Hi, ive been spending circa 2 hours a day for the last month watching you tube Blacksmithing lessons, and this is by far the most clear, and easy to follow. The way you show the cold steel in between the steps is amazing. Thank you so much.

I know this video is 6 years old but I have to say, this is the slickest way I have seen to forge square corners. Inside AND outside also. Very well done.

I like this method much better I am going to start doing this for now on thank you for sharing your wisdom with us all godbless and good health.

TECHNIQUE UPDATE: Steve Mankowski at Colonial Wiliiamsburg has discovered that this works best it you hammer down the "pooch" AFTER opening the bend back up.

I think your method is much simpler, quicker and results in a more uniform finish than the upset method I learned...I'm going to give this a try...thanks for the very informative video.

This looks much easier and very neat. I need to give it a go. Thank you.

wow, great video. definitely the quickest demonstration of forging a square corner i have seen thus far. At first I didnt like the idea of the initial fold as I worried the inside corner could possibly crack or split after you open it back up to finish forging the 90. Although as long as proper heat is used im sure you could easily avoid that. cant wait to try this!!

Wow; that's awesome. This is going to catch quite a few more eyes, and will probably become the preferred method for square corners.

Great stuff. Very quick and looks far simpler than the usual method.

A great technique and an excellent explanation. Thank you!

It's amazing to see that 90% of the time you strike as many times as I would predict based on experience. Great video! Keep making them!

This looks a lot easier than the other ways I've seen!

Thanks for all the nice comments folks! Hope it helps you out!

I have not seen this method before and it looks very doable. I think I'll do just that tomorrow evening. I would very much like to see more from you.

Thanks for a great technique and a very good video.

Great Job !!! This is by for MUCH easier than the the way of doing it. Thanks for sharing.

Very nice! First time I see this method, it's a keeper for sure! Thanks

Great videos, clear instruction, and an awesome technique.

this one is the best method, thanks for sharing.

Very original approach. Thanks for sharing. Bob

Thanks for this Lee, will save time and energy. standard way of making corners is a pita although sometimes a bigger radius on the inside corner is nice. I have had success with 1/2" material now I will try 3/4" and see what happens

Lee. Thank you so much for making this video. I saw some when you discovered this some time ago but happy I could watch it today because I need it on a very important project right now in silicone bronze! I look forward to the next time and can thank you in person!

Great discovery for me today. I'm subscribing hoping you will come up with more content.

Lee: This is a very slick technique (and honestly, not my best thing, but may become much better after seeing this.) I also compliment you on the teaching method you used. Again, focused and perfectly clear.

great video. nice step by step walk through. hope to see more videos from you in the future!

Well Lee the time has come that I need this lesson! I look forward to practicing on smaller stock first then on to 1/2" X 1" for a pair of decorative brackets.

Very good explaining

Brilliant process ... Thank You

Good job on that corner! Did not think that could be done like that.

You sir have to few subs. this was very educational

Nicely done! Excellent video!

That is very slick thank you for sharing.

Very educational! BTW, it seems to me this is one of the things which are actually easier to do by hand than on a forging press!

That is a great method !

That is a great method. Wow!!! I love this way much better. Thank you.

Excellent instructional video! Thanks so much - any chance of more?

A very excellent vid.. Thanks, Lee.

Outstanding, thanks for demonstrating this.

Brilliant. Thanks.

Love it. Will play with it today!

Never knew you had a YT channel.

Keep the videos coming. Great info for us noobs.

Briljant, so fast!

Good Idea men!!💪

Nice!

WOW, That is cool ! Thank You!

awesome!

Great video! That is an outstanding technique! Subbed about a minute in ;)

Amazing!

This method provides a full square profile IN ONE PLANE ONLY. This is tolerable if the view is perpendicular to this one plane. This method does not provide for a full cross section through the entire corner the dimension of the parent stock. This is apparent in the first bend. The so-called 'pooch' mass is only partially equivalent to the outside stretched mass and does not fill in the mass lost in the radiused corner. This is partially the result of the difference of compressive strength vs tensile strength. The greatist difference is in the topological morphology. That is, the volume of the two idea forms are different, a radiused outside corner with sharp inside corner has less volume than a fully square corner.

Thanks, that is an excellent idea and a very clear explanation. Have you been doing them this way for a long time, or is it a recent development?

Nimba anvil?

Nice ! :)