FORGING A BRONZE DAGGER!!!

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5 жыл бұрын

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@johnmiller2191 5 жыл бұрын

Any material: exists Alec: OMG, it's just like butter

@bradenmeiet9132 5 жыл бұрын

John Miller you needed the : exists but still pretty cool

@levidyer8042 5 жыл бұрын

I can’t believe it’s not butter

@timsts7014 5 жыл бұрын

Levi Dyer u mean u can’t believe it’s no butter ,,,spray lol

@masoncarter2660 5 жыл бұрын

That's cause he buys the expensive stuff hahah

@bbotelhoHI 5 жыл бұрын

John Miller correction: *buhttah

@piper6664 5 жыл бұрын

If you can find some soap stone you can make a mold and pour a Bronze sword. Your carving skills are outstanding. I would love to see that.

@infamousjustice7083 5 жыл бұрын

Agreed, then you can cold forge the edges for strength

@trevoror8668 5 жыл бұрын

Only just watched this episode and was going to say this myself in comments. Casting would have been the traditional way for bronze unlike connan films making cast iron swords lol. Happy days all

@MrAustrokiwi 5 жыл бұрын

@@infamousjustice7083 Agree

@majorhippo2772 5 жыл бұрын

Its also a lot more viable in terms of profit, 1 mold can cast hundreds of swords that could be sold. and it cuts down the manual labour.

@georgg.5730 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! That's the classical way of doing bronze swords, as I understand it. Maybe Alec should get in touch with Skallagrim? Skal has a great appreciation for bronze weapons :)

@notanimposter 5 жыл бұрын

Alec: "Is this your first time forging bronze?" Will: "Successfully, yes." Alec: ... _please don't break my dagger_

@baderrodriguez5097 5 жыл бұрын

5:10

@woofy1988 3 жыл бұрын

I wanna hear the story of Will's unsuccessful attempts

@agentstache135 5 жыл бұрын

You should name Will’s power hammer Lil’ SeBASHtian

@VicEiland 5 жыл бұрын

Agent Stache I both support and appreciate you.

@reidguhr5313 5 жыл бұрын

Yyeeesss. He definitely needs to do that

@diggoran 5 жыл бұрын

Or similarly, Bashful - kind of ironic, like a large man named Tiny.

@jonipaananen9304 5 жыл бұрын

Anyone else reading that in Sean Connerys voice?

@bruticusmagnus 5 жыл бұрын

@TheOne WhoWelds SPIDERBAIT makes the best Black Betty.

@botobop 5 жыл бұрын

The slight look of worry when Will says “Successfully yes” made me laugh.

@jibtripin 5 жыл бұрын

400% GHOST DEMON PUSSY HUNTER me too!

@greysondunbar4542 5 жыл бұрын

Title of video: dagger What he forges: THE SIZE OF HIS ARM

@Wayazaexa42 5 жыл бұрын

It's a dagger, Alec is just really tiny! ;)

@Merrygate_ 5 жыл бұрын

It's a long-dagger, don't worry about it

@iclapuyt5582 4 жыл бұрын

The xiphos is actually a short sword used in ancient greece maybe just maybe he called it a dagger cuz it may confuse other people because of its size.

@FireballTool 5 жыл бұрын

Really cool Alec to see you forge out that piece of Aluminum bronze. It looks really fun to work. I think it will actually be pretty strong after its heat treated. Jason

@GMDGeek 5 жыл бұрын

What I truly enjoy about Alec and Will is their age and attitude on life. No obstacles and no fear of trying new things. Keep forging ahead by friends!

@Ori_fr 5 жыл бұрын

Alec: I'm making a bronze dagger! Also Alec: makes big stabby boi

@GayLitesFTW 5 жыл бұрын

Ori that is a T H I C C dagger.

@GayLitesFTW 5 жыл бұрын

Absolute U N I T

@keeegz95 5 жыл бұрын

medieval daggers ranged from 23-38cm long on average (9-15 inchs) seems of suitable length,. maybe a little long but not outrageous Edit: just looking at it again it is most definitely longer than that hahaha ignore me

@raver377 5 жыл бұрын

@@keeegz95 as always ppl back then where WAY less precise with descriptions etc then we are nowadays in terms of 'bla bla bla size is a dagger anything above that is a short sword' it realy didnt matter to them aslong as it was sharp and you can poke things with it. but nowadays its important to categorise ancient relics as precise as possible so you can compare them to finds of different places etc

@xbear7473 5 жыл бұрын

Yah

@Juice556 5 жыл бұрын

It would be pretty cool to see each of you forge a weapon from each side of an ancient conflict.

@thatrealba 5 жыл бұрын

One from the Hatfields and one from the McCoys 😁

@Ayra_arts 5 жыл бұрын

The minimal amount of supercuts where a welcome return for this video. I've missed the sound of the hammer and Alec explaining things.

@adamdufrenne2743 5 жыл бұрын

Bronze is such a cool material to see worked! Thanks for sharing, Alec!!

@surcro849 5 жыл бұрын

Adam Dufrenne yeah it’s also the same rank my teammate are

@Gwynbleiddsanity 5 жыл бұрын

you look like Tormund xD

@Carbon2861996 5 жыл бұрын

It's actually hot when it's worked. I'll shut up.

@Nick-xm1ux 5 жыл бұрын

"That's like butter" THAT SHOULD BE A SHIRT

@goldenknight578 5 жыл бұрын

Or a chat up line.

@psabt10081 5 жыл бұрын

Always enjoy watching when you are working mostly with your hands. Something more hypnotic than doing it strictly with power tools.

@SlamminGraham 5 жыл бұрын

Should have just made a fish instead. Had the mouth, had the eye, c'mon dude.

@austincavitt2003 5 жыл бұрын

I've been waiting to see you make a bronze weapon! That's actually probably a little bit larger than a typical Spartan xiphos would have been. So, depending on what standard you go by, that's actually a short-sword. Can't wait to see it finished!

@kirisilvermane 5 жыл бұрын

really nice to see you return to something basic and have you talk to the cameras about the details, heating, forging and the minutiae of the task at hand. great vid!

@MOSES350 5 жыл бұрын

With the attention for detail this channel loves. I'd like to see them do an ornate articulate set of plate mail. Gold and jeweled inlay, with a matching dress sword. Tell me that would be amazing!!!

@kevinmrandolph 5 жыл бұрын

And in part 742 of the plate mail build...

@MOSES350 5 жыл бұрын

And we would watch them all!

@kappagrapes 5 жыл бұрын

That "you wanna give it a go?" was such a nice moment. I really like the way you guys work together and share with each other.

@moriororbi6963 5 жыл бұрын

Hey man, Greetings from Greece! We actually pronounce it: 'ksifos'. Not that it matters. Great job!

@samurai293 5 жыл бұрын

Άρα δεν είμαι ο μόνος Έλληνας😁😁

@adamrosenhamer3762 5 жыл бұрын

i love that you can actually hear the power hammers in this and its not drowned out by music for once. hearing that anyang (idk i i spelled that right and i dont wanna google it) breathe is just incredible. the tools are just as alive as the people using them!

@UAPJedi 5 жыл бұрын

Every time I see Alec work on pieces like this an the effort and craftsmanship that goes into this, it makes me wonder about the ancients craftsmen that didn’t have access to power tools and modern forges and how long it would of taken to produce a sword like this.

@CarelessVagabond 5 жыл бұрын

Much love from America! You're a helluva Smith to be so young! Keep killing it brother! You've taught me so much and I look forward to future vids.

@pfinton 5 жыл бұрын

Dude, Alec, your fans are crazy. 1 minute after publishing: ooo, am I first? No, 60 comments. Oh, those must be patrons who had early access: NOPE

@jackals1737 5 жыл бұрын

Patrick Finton Alec*

@pfinton 5 жыл бұрын

@@jackals1737 Fixed, thanks!

@Redtailedhawk99 5 жыл бұрын

Looks more like the little bronze sword from The Legend of Zelda.

@BlazeOGlory 5 жыл бұрын

That is why I love KZfaq you see a lot of things that are done not just because they are useful or profitable but because they are cool and that allows creativity to flourish

@yourimpossibletoisgn 5 жыл бұрын

I'm in love with the deeper tone it makes when struck.

@GalacticSparrow 5 жыл бұрын

That material looks like bronze wear plate. This material is infused with oil, which would explain the crumbly texture, and its use as machine guides.

@Ohiobackwoodsguy 5 жыл бұрын

With bronze you want a very dark red And after every other heat you should heat cycle bronze

@Mikey__R 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, that sounds like a whole load of work! And if you're making something Bronze age, then wouldn't forging bronze be historically wrong anyway, when they just cast everything they needed?

@Ohiobackwoodsguy 5 жыл бұрын

I agree but if it’s for show then take the time do it right so you don’t burn through the material

@twofiresleather7428 5 жыл бұрын

Love that y’all push yourselves way outside your comfort zones. Great stuff.

@9usuck0 5 жыл бұрын

That's more gladius sized. Short sword, less dagger. Lol

@isaac2990 5 жыл бұрын

Was about to say that lol

@anycaliber9086 5 жыл бұрын

I think this is the first time I've seen Alec Forging anything on his own in a while and I like it everything he makes turns to Gold it seems like to me that is. Either way it's away's awesome watching him forge

@superglue46 5 жыл бұрын

I love the sound of that mechanical power hammer. Reminds me of those old hit-and-miss stationary engines.

@nekoreaper777 5 жыл бұрын

you usually cast the shape for bronze before you forge it I'm into Greek history

@garethbaus5471 5 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing, but I assume that this is more about experamenting with scrap than it is about historical accuracy.

@vaggelisdogas 5 жыл бұрын

In Greek Xiphos is writed ξίφος ," the starting "ξ" sound more like "ks" in English and not with X which in English sounds more like "Z" in most words with a starting X .So Xiphos sound more like Ksiphos when you try to pronounce in English.I know it seems weird but since the word is straight up conversion of the letters(and not a very thoughtful one) of a Greek word I thought it would be better to know the actual pronunciation of the word.

@logancloete3597 5 жыл бұрын

vaggelis dogas ?

@grimmington2569 5 жыл бұрын

Forging a bronze dagger is like... the first thing you do in runescape... its level 1 stuff alec come on now

@TheMiamiHeat 5 жыл бұрын

Shoulda made a dragon dagger smh

@calumbmx1 5 жыл бұрын

@@TheMiamiHeat As with all dragon weapons, the dragon dagger cannot be made from raw materials using the smithing skill.

@louisbadet1613 4 жыл бұрын

Calum Shaw p

@trevorpence1062 3 жыл бұрын

Dragon dagger p++

@njtbun3442 2 жыл бұрын

casting not forging

@Xammed 5 жыл бұрын

I am getting started with blacksmithing as soon as I can, at long last. Thank you Alec!

@danielcrawford7315 5 жыл бұрын

This is a most interesting build you've started. Anticipate the next installment eagerly. 🙏blessings to yall now. Crawford out 🧙‍♂️

@phlosen7854 5 жыл бұрын

The power and precision of Alec never fails to amaze me... Just great

@MstrNolf 5 жыл бұрын

Seeing over 100k views and only 7k likes tells me soo many people are forgetting to appreciate your work but loving it enough to check it out all the time Love your stuff don’t ever stop 👍

@keikun6969original 5 жыл бұрын

I love how Will and Alec show flubs and failures. It shows that they are still learning even after becoming professionals. Kudos to you young men! Keep up the good work!

@robb8569 5 жыл бұрын

Congratulations! You have advanced a smithing level. You are now LEVEL 2!

@Megames2012 5 жыл бұрын

You should try your hand at making bronze. Copper and tin; should be easy.

@TheSatyrblue 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome little project. Great to see more Whack Whack. Forging that bronze looks like fun. Although I missed Will's punny banter, it was a good video. Have a beautiful day guys.

@babunking7401 5 жыл бұрын

Alec, if you are reading this, i want to be like you in the future! I love watching you do it and i always fantasized forging like you!

@TheKermitClein 5 жыл бұрын

Its a blast that you use diferent materials. Just love it. Cant wait to see the look of it after the grind.

@mikkelhansen6917 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video and project. I love your great work, keep it going!

@andrewgolubiewski3463 5 жыл бұрын

A leaf shaped blade has always been one of my favorites to swing. The slimmer taper near the hilt leaves to the mass balanced closer to the point and swings with a pull through similar to a machete. On a smaller more mobile double edged blade like a xiphos the combination of power and maneuverability in your striking really adds up.

@charlesjenkins7535 5 жыл бұрын

This is so cool. I've wanted to see you forge a bronze sword for a long time. I'm excited to see the next video.

@SpiritSpeedWorks 5 жыл бұрын

Not sure the stories of the flags on your workshop walls, but as a Wyoming native, my state’s flag on your wall with a light on it caught my eye! Love watching your videos and your positive can-do attitude!

@CLU7CHxCl7Y 5 жыл бұрын

i can literally watch this channel all day' like i do now aha 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 who doesnt like watching tools and knives being hand made!

@k1sfd1974 5 жыл бұрын

Nice to see you guys in the forge! Always look forward to your videos... thanks for the great content! ✌🏼

@muteryu273 5 жыл бұрын

Sees thumbnail. Huh? After watching the entire video Thats a dagger!?

@seanharkins1054 5 жыл бұрын

Whatever material or project you two work on, I really like the hand forging.

@billwindham214 5 жыл бұрын

Looks like a fun, on the fly project. Can’t wait to see the finished dagger.

@rhino5419 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Alec. Back to your roots as a blacksmith. Love it. Good health and stay safe

@nebyevrah8836 5 жыл бұрын

You should do a collab with Patrick Adair designs, would be sick 😎

@nebyevrah8836 5 жыл бұрын

Like a kinda ring with different themes or something, Patrick said he was down in a Livestream, and said to comment on your videos, you have a lot of the same viewers so that would be amazing

@hamerhead2136 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Alec! I'm a very big fan of your work and I enjoy every single episode of you making stuff and I was wandering if you could please make a Chinese Guan Dao polearm. It would be just awesome seeing you and Will work on one of those! Much love from Romania! 🇷🇴

@Winnie12381 5 жыл бұрын

What an absolute geezar this fella is. Wish I had half the forging talent he has.

@markschwegler1100 5 жыл бұрын

Really great to watch a more instructive video. Watching you forge the bronze was like playdough! I really hope it turns out!!! Can't wait!!!

@AcidGlow 5 жыл бұрын

5:27 *I want a burning sword like that* ✅🙂

@jamesellsworth9673 5 жыл бұрын

Audible IS a great sponsor for older guys like me who can listen with hearing aids 'forever' but whose eyes get tired much too soon. Hearing those voices is a lot like having an intelligent companion nearby. MEANWHILE, THE GREEK BRONZE SHORT SWORD is very interesting: how will THAT work on your 'Patented' fruit compote slashing test?

@woofy1988 3 жыл бұрын

7:17 - Those are some nice bronze metal crystals :O

@SivakAurak 5 жыл бұрын

This is gonna be a treat. I love copper and copper alloys!

@xXCoreyAllenBaileyXx 5 жыл бұрын

I would absolutely love to see a 16th century Italian longsword done in damascus.

@matthewwilson9749 5 жыл бұрын

The hammer sound on bronze is amazing

@kinggrigori192 5 жыл бұрын

Alec, you should try 10% aluminum bronze. You can make wicked cool knives out of it because you can oil quench it to make it very hard. The aluminum acts like the carbon in steel, and precipitates out of the bronze when you quench it. You can actually see it happen because the bronze becomes more silvery and less of the bronze color.

@kinggrigori192 5 жыл бұрын

Quench at very dull orange, about 1400-1500 degrees. Oh also, when your bronze overheats, you can somewhat correct the grain structure by hammering it at lower heats as long as it didn’t fall apart on the overheat.

@bruticusmagnus 5 жыл бұрын

All these suggestions on what sword to forge next... Alec you have made very many awesome weapons and tools. How about some armor?

@hazza2790 5 жыл бұрын

Please try making a dragon twist. I love your vids.

@blazehammer192 5 жыл бұрын

Been wait to see this blade. Such a beautiful design

@ChizzleVision 5 жыл бұрын

That small break off of bronze would make really cool cluster pieces to use as gems or even set like a gem! Just an idea 😉

@brenyngrubic2853 5 жыл бұрын

FINALLY A FREAKING XIPHOS, I HAVE BEEN ASKING YOU TO MAKE ONE EVER SINCE THE GLADIUS, TODAY IS A GLORIUS DAY.

@lucybarrett-mead2757 5 жыл бұрын

When your late watching the new video because your binge watching the old ones! 😂🤭

@therealamerican99.76 5 жыл бұрын

@lucy barrett-mead this is a mood.

@chandlerr5043 5 жыл бұрын

Alec Steele should be on Forged in Fire!! That would be amazing! Imagine the home forge he'd create!

@vladket1641 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for such amazing video! Few videos ago I suggested an idea to forge a dagger and my dream comes true. It's pleasure to see such beatiful piece of work, even not (yet) finished. Hope it may be a good addition to your live workshop exhibition of cold weapons and also level up your experience in forging bronze to next level

@seandahl8441 5 жыл бұрын

Why don't you do a project where forge the project out to final dimensions and don't do alot of grinding, only for cleaning it up and sharpening. Even if it is only a small knife or axe head

@CamStLouis 5 жыл бұрын

They waste so much material on their projects! However, if you're not confident in your skills its the best way to ensure your piece turns out despite clumsy forging.

@thenewexeptor 5 жыл бұрын

This is just a guess, but I think that forging to the limit opens the door for a big failure and this is something that a youtuber cannot afford. OK - once or twice it will be accepted by the mass public, but if it becomes a norm then the views (and as result money) will decline. Still I agree that for an axe or small knife it will be a great project.

@johnhawley4595 5 жыл бұрын

Cant wait for the next installment! Looking good so far

@Sibo1 5 жыл бұрын

Love it mate been watching for ages love the videos and your enthusiasm

@chadharris5333 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Alec for getting back to talking and teaching... Not just showing off, Not that you don't deserve to show off a bit.. ! Good work thank you again.

@valuepurposemission7517 5 жыл бұрын

awesome that you are expanding your skills in metallurgy :)

@CarBENbased 5 жыл бұрын

"Here we are on episode 78 of the Bronze Dagger where I hopefully finally get these greek precious stones set in place in this new design I went to another class to learn."

@ElizabethGreene 5 жыл бұрын

For a twist, we've done a Damascus steel wire inlay bordered in gold, and those channel set diamonds are truly stunning. If you saw our last episode, you'll remember our trip to the ancient forest to retrieve primordial oak harvested from from a colony of trees that has stood since the bronze age.

@SuperRobbis 5 жыл бұрын

Forging at such a young age..expecting to see some perfected Skyforge Steel soon ;)

@MrKalashnikov4774 5 жыл бұрын

I enjoy the smaller projects, very satisfying

@mattinkel7342 5 жыл бұрын

I love the look of leaf blades

@PontusWelin 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Alec! You should obviously make something with Damascus bronze!

@ViniciusAlves-yh2dg 5 жыл бұрын

You need more forge time and lass grind time, i miss the old days

@malcolm2501 5 жыл бұрын

Thanos infinity gauntlet for next project. It has it all, forging, casting, engraving, gem-setting and the ability to erase half of all life in the universe.

@jacobhenderson5522 5 жыл бұрын

Alec that was amazing, I have always been told you can't forge bronze so my mind is blown!

@MichaelJCaboose013 5 жыл бұрын

I tried to make a little Xyphos style dagger like that out of 1084. Much tougher than it first appears, I was not successful! Fun build, excited to see the end result!

@TheGeorgianGuy 5 жыл бұрын

Make a thin longsword, like the one alucard uses in castlevania.

@BraxxJuventa 5 жыл бұрын

Great forging video again Alec! Thank you so much for sharing this with us. 👍😁

@cambryzek 5 жыл бұрын

I just recently found your channel, but I have to say, it’s amazing! Now for the suggestions: there’s an Indian dagger called a haladie, which is essentially a two-sided curved dagger. I think that forging it would create a unique challenge. Maybe something to think about.

@maxvonlukas9309 5 жыл бұрын

Maybe you could make a khukri. Would love to See you approaching this weapon.

@alexhamon9261 5 жыл бұрын

Will it get put through normalizing cycles in your new kiln to improve the grain structure? What's that like with bronze?

@MarkhamShawPyle 5 жыл бұрын

Glad to see you tackle a ξίφος. I hope that you'll eventually tackle a Hallstatt sword - with Noric steel, by preference.

@scamartist26 5 жыл бұрын

Still the best on KZfaq. You guys are killing it. Back to watching the video!

@G8trDunn 5 жыл бұрын

Watching you hand forge and explain each step is what made this channel great. Since your move it’s been a bit more fluff. Good to see you return to your roots.

@americanproud7968 5 жыл бұрын

Alec I believe that bronze is actually ampco bronze. If so it's actually a lot like machining aluminum because it's got aluminum in it. Very easy and nice to machine we use it quite a bit at work. Tip when using it. Whatever you would normally cut aluminum with use it for this material itll work just as well.