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Thank you for sharing this valuable information. You will be helping me and others in our journey. We are extremely fortunate to have youtubers like you. This means a lot. Their are many who would hoard this info. Thanks. ✌️

Glad you didn't apologize for charging what you charge. You are successful at what you do. being low income I understand where people can think what they do, but having several friends who are millionaires I know what's possible. love your videos thanks for all you do

Love it! I have made four square bowls since the first video. I gifted two and sold two. I will be making more today. Thanks, Roy and Jess!

Made it this far for sure, thank you for the help. What people need to understand, is the overhead of the shop. Your work will be worth what you put it out there as being worth. If it’s good it’s good.

I think you are very kind host and do things to the best of your ability and I think you have a very fine teacher and I will watch and learn from you as much as I can thank you so much for your time and your knowledge have a good day alligator people

I am 55 and trying to get started in this trade. Your video's are full of info and I appreciate them greatly.

Folks have forgotten the art of metal work, a skill not just anyone can do. As an aspiring welder and fabricator I can tell you people don't get the skill involved in metal working at all especially not blacksmithing! Keep on bang hammers! 👍👍😎

I really liked it I also liked seeing the real time it took thank you and God bless you and your family

I am trying to start blacksmithing mostly self and you tube taught your videos are great

Don't know if you get notified when someone comments on an older video, but, speaking just for myself, I really appreciate the 'real time' videos. I don't feel quite so inadequate when something that took five minutes on KZfaq takes me an hour in the shop! 🤣

I prechate the vids. I like that u like to share the knowledge not all will do this

Working in a equiped shop is not unfair but a reward of investing in your investments. In the Air Force everyone packs their own parachute. Kind of like shops. As always Thanks

Very informative, thank you for sharing your vast knoledge. I am a 54 year old blacksmith hobbiest, I love forging candle stick holders, spoon rest, letter openers and trivets. After watching your video today I'm ready to try my luck at some bowls, have to make a sewage first thank you for sharing, Scott Tinker

Great job. Favorite so far.

Awesome bowl making idea!

I enjoyed your video and the several bowls I have made using your techniques have been well received. Thanks!

Roy, I love your videos. I do have a very small steel fabrication shop and I think it is sometimes hard for others to understand the operational costs of running your own shop especially if they don’t have any experience with it. You sir have inspired me to add a forging area to my shop this summer. I wish you the best and can’t thank you enough for all that you’ve done for the rest of us KZfaq rangers who whatch and learn from you and those like you. Please keep up the great work and God Bless you brother.

I the same vein as, so many of your other viewers have said, thank you for being so generous with demonstrating your techniques and insight. I have had the benefit of watching a few of your video's. Each one has been presented in a kind and reasonable way devoid of personal ego. I cannot understand how anyone could find something to be negative about. Guess haters just have to hate. Ignore them and thank you both.

I use to be in the TV repair business and people always thought you over priced your labor, however, they never considered your costs such as insurance for all aspects of the business. Not to mention your health care which expected to be provided so you don't become a burden to society as well as what is now considered a "living" wage. Also you have some outside expenses such as your shop rent and your vehicle expenses and repairs so you can both pickup materials and drop off you shipments.

A fun recommendation would be to fill the negative with brazing filler, blend and hot finish with oil or cold finish with gun blue and wax - it's be a beautiful contrast. Brilliant video - somehow I missed this one although I've been a sub for quite a few years now. A friend and fellow smith in UMBA (Upper Midwest Blacksmith Association) gave me a very nice single crease bowl and directed me to this video. Just the other day I was voted in as the president of UMBA. Cheers and may God continue to bless you and your family! - Jens

Great job Roy, I made it all the way through. Don't let the negative comments bring you down.

Great video Roy! Lovin' these fold form designs, it creates alot of visual interest in an otherwise simple project. I've already got a few other ideas for this technique, thanks for sharing your ideas and thoughts...much appreciated Brother!

Very nice looking bowl. Thanks for the video

Roy, you’re work and the work any of producer is worth what we ask for it! If we choose to discount for whatever reason that is up to the individual. Mass produced items are not handcrafted but punched out by machine and thats why they are cheap, if you want personalised work you need to pay a craftsman to do it. Ours is a dying art and best way to promote its survival is to price work in such a way that makes the earning potential attractive to budding smiths so they see a future. We should all be pricing much higher, but we still must eat and the market will only pay so much!

My son and I are trying to take our smithing from a hobby to a small business. Your videos are very helpful, including your views on how to structure prices. This sort of thing is tough to figure out, especially if you've not been in business before. You give good explanations and do good camera work too. Thanks!

Very nice project!

Beautiful work as always

I do injoy the videos, any techniques that can be learned is always a big plus. Thank You both of you

I always enjoy seeing the start to finish steps of a project especially when the project is new to me.

I made it all the way and enjoyed it! Also, made a tweak to your scorpion bottle opener and added it to my shop! Thanks for the great ideas!

Awesome bowl ,Roy, you do an excellent job of showing what it takes to form these items . I really like and enjoy your videos. Forge on!

I enjoyed the video. Thank you.

You are 100% right about the target audience..I do not sell where i live, I been smithing for nicely over 20 years. And I go to where the money and people with the money is to sell..My online sales are geared toward the upscale...

Enjoyed it very much indeed Roy, amazing as always and thanks for sharing so much with us.

Nice work

Beautiful bowl.

Another great video Roy could watch you work all day! Thank you for making such informative videos. Big hug

That was very enjoyable. Thank you Roy.

thank you for the time and knowledge, the length of the video was ok, the passing of skills to an new generation is always a challenge but fun

I appreciate you and your channel, it’s the real deal. Thank you for that. BTW, under pricing is the number one reason for going out of busyness. Your pricing is more then honest.

Great video, quite information and not to long. Thanks

Good looking bowl Roy. I like the creases i have made smaller bowls to fit under the larger bowls and rivet them together to form a stand of sorts. Anyway thanks for the ideas. God Bless.

Very interesting Roy. I didn’t think it was to long you kept my attention which is not easy. Nice job once again! As for you’re pricing who cares what anyone thinks, and if they had an equipped shop even doing it part time they would understand you’re pricing, you even mentioned some cost I never thought of so thanks. I appreciate what you guys do. I’ve learned a lot.

I'll be watching this one twice. Great information.

Great tutorial thank you.

Great Video Roy ! Very creative ideas , which further supports the cost of thes fine projects. Keep up the good work !!!

Dagnabbit! I cant believe I missed this one when it came out. My bad lol. My friend, to coin an old phrase in paraphrasing, " Ain't no way to please 'em all might near any of the time...they're all victims of their own devices. Folks is folks, I reckon that's what keeps this old world ' interesting ' , just gota be mindfull they have there own life n times most often they dont ride the same trail as you do. Reckon that's a good thing mind ya, cuz a crowded trail ain't a peaceful place ." Reckon I like your instruction videos a good bit. Longer is ok w me cuz I can pick up on the suttle details that often get left on the cutting room floor. Your price is yours to best bennifits your family. If some other feller wants to be less n make less than market value well that's their Chinese style and choice. Being an artist has it price. Welp I reckon this here could be looked on as a Crawford rant lmbo! Blessed days sirSir, Crawford out

Great video, quite an interesting way to get some texture onto metal that really stands out.

Great series of videos. Thank you taking the time! Really enjoy them, and the pricing info is very useful even though in some cases your mileage may vary.dont stop, I look forward to every one you do and looking forward to seeing you in Texas this month!

The Cross make a great touch for the bowl. Blessings!!

Tried my hand at making bowls and it kinda took off. Thank you for the folded tips. I will give it a go. I appreciate all you do.

Thank you for the video. That looks like something I could do with the tools I have. Will be fun to try anyway.

I like your work and your videos.

Nice work mate. Do not know why anyone would be critical of your good work.

I like the video, something I never thought of, thanks for the knowledge, and I would recommend that you forget about all the people who say something about your prices, after all, they are your prices.

I made a little dish out of welding flange plate. My first attempt after your first folding video. It was WAY to thick. Lol but I did it and it looks awesome and amazes people. Ps i'm offended😁👍👍⚒On!!

Thank you for your videos.

Roy, That bowl turned out super cool! I love it. I blacksmith as a hobby and love doing custom work for people. This and the square dish you did are definitely going to be something I will be doing in the future. I cant be in the shop full time yet because I still work fulltime but in 3.5 yrs when I retire, blacksmithing will be my fulltime job. When Im smithing I completely loose track of time. I go out to the shop in the morning and next thing I know it's dark out. Anyone else have that time vortex in their shop? Anyway nice work and please keep these videos comming!

very informative. thanks for the info

Great video and tutorial Roy!

As a hobby blacksmith, I really appreciate the advice on pricing your work, because it is a really tricky problem to figure out. I've been wanting to start selling kitchen knives at some point, and while theyre definitely not flawless by any means, I daresay my knives are quite nice. That being said, you can easily count a good 10 or so hours of work per knife, so if I wanted to price them based on the amount of work that goes into them, not even counting the material, fuel and equipment costs, youd be looking at a good €100 or so for a single knife. And while I do take pride in my work, I know I wouldnt want to pay that kinda money for a single kitchen knife, so I wouldnt really blame other people if they wouldnt want to either... Furthermore, this video might prove to be excellent reference material for a future project, as someone has asked me a while ago if I would make them a kind of large, shallow bowl to put on someones gravestone, I'd been thinking of making one looking like a shell once I could get the tools and materials together, so the way you included those ridges in this one might be something I'll have to experiment with as well!

Roy I really enjoyed this video. I have been wanting to make a bowl. This method is open to all kinds of designs. It is a day later and I made a blank an folded it over . I ordered a swage from new Holland anvil but tonight I will make a swage from a stump of ash.

As always, a fantastic instructional video and something else to get my teeth into other than hooks lol. Thank you and happy new year to you both. 😊

Thanks, definitely trying one the next time I fire up the forge.

good video well done

Thanks for the video, Roy. Like several others have expressed, if you are good at your craft, charge for it. Thanks again.

I wish you where in Jacksonville NC… and a friend. I’ve always wanted to do forging and even other metal work. I have a small setup just a part of tongs, hammer, chunk of RR track and a single burner propane forge. I am actually almost done with my first project, I just need to stretch the tang out and do my finishing work. To go from a railroad spike to a 14in.+/-Kris is such an awesome feeling. I’m a DV and my current setup and physical disabilities really limits the amount of time and frequency I can spend on a project. 30 minutes could have me in bed for 3-4 days. I know there are ways to make it easier, like a hydraulic press or even a screw press, even something like a good anvil that a great rebound with no dead spots, and a sturdy base that puts the top at the right height. Tongs…. Yeah, i understand why blacksmiths have so many different sets, same with hammers for that matter. With this just being a hobby and my rather limited and extremely fixed income, it’s taken me a long time to save for the stuff I have though. I thought having a blacksmith friend I could visit there shop I could come up with a better idea on what I should spend my very little amount of money on.

Great video as usual. I hope to run into you guys this year at SOFA. I did sign up for Daniel Moss hammer class.

Another way to look at pricing is a job done well at a fair price is a good investment. There is always a way to make things cheaper. Good artist save you money. Thank you very much for your video's and your wisdom.

You sound better Roy I hope all is well with you and your family

Pretty cool Roy hope you don't mind me trying that style of bowl.

Thank you for adding that job costing comment to your video. What people don't realise is that just because Time is a factor in cost does not make it THE factor in cost. If you are mass producing items in a factory the formula for calculating cost is design fee, tooling fee if it applies, materials * x%, hourly rate / number of processes , delivery hourly if it applies, and installation hourly, if it applies. But we smiths are not always simply production shops we are craftsmen, meaning that if we are adept at our craft we will have a certain style and flair that is difficult to duplicate adding more value to our pieces because of proficiency. If you have two knives made from the same materials made to look similar in style but one is made by me and the other is made by say Stan Wilson my knife would be worth less than his because his are going to function a lot better than mine and he has a name that commands respect in the knife world. Our craft is where art meets function. If you just plan on mass producing or trying to compete with other railing manufacturers you will probebly find it difficult at best to make an hourly rate, but if you value not just your time but your ability you will begin to realise that your craft is more valuable than you thought.

Next project

Great video, and pricing information !

Hey, I'm a beginner blacksmith! Haven't made a dime yet though. I actually started just stretching steel as a hobby, but I didn't put much into it at first. I made my own smelt for recycling precious metals from computers and electronics and I saw a video of a guy making a blade out of a file. Thought it was pretty neat so I thought I'd give it a shot. I was finally successful at making a couple pair of tongs. So if you'd like to help out a beginner, I could really use a 4lbs hammer. With a flat and a round if you by chance have an extra one laying around? Lol! I will eventually make one though!

As a potter, I charge $40-50 on average for a mug. People often don’t understand that I have spent time throwing the mug, adding a handle, carving it and adding other decorative elements, bisque-firing it, glazing it, firing it again, etc. But more than that, they are paying for the many years it it took for me to reach this level of proficiency at my craft. So when someone asks me how long it took to make a particular piece, my normal answer is, “This one took about 30 years.”

I've been called both jerk and moron. That being said, it's nice to have longer more detailed videos. Easier for my jersey moron brain to learn that way. Great video Roy. Thanks.

Do not concern yourself with what others charge! Not unlike a wedding photography studio, some will charge $1,500 for a wedding while others charge $15,000. Follow your business plan taking into account overhead, time, taxes, savings, and investment back into the shop...you will be successful (however you define that for yourself.)

I enjoyed this video. Length of video doesn't bother me, especially when you giving us knowledge. Thank you

Great Video, Well thought Out, I appreciate your Faith and Testimony How deep is your bed of coals Thank you, Dan

Valuable. Very edifying video. But i had trouble concentrating after you said the word "taco". I love tacos

Seems to me like. LOT of blacksmiths don't really charge enough for their work. I thought the video was good. It was a tad long, but not all projects are a 10 minute build, so that has to be considered. Good video, and you shouldn't worry about what people say about your prices. You do you. Epices vary region to region, state to state, and country to country. Alot depends on how saturated local markets are. Anyway good video, and one that you can tell that the new mic was a definite good call. 👍

Hey Roy. Great video thank you so much. I don’t have a swage block but I do have some oak tree stumps. I any going to make my own bowl swage out of one of them. What are the dimensions of the bowl sewage you have? I might be able to make two different sizes on the same piece. Thanks again.

As always, thank you for the videos. What thickness is the steel?

Great video I have been following you guys for awhile now and you sound a little frustrated with viewers... You can't let the negatives put you down the internet is an easy place for people to be rude. Ignore the bad comments

Enjoyed your video. Was not to long. As a plumbing contractor I like your thoughts on pricing

Nice job as usual Roy but I have a question for you, my swage block has a five inch diameter but what size is yours? I know it’s a green mengal or something like that I use mine all the time for rose and other flower bases all the time but I would also like to make bowls

roy i love the video mate but i have a questions can you start the bowl with a machine that folds the steel to get the first crease i know most folding machines do 90 degrees but i feel it would save you the first heat folding it cold to 90 then heating

Great video. What is the metal that you used?

Sweet! Could you have used a fuller to make the grooves?

I like it. may be a stupid question. What could the bowl be used for.

Speaking of prices, a friend of mine got an order in the other week, he showed me the bench in question, and asked me what I would reccomendl charging for it. Now, the total material cost and hourly cost combined didn't reach over $60 So... What did he do? He looked on Etsy for similar benches, and saw the legs alone being sold for about $350 ... This surprised me, but in the end he and his customer settled on $200 which, isn't bad for somethig that'll probably take about 2 hours or so to produce. We had a laugh at the price for a while.

I have watched a ton of your videos and I can’t help myself. What is the reason for all the green tape? You have great content and great instructions. A little repetitive and long winded sometimes but we all are. I don’t hold that against you. Keep up the good work and we are praying for you and yours. God bless.

Could you not forge weld the crease to create a seamless exterior? Just a thought, still an aspiring blacksmith.

It takes time to be able to do something fast. If you can create something in an hour, that would normally take two. It's not you being lazy, it's just skills!

I just thought of a napkin holder: Twu u SHAPES with a twist and curl on top . A half round wood base some kind of oil finish. I hope you like it ,I think it would sale from the things I seen on ESTY... I just looked and see nothing like it....

I do have some round blanks but mine are way thicker. 1/8 to 3/16! I'm sure way to thick for this project,plus I don't have swedge block to dish it out! Any other alternatives to that?? I love your videos plus your rant vids! You handle idiots alot better than I would! Lol! God bless and keep on ⚒️ing!

where do you get your wood mallets from?

Don't discount yourself or your value because people don't understand the field. I'm a teacher and a musician, talk about people discounting your professions. Like for a craftsmen, you're not paying for just the final product, you're paying for all the time, resources, training, and willingness to complete the task at hand. There's so much more than just the product on the shelf or the physical provision of service.