I have a hard time finding the right words some time!

@ your doing fine. Us English speakers use to damned many words more often than not LMBO. Besides your accent draws one to actually listen to what your saying. Best wishes and new sub for ya. 🙏Be blessed now y'all Crawford out 🧙‍♂️

@ I also think you did just fine with your commentary. I subscribed to your channel and look forward to more excellent videos.

I agree totally with you guys ... he does a great job and I liked the video alot ... job well done 👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@ your commentary and pronunciation is fine. I really appreciate you saying how and why you're doing what you're doing.

Thanks! Once my powerhammer is done things will go alot smoother ;)

Thank you very much for those kind words!

Thank you!

Thank you very much!

Thanks Derek!

Thanks buddy!

Thank you kindly!

Hey man thanks alot!!

@ My pleasure, thanks for sharing your process, it's super helpful for noobs like me!

Thank you :)

Thank you! Im glad i can help! Dont hesitate to ask if you have some questions 🤗

Thank you very much!

Thanks alot!

Much apriciated!

Thank you! In retrospect there are a few things id do different. Ill make a new video on doing a forest axe soon, hope you will watch that aswell!

How do you like my English axent?

Lol Alex 😂

Tack ska du ha!

Man tackar man tackar!

Thank you very much!

Thank you! I dont know really, i havent sold it. If you are interested, look me up on instagram and we can chat there

Good points. I agree with all of them.

Id say that if i work efficiently, with close to zero mistakes, it takes about a workday.

On this axe I forge welded in the coal forge. Today I only use the coal forge when I have classes

On your first point you are correct! This is not an axe i would use. Like Kyle Royers say about his damascus knifes; they are funtional art. In this case its only for display but would function if need be. The handle is rounded half way and octagonal the other half. I usually do round out the corners a little bit more but to be honest i was in a hurry making this video. The octagonal grip is something i saw Wranglerstar use and i really like it :)

If you look at historical pieces of eother swords of axes, especially when the axe was a symbol of power, there were alot of axes woth engravings, copper i lays and so forth. Back in viking times they had them to show wealth and power. So "show pieces" has been a thing for a very long time

What we usually call "damascus steel" today is really pattern welded. The term got poularised in America a couple of decades ago. "Real" or the original damascus steel is to my knowledge more resemvled in woptz, but I am no expert on the subject.

​@ Who are "we" - I go answer and comment when the sun comes up ;) (You just hit a master blacksmith you see, and I trapped you :D :D ) Subject pending!

We = everyone calling patternwelded steel damascus steel.

I live about 2 hours south of Mora ;)

I used Swedish Mauser Birch! Are you named Ögren aswell ?

There are two marks in the middle of the billet, the one is 1.5 ish cm from the back, the other is market to help guide my chisel tool. So the lenght between them is the same as the lenght of my chisel.

I dont quite understand the last question. In my case i forgeweld in the damascus billet.

@ That response to my first question makes sense. Thank you.

@ The second question was about how I would determine where to place the eye if I were trying to create a different type of axe and didn't have someone like yourself to tell me where to place it. In response to my first question, you said that you placed the first mark about 1.5cm from the back. That placement works well for this style of axe using that size material. If I had slightly different sized starting material, I could just use the same ratios to approximate the eye placement for the same style axe. If, however, I were making a hatchet with a small hammer head behind the eye, that eye placement would be too far back to leave me enough material for the hammer head. If I don't have some plans or a template to tell me where to place the eye for that hatchet, how might I try to estimate how far forward to place the eye in that case? Does that help clarify the question?

To be honest i started out feeling my way. When i make the carpenters axe i usualy leave even more material for the hammerpart. So it depends, if you want more material for the hammer simply go further to the middle etc. When i make bearded axes i use a smaller stock. And with smaller stock its easier to determine size of things. In my opinion.

They are made for welding

Check my channel, I have a video where I forge an axe drift :)

Depends what material it is and also how hard you want it. But around 220 celsius, 40mins x 3. Thats how i do it genereally speaking

@ thanks the material is1055 steel

If you search you can probably find graphs on google that show you exactoy how to heat treat that material

I cant recall, it was so long ago. I probably did it and left it out of the video.

@ it's there it must have ended up on the cutting room floor. It's on the right side, just never saw you strike it.

I think I have 5 anvils.

Tackar ödmjukast! Ska verkligen börja göra fler videor!

Thank you!

Try his instagram.