Your videos have been an unbelievable help to me. Thanks for the time you've put into them. Please keep them coming. Thanks

LOVE YA WORK MY FRIEND NICE JOB , i worked with forges when on precussion drilling rigs back in the 60.70,80. putting down water bores.

Great video. Patient & clear. I enjoyed every minute. Thank you.....

Once again excellent work. I have learned so much watching your channel. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and skills with us.

Cool project! Thanks for always putting together such informative and well narrated videos!

Again I am watching, This man knows what he talks about and is very skilled, I do say "Thanks for teaching and showing me the ropes. Very happy for getting to learn from you Sir. After my first year of mosty making tooling and some as you help me with Sir. Wish you good health and hopefully you will make a few more videos seems you make a lot of since you make it seem easy Thanks you sir

I’m about to make a ladle in my blacksmithing class. I like the idea of a wok ladle rather than a soup one. I’m have to ask my instructor if I can modify.

This is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

Looks great, thanks for sharing with us

I can see why smiths were considered to have magical powers by earlier civilizations. Even with my basic grasp of metallurgy and limited forge experience, it's pretty amazing how you can manipulate basic metal stock into such a nice piece with a mastery of basic skills. I initially got interested in smithing with the intention of making a nice kitchen knife for my wife, who loves to cook, but I'm finding that the skill involved in making less sexy, utilitarian tools is much more appealing. I've actually found myself at my own DIY forge pausing, replaying and following your videos as if I were in the kitchen cooking along to a show. I made a pair of "all purpose" basic flat tongs through watching your video on their construction, and I'm almost done with a pair of tongs I'm making specifically for holding the head end of railroad spikes, which I have a whole bucket full of bent and damaged examples from a friend that works as a night engineer at the big yard just south of the city. I figure I can use them to experiment with mastering basic techniques and possibly make a couple chisels and tools out of them.

Love that Ladel and the sinking tool, so simple yet very usefull. Thanks for sharing

Pretty nice,that will go on my project list. Thanks

Really great video. In the great sea of wannabe blacksmiths on youtube, it is gratifying to see one who actually has come real smithing skills and who does such a direct, clear progression video. Even your dialogue is clear in structure and clearly recorded. I use a ladle regularly at my coal forge but I kludged one together out of one of those 1 lb. propane tanks, the shorter, fatter kind often used for camp stoves, with a handle riveted on. Nothing as elegant as this simple forged ladle. Now I want to make one myself. I have been turning out mostly items for sale for quite a while now and it has been a very long time since I made something just for myself, and just for the pleasure of making it. I think I might make a different handle, something that would afford a little more rotational control of liquid cargo, but I love the matter of fact way you produce a double forge weld like that for your handle. Very impressive to someone like myself who still, from lack of practice, finds most forge welds tedious on a good day.

Truly a craftsman, its a honor watching you work, thanks for your time..

Well done, another great video.

Subbed... What a lovely, elegant ladle design... Just more proof that practicality and beauty can easily go hand in hand, especially in the hands of a Master Craftsman.

Really nice work and many thanks for showing

Nicely done!

Thank you for showing thoes welds, very interesting. I'll be practicing thoes for a while.

Awesome. I have had this idea in my head for some time after looking around for a ladle, haven’t started due to a need to tidy my work area, not from lack of trying, like moving everything outside to get rid of any rubbish and it all gets put back and All I have is a swept floor.

Great job. Thanks

Very nice video.

I like your work :)

Your videos are fantastic - clear and precise. I am extremely impressed and have subscribed. I would love to see your take on a trammel hook to go along with all of the other traditional hardware that you have videos on already. Thanks!

When I had my forge going I made a watering tool for tending my fire. I made two ladle bowls about this size and welded the rims together to make a hollow ladle egg type thing, then I drilled about ten 1/8 '' holes in one side and put a half inch hole in the other side. I put a long handle on it and just kept it in my water barrel. When you need water on the fire you've got a little shower that comes out. I know I didn't describe it very well but it worked good.

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love it. I'm making it

I just came across your Channel today and I'm glad I did. I am now a new subscriber.

Thank you

that was great ty

It is a nice

lovely work thank you for up loading one thing why work on a dirty anvil thanks

Man I wanna make this :D

I noticed that, when shaping the bowl you were using a smallish cross pein hammer. Why not a small ball pein hammer? I would have thought that would have been easier but, I often find that what I thought would be easier is actually, harder to get the desired form! If you'd let us know why one and not the other was used it might be beneficial for some of us! Thanks, Dennis!

did you use borax for the welds on the ring and the cleft weld? when/where did you apply the borax?

Yo Dennis, Thanks. As I watch you I see that there are many "RIGHT" ways of doing things. My only question is, Why don't you clean the top of your anvil? Every other Blacksmith I have ever seen, including my Grandfather, always kept their anvil top clean. Do think that it isn't necessary? Anyhow, your videos are excellent. Keep up the good work.

man that is gorgeous! Would you do anything different to make it food-worthy?

hey, new subscriber here, just getting interested in the idea of blacksmithing and your videos are truly fascinating! one question, how long did this piece take roughly? Keep up the great work! :-)

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Hi man! Loving your videos, and I am learning a lot! Do you think 16 or 17 gauge would be to thin?

great video, I had a question. I've had a lot of problems drilling forged steel, both in a press or with a hand drill, any advice? I'm assuming this piece was drilled, is that the case?

Superb workmanship!!! Can I buy one such ladle?Do you sell them?

how did you determine the diameter of the blank? A portion of the surface area of a sphere of appropriate diameter?

How did you make the holes for the two rivets closest to the edge of the bowl?😎

Why weld a separate piece on for the ring instead of just bending the end of the handle around onto itself? Thanks!

Why dont you have to cover the welding joint with borax ? thanks

Whats the knob sticking out the side of your anvil near the hardy hole???

Hi, what kind of metal is it? steel with % carbon?

Do you have a store, my good man??

If you would use a more round hammer you would have less chance of making a tear in your piece remember your metal will take the shape of your hammer . but also whatever works for you . looks good Andrew Soots

Do you have a Beverly sheer?

Why didnt you forge the handle into a ring?

I kicked the blacksmiths dog once and he made a bolt for the door