Forging a Tomahawk from a Wrench

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5 жыл бұрын

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@DanMade 5 жыл бұрын

Don't forget to leave suggestions on what you'd like to see next!

@ratedredneck96 5 жыл бұрын

I think if you took an old sprocket and made like a mad max hatchet itd sell quick. It seems apocalyptic looking knives and stuff are really sought after.

@fm1-c251 5 жыл бұрын

Maybe a hammer out of a piston? Dont know if thats possible but i think it would look nice :)

@BakaMoto 5 жыл бұрын

can you forge a wrench into a dildo? Happy Holidays! #MURICA

@martinallanhates 5 жыл бұрын

A fan mail video!

@gravityyt4185 5 жыл бұрын

Um. Make an accessory for your h2

@b_mb4948 5 жыл бұрын

_Suggestion:_ 1) Make some damascus steel. 2) Turn it into a knife. 3) Feature your new knife on the next "cooking with Dan" episode.

@smalldoseofmeful 5 жыл бұрын

This......... 100 times over.

@Dylanschillin 5 жыл бұрын

Been making knives for 6 years, trust me Damascus is hard as fuck to make, you lose a shit load of material due to the flux just eating away at the steel to keep the surface clean and oxidizationfrom regular forging, it's also extremely time consuming with a hand hammer, can be done with a lot of patience and propane and steel, my current Damascus project is a shift knob and i need over 2 lbs of steel to make a couple 60 gram pieces of steel

@dannykyle738 5 жыл бұрын

I don't think he is ready for that just yet, eventually that would be great. But it would suck to try and do all the work and it not turn out because of a simple mistake made from not having enough experiance

@KarimFawzy10 5 жыл бұрын

This is the kind of project he should realistically only do as a collab (do something similar to what he did for the gold AK) if he's gonna do it this early in the game

@Dylanschillin 5 жыл бұрын

I'd make a video on Damascus but it would probably take too fucking long

@lincolnmoore3913 5 жыл бұрын

See if you can return it to Home Depot, lifetime warranty should cover “being turned into an tomahawk

@Thomas-uk5cp 5 жыл бұрын

Snapon covered us welding a breaker bar to an axe head so why not

@dannykyle738 5 жыл бұрын

Alec Steele just moved to the US . Maybe do a collab with him where he can teach you some things and you can show him how to ride a motorcycle or something.

@TheRickyp8888 5 жыл бұрын

This is a good idea

@person7584 5 жыл бұрын

Danny Kyle Dan would freeze if he went to Montana

@Kito1197 5 жыл бұрын

I second this motion!

@idiotredneck588 5 жыл бұрын

1:40 the ding with the hammers 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@samw5981 5 жыл бұрын

I'm sure your neighbors love this new hobby 😂

@10Millsand10Gauges 5 жыл бұрын

I like this better than motovlogs, your style of video making is perfect for this kind of stuff.

@AltmannYT 5 жыл бұрын

Wait, I didnt know you did blacksmithing too! Not only do I get to see you motovlog, but also make cool stuff. Awesome

@SVDCamper 5 жыл бұрын

Sweet! Also, love the fact that you have found this new hobby and are enjoying it.

@wowsaclose1747 5 жыл бұрын

Super happy to see you branching out finding stuff you enjoy. Makes for some really cool videos, keep it going man.

@ratedredneck96 5 жыл бұрын

I want to do this now, its been something i considered for a while having made a few blades before. A wrench tomahawk would be the perfect christmas gift for a mechanic.

@jakerips4445 5 жыл бұрын

Loving this! I can’t wait to get into this stuff when I get a better job! Too many interests, it’s hard to do all of them! Keep up the good work Dan!

@nickelodeonsmith9829 5 жыл бұрын

A knife with a wood handle should be the next challenge ol boy. Gold plated with the wood stained to match the AK perhaps!?

@caseytodd7632 5 жыл бұрын

Steel buttplug. Made from your factory H2 exhaust.

@mayettamoto4030 5 жыл бұрын

i love how your keeping blacksmithing alive it so cool i wish i could do this keep on keeping on brother

@DaveCraineAccidentalAquarist 5 жыл бұрын

Nice work. Good format and you’re doing well young bro 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

@CaLiKiDRyaN 5 жыл бұрын

Happy Thanksgiving Dan! Loving the new channel!

@pimanshane4797 5 жыл бұрын

I love how you left the bottom of the wrench on it makes it look very unique and it also acts as a good counter weight for a good balance

@pandremod1469 5 жыл бұрын

Love this new stuff!

@Scouser74 5 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah man, great job

@dluffmcgrufflovestostuffmu4606 5 жыл бұрын

From seeing the live stream that thing looks awesome dan great job

@NicholasHurlburt 5 жыл бұрын

Just went to buy it and it was sold. If more were made I would definitely buy one to support you dan.

@Fuzzball047 5 жыл бұрын

Hope you clean your sander after every build, ZNA had his catch on fire and nearly burnt his garage down because of the fine steel particles built up

@imsroll 5 жыл бұрын

His caught fire because he was using it for both metal and wood... Fine steel particles do not suddenly catch fire lol... Hot steel sparks into a pile of old saw dust = fire.

@Fuzzball047 5 жыл бұрын

@@imsroll oh thanks, didnt realize. Thought it was because the fine steel was like steel wool and lights easy

@coryr.9234 5 жыл бұрын

This suggestion is extremely pertinent to those who delve into working with Titanium. Sparks from the grinder can ignite titanium dust/ shavings quite easily. There is a KZfaqr that does titanium blades for the pocket knives he sells, and has made mention of taking caution when working with titanium, as he has ignited his arms on several occasions from grinding while letting the dust accumulate to much on his arms.

@Josher126 5 жыл бұрын

Chopping skills cranked up to 11 ,love the vid Dan been watching since 2000 on your bike channel

@matthewbrown1991 5 жыл бұрын

Katana. Great sword. Small sword? More Dan Forges! Idk how far your forging skills can go, but let's test them!

@prestonlyle 5 жыл бұрын

This is such a cool little hobby

@TheThailand101 5 жыл бұрын

The sharpening process is sik👌

@kaito8273 5 жыл бұрын

You'll know when tempering is done when the metal goes a golden wheat color. But to get rid of this color be careful, you want to do it by hand with wet sandpaper. If you do It on the belt sander it reverses the tempering. Just thought I might add that in.

@tuukkasivonen4533 5 жыл бұрын

Assaku_Music yeah i have no idea bout this kinda shit but that sounds bout right

@coryr.9234 5 жыл бұрын

Great work on this Dan! I have a few milestones/suggestions; Railroad Spike Knife (Bonus: Animal head) EDC/ Camping Knife (Bonus: Matching sheath) Folding Pocket Knife (Bonus: Locking) Double edge fixed blade (Bonus: Intricate scaling) Just a couple larger projects. I added in a bonus on each, some of which adds great practice to other skills that kinda go hand in hand with blacksmithing. Keep up the great work Dan, I look forward to the upcoming videos.

@joelfleming67 5 жыл бұрын

That is awesome! I would buy one

@Fuzzball047 5 жыл бұрын

I love while youre hitting it speed up the pings. Makes me happy

@Paralius 5 жыл бұрын

Love the shape fr. Also I think a cool idea you can 100% do no problem @DanMade is forge the shape like you did and then forge weld a piece of high carbon steel into the center of the axes “cutting” edge. I’m gonna try it when I move away from stock removal but it would be a great practice to get into forge welding and eventually making Damascus. Just an idea

@frizzlefry6562 5 жыл бұрын

Damn chillin with the H2 in the back

@lilreaper9706 5 жыл бұрын

You should make a dagger with handle or a Bowie knife. Your tomahawk turned out sweet. Keep up the good work!

@Gen2_aidan 5 жыл бұрын

Oh sh!t, this is do it with Dan. Thought I recognised the voice. Haven't been watching your vids for a while then this video popped up in my recommended and I didn't even know know you had this channel. Good stuff dude. I like this. I want to try to make this

@samuelquinby93 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome I want one

@bridonr.552 5 жыл бұрын

You should put the tools you use in the description so if ppl want to get into the craft then they have a baseline of starting materials. (Anvil, hammers, etc...)

@balleochdick 5 жыл бұрын

Try using a bit of horn/antlers mixed with different types of wood for the handle.

@connerbullard2415 5 жыл бұрын

U must really love that wrench with how much u were beating it.

@AjackLee4 5 жыл бұрын

Gotta make a folding knife next! A good challenge for the Dan man.

@cookie_licker1284 5 жыл бұрын

this was just in my recommended and I was like wait is that doitwithdan so I clicked lol I saw the vid when you did the rebar knife so that is how I kinda knew about you doing this oh and subbed right away :D

@miladwolfster4309 5 жыл бұрын

That is some Impressive shit Bro

@chadvarnell1889 5 жыл бұрын

9:18 "GET WRECKED!!!" HA HA!

@Punx63 5 жыл бұрын

Could get some old leaf springs and make a sword of some sort. Long sword, bastard, fachalon, scimitar, great sword? Might need to get a bigger forge though. Or find a way to make it workout for bigger pieces.

@calebdepillo9187 5 жыл бұрын

Hey dan, I work at a metal fab shop and I’d recommend getting a pair of Tillman wielding leather gloves. I don’t know how many times they have helped.

@Skoooter_ 5 жыл бұрын

I was watching this and I was like he sounds like do it with dan and looked at the channel and I’m like holy shit it’s dan I feel dumb but super happy it’s him love you dan. My 18th birthday I’m getting a motorcycle because of you. Plus it would make my day if you responded to this!!!!!

@johnnys1996 5 жыл бұрын

You need to make some kind of logo to stamp into the metal

@petrosk5244 5 жыл бұрын

Good work doitwithdickhead

@derektrujillo2292 5 жыл бұрын

Sweet tomahawk. Be cool to watch you make like a 5 inch Bowie knife

@domclough9316 5 жыл бұрын

That’s fucking dope Dan

@desulv 5 жыл бұрын

*Legend*

@TrentFalkenrath 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Dan, cool video. I have another suggestion for a project. What if ya made a Karambit from a wrench? Doesn't hafta be very big, something like 1 inch or so. I have no idea how difficult it could be, but I imagine ya just smooth out the inside of the closed end while making the blade come out of the grip 4-5 inches from the ring. I'd buy it. Lol, keep up the good work.

@adamfortin11 5 жыл бұрын

I was watching this and thinking, "Holy shit this guy sounds just like doitwithdan" literally a minute later, "Holy shit this guy is doitwithdan"

@jordandenmark8443 5 жыл бұрын

music is spot on (insert "OK" emoji hand here) suggestion - Ax with wood handle

@bamabackroads1203 5 жыл бұрын

Godamn!!! I want it!!!

@skidooriders3470 5 жыл бұрын

Make some more just like this 👌

@tylermerrick6453 5 жыл бұрын

Make a Christmas tree throwing star. I think that would be suited for the holidays comming up

@IsaacMillerTheGod 5 жыл бұрын

came up in my suggested and i'm like dope... I love this shit. Then i saw his face and realized that it was do it with dan

@JamesM0331 5 жыл бұрын

aye you already made an improvement from the last one and insulated your forge to keep that heat in forged in fire mate

@facundoserrano5367 5 жыл бұрын

I hope someday you'll forge a Falcata. 💪

@IAMTHECABOOSE 5 жыл бұрын

That steel is thicc

@goodwillgarage6105 5 жыл бұрын

Your nephews and nieces will come over for thanks giving and see you cutting stuff with it and be like “uncle Dan who made this it’s so cool” and you’ll be like “I crafted it by hand because Merica”

@Ssaintnik 5 жыл бұрын

Yknow this was just on my recommend so I watched it and I thought you looked familiar. Turns out it’s fuckin do it with Dan 👍👍

@huntermalone7536 5 жыл бұрын

Perfect 👌🏻 (proceeds to hit again)

@brianjack5902 5 жыл бұрын

Good for you. Take up a good hobby. Keep playing with yourself. I mean steel. Happy Turkey Day .

@rubbers3 5 жыл бұрын

I think it would look awesome if you'd wrap the paracord around the socket. Sort of like it's done on some Chinese Dadaos.

@IAMTHECABOOSE 5 жыл бұрын

Nice

@BallisticVolts 5 жыл бұрын

i just became the 7000th sub :)

@benrodenberger1326 5 жыл бұрын

Just my 2 cents... when you’re working the metal after taking it out of the furnace, you should be able to hold it with those welding gloves you have, makes it a lot easier to maneuver than using the vice grips, that’s what I’ve done in the past. A leather grip on that hatchet would look pretty cool as well

@toiletchili5786 5 жыл бұрын

DanMade? Forge It With Dan.

@Miss__Victoria 5 жыл бұрын

"perfect." *procedes to smack it again* 😆

@carlbelcherEDC 5 жыл бұрын

Looks good. Was the the nod of the head intentional?

@fm1-c251 5 жыл бұрын

Maybe a hammer out of a piston? Dont know if thats possible but i think it would look nice :) Like your vids dan keep it up :))

@natepalmer5714 5 жыл бұрын

holy shit its Dan whats up!!!

@BeKilleen 5 жыл бұрын

Hey dan how much was it to get a small set up like that. This is wanting me to get into forging. Oh and how about motorcycle chain into a knife I’ve seen a couple videos on that.

@RidingFree 5 жыл бұрын

It's surprising how many people skip the normalizing process, and go straight for the quench. Watching you do multiple normalizing cycles, and actually checking the temperature of the oil, to make sure that it's warm for the quench. Kinda makes me think you actually know what you're doing! And I'd just like to see a good 'ol regular hunting or skinning knife. Or you could make an ulu to use with your cooking videos.

@DanMade 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I did alot of research.

@RidingFree 5 жыл бұрын

@@DanMade I assume that research involves Alec Steele of course, as well as Simple Little Life, Walter Sorrells, Hoffman Blacksmithing, Koss, Jakes Custom knives, Make n create and a bunch of those channels? I lucked out and I'm able to do all that research while I'm at work...

@keystoadventure8816 5 жыл бұрын

I think you should make a Damascus bayonet for the gold ak out of a motorcycle chain!

@ryans3194 5 жыл бұрын

Keys to Adventure he is not ready for that come on now Damascus is hard as hell to do properly. I am getting in to knife making ( I am 14 ) I have done a lot of research and trust me he is not ready for that yet . I mean I don’t even have a forge yet but I have done a lot of research and know somewhat what I am talking about.

@Matt-hd7vd 5 жыл бұрын

@@ryans3194 Dans a motivated man, he could do it, it would just take a little time

@ryans3194 5 жыл бұрын

Matt it’s not that he couldn’t do it . I am saying he needs more practice before trying it . maybe a couple more pieces and then he should try . Demarcus is not something you want to do right off the bat I mean you could but you might get very frustrated ( possibly enough to quit) however you are right he is motivated so maybe not but he should at lest do say ten pieces just for practice and then try Demarcus. Trust me I have seen so many videos of master smiths giving advice on this and they would say the same thing I am .

@MarcAndCheese69 5 жыл бұрын

Definitely make a kitchen knife or a meat cleaver that you can feature in cooking with dan

@HP.Customs 5 жыл бұрын

Dan watches a couple Alex Steele videos and BOOM he is now a blacksmith,lol.

@ericgillespie2812 5 жыл бұрын

may i suggest a fuller? it will allow your material to spread easier and spend less time swinging

@oishi222 5 жыл бұрын

I heard you shouldn't forge chrome-vanadium because chrome is a heavy metal, like lead, and produces fumes in the forge and dust from the grinding that are poisonous. If you've survived eating this much lead paint so far, I think one tomahawk wont kill you. I look forward to seeing new forging videos soon!

@DanMade 5 жыл бұрын

Little bit of toxicity never heart my lungs! Thanks!

@OutdoorsWithTurners 5 жыл бұрын

What forge and anvil is that I really wanna get into knife making.

@SpaceJohnWayne 5 жыл бұрын

Can you make a video on your forge you got there? or how someone could make their own?

@rouge-eastskier202 5 жыл бұрын

Hunter Ritchko it’s a simple propane forge with one burner good for knife making but if he wants to do bigger projects like swords he will need a bigger forge. For info on the forge like I said it looks like a one burner propane forge if you search simple propane forge you will see very similar forges.

@dudas12100 5 жыл бұрын

I think you should just upload these videos to your main channel and just make a playlist for them

@AidanMC1995 5 жыл бұрын

Collab with Alec Steele! He is in Montana now, and I'm sure he would be willing to teach you more about smiting if you taught him to ride or something like that