Nice to hear you talking, Thunderbear :-)

To me, you'll always be "that Swedish blacksmith guy."

Thunderbear Ironsmasher! I know what my next character name will be. :D

This should be in a text book on how to make a perfect Q&A.

Very good English. Thank you for the Q&A.

Thunderbear’s Q&A style is exactly like his blacksmithing. Methodical and precise. 👏🏼

Your name has been an enigma to many of us who are not familiar with Nordic pronunciations. Thanks for elaborating.

Torb, I've watched this video multiple times and remain fascinated at your command of the English language in addition to your native tongue and the art of blacksmithing. You are a remarkable gentleman and I always feel privileged that you let me watch you at work or be present in your explanation of things. You are truly a joy to behold. I understand that when I watch the complete advertisements that pop up during You Tube videos you are compensated additionally so I am now watching the entire ads and hoping this is true and that you realize additional income from your excellent videos. Kind regards from northern Idaho, USA.

My mind exploded with the power of this name!!!

Thank you for this faq video. You're one of the most talented smiths I've seen on youtube and i hope to keep watching your content and learning from it for all the years to come

Just an additional note. I had a neighbor of Swedish extraction. His father immigrated I believe, the neighbor was a retired machinist and we became friends. When ever I did any little thing for him his response was always the same. Tusen tak, I may spell it wrong, but I can say it and I know what it means.. so tusen tak, a thousand thanks for sharing your blacksmithing with us, watching you make useful things in your shop is very enjoyable to this 89 year old in Colorado.

Questions for the next F.A.Q. video. How did you get so bloody good at forging, machining and woodworking? And, do you make your living with these skills or are you simply an amazing amateur? And if the latter, what do you do for a living.?

I'm glad my father found your channel before he passed away...he appreciated your skill and craftsmanship..Skål

Thanks for breaking the fourth wall. You also show that blacksmithing can be a peaceful, relaxing profession.

You guys learn English exceptionally well ... impressive ... EDIT: Who the hell would thumbs down this video? Seriously, show yourself and explain ...

Thank you, Thunder Bear. Always a treat to see your videos

Thunderbear sounds so awesome!

Always a pleasure to see one of your videos, even when it isn't seeing you create something useful, fantastic, or (most often) both!

Great job Thunderbear, always enjoy your material.

Some of the best videos on KZfaq. Thanks Thunder Bear

Always a delight. More garden.

I think you are a quiet, precise (when i'ts needed) person, with a love of things made by your hands, with the just satisfatiction shared with us... Awesome!

Well done ! Thank you for taking the time to make this video. Looking forward to your next one.

Thanks for answering these questions. Appreciate all your hard work and videos.

Very nice to hear you in this format. Great knowing how you pronounce your name

I love watching these vids and Habu. Always so zen.

A very good ,Q&A ,Torbjörn Åhman ! Well done!

Tack för informationen

To not hiting the anvill between hammering the piece Is the same when you listening to a song It is never good to interrupt the song of the anvil Thanks blacksmith from Sweden One of the best Cheers from Luxembourg 🇱🇺

Thunderbear, thank you, I find your videos so interesting and this one is really cool as you give answers to the questions ...!

Thx for your videos, it is really exciting to watch them. Can‘t wait to see a new episode.

I am always looking forward to your videos. Thanks for the upload.

I tell people this is one of the most family friendly channels. The tools are outstanding and the skill level is very high on both metal and wood. Great work and also your garden is awesome.

That you for the excellent Question and Answer. Most informative.

I really like your work and your video composition with the little interludes. Thank you for sharing!

Thank-you for the chat. I am new as are most people it seems to Blacksmithing, so these little chats are very important to pass on this information. Thanks again....

Really clear and nice explanations.... Thanks !

Thunderbear, I love it and I'm cracking up laughing, it's perfect, like you were born to be a blacksmith! Thanks for sharing, it's nice to know the person behind the beautiful craftsmanship a little better. Have a great day!

Great video! I love the nature clips you often insert also. Thanks and keep the great videos coming please. Entertaining and informative ⚒🔥⚒🔥

Your videos are always so enjoyable!

...and thank you for all the superb content ;) Cheers.

I like Thunder Bear!!!! It’s good to hear and see you. It’s like we all love watching you create and make great things but hardly hear from you. So now we can get to know you better!! Thank you!

Chapeau, to the point and well spoken.

Thunderbear - Awesome! Glad to hear you speak in your video. Loved the Q & A session. Thank you!

Thank you for that, very informative.

I'm glad that you did this. I've been watching you for years, so I have an appreciation for how much you dislike speaking towards the camera. (You usually make little jokes, that you've probably thought about endlessly.) You did great. Here is something to think about when looking at the camera to speak... There isn't a single once of your viewers that wouldn't sit down with you and pour you a pint. We all respect the heck out of you.

Thanks for making this video. Excellent and helpful answers.

As for coal dust as a punch lube I think it works by a combination of factors: Like you say, expanding gasses, but I believe the most important one is that the carbon will form a kind of film between punch and workpiece, so you get less direct metal on metal contact, and it will fill in any miniscule cracks or grooves preventing you from driving the actual metal into them that would otherwise cause sticking.

Thank you, your technical terminology is spot on, very detailed and informative.

Okay Thunder Bear,,, an excellent video indeed. Thank you.

Thanks! You are an amazing craftsman!! I really appreciate your videos!

Enjoyed your doing instead of narrating videos on the wood shop. Glad to see the electrical housekeeping was addressed. You have learned your craft well.

your english speaking is better than some americans ive heard.

MR thunder bear or master blacksmith I like when you show clips of your garden it looks very relaxing . and is very good so thank you for sharing .

Thanks for the information. I love to watch your videos. I enjoy seeing the little bits of scenery and flowers and sharing little scenarios with your kids.

Thanks for all the great videos.

Thunder and bear are symbols of power. However, you seem like a great intelligent calm person. I suppose the "power" is in the forging. Great to hear from you. Keep your videos coming!

As someone who's starting out with forging, You just replied to quite a few burning questions I had! Thanks for the video, and congratulations on having such a beautiful name!

Great video, especially the name portion, thank you for answering the questions.

As a country boy raised in mountain area,Sir your English is better than most people I was raised around. You have many skills Sir that makes me stare and try to learn so I to can have better skills Thanks for your time and speaking Sir

Thunder Bear. I like it.

MYcket bra och informativt! :D

Always good videos. I appreciate the QA and length of the video. I also appreciate that you thought about the questions and are sincere in the responses. Look forward to your next video 😊

Quickly becoming my favorite KZfaq channel. 👍👍👍

Great video! Tanks!

Every time I watch your videos I will think “Thunder Bear”. Thanks for all of your videos, entertaining and educational.

Loved the FAQ

Thunderbear, I was pretty close to your pronunciation of your name. Thanks for this and all the videos you produce they are all very good!

Great video sir, excellent explanation of smiths actions and terminology, and perfect description on how to pronounce your name ... I am going to put your speaking it, on a loop and listen to it over and over, to get it right ... Might end up being the only Scandinavian word I know how to properly pronounce ..

Nice session. Thanks.

Great video. Fantastic to hear from you. 👍

Torbjörn: "It's hot today, it's almost 25 degrees Celsius" Me (Australian): "um.............Excuse me"

I liked this! Very smart in your craft and I always wondered why you put charcoal into your punches now I know!

if you are old as me, or you watch nhl as i do,scandinavian names are not new, or foriegn to our knowledge. thanks for all you do, as i learn from knowledge, if not from experience. carbon black is used in many operations, such as the tire industry, where my father worked.

I just had to subscribe. Your explanation is concise and accurate.

Hello ..i really enjoy watching your videos..i especially like when you take a chunk of hot metal out of the coal and begin forging a shape that later becomes a work of art...please show more nature too..i think the mix of metal forging and nature is soothing to my soul..thank you

Yeaaaa, my fav Blacksmith! 🔥🔥🔥

You are the best love every episodes you put out, thanks for broadcasting .

Muito interessante o video, aprendi muito, saudações desde Brasil.

AWSOME thanks a lot for the info.. I have been winding, and guessing how to pronounce your name for a while.

Great Q&A! Love your work and the random clips from around your property. Used to live on 119 acres, moved into town a few years back. I miss being able to take a quick break from the work and simply checking the garden, feeding the sheep or sitting on the creek bank to have my lunch...it's amazing what that does for your mind...thanks again for your inspiration!

Thanks for the explanation, I had wondered about the forge scale. I enjoy the videos.

I know a bit of Norwegian and I guess it was enough so that I knew what your name meant and how to pronounce it! Also thanks for this video, always great content 🇸🇪🇳🇴

Miło posłuchać kowala :) Kolejny ciekawy film, mimo że nie z kuźni... Pozdrowienia z Polski

Please keep being awesome. I love to watch you make some of the most mundane things to such high level of craftsman ship. Never would I have thought I'd enjoy the making of a garden trowel and rake. Cant wait to see the next one.

I do appreciate your explanation of your language, but I do appreciate your teaching. Language is good but showing is better, and I appreciate your teaching. God bless you and your family and keep up the good work.

"Thunder Bear!" I like it. ;) Thank you for posting such cool videos.

Thunder Bear... LOL

PLEASE MORE VIDEOS MORE OFTEN!

Thank's for the Q&A.

Felicidades por el estilo que pones en tus vídeos, quisiera resaltar, el silencio, sin música solo aquella del yunque y el martillo, otro el de colocar subtítulos, esto hace que uno no pierda la mirada ni la idea con monólogos cono otros blogs; y el estrecho vínculo con la naturaleza, el trabajo del herrero estaba estrechamente relacionado con la comunidad y la naturaleza. Gracias por compartir

I was always taught, the extra tapping, helped keep the "rhythm" for the smith on his/her swing. It's more seen when you have several people swinging on the same piece. Great channel, along with great videos. Cheers :)

We hear in Minnesota have a quite large Scandinavian population so Torbjorn is a name heard occasionally. Nice to hear it pronounced from a current Scandinavian.

Some of the diacritical marks like the two dots of the „ö“ we have in Germany, too (and it is pronounced nearly identical). But I wasn't sure what the little circle on top of the „A“ means. Now I am - thank you for the explanation.

Спасибо за хорошее настроение, цветочки просто класс. P.S. у нас ещё снег в лесу встречается и -3 по утрам.😀

Appreciate the "different" video. Is this hobby and how did you start out doing this type of metal forging?

That was great! I'm so glad you answered those as they were definitely questions I have had when watching (about the powders etc). I have a friend who shares the same first name as you (though we just call him Torby) but I must admit to not knowing quite how to pronounce your surname. Thanks so much for taking the time to put this one together. Cheers!

Thank you for for this lessen also the scenery around you is very beautiful ,

Now that's a pretty badass name

Damn it. I was almost correctly saying your name. I asked in a video some time ago and you answered. I was saying it like torb-yorn. Love your work. Gg