After months of trial and error, headaches, sore muscles and one nearly corrupted hard drive later, we are so excited and proud to FINALLY be sharing this video with you. This is easily one of the most difficult projects we've done on the homestead, but it turned out to be one of the most satisfying. We hope you enjoy it!

It's so cool seeing other members of the Townsends Cinematic Universe getting their own episodes. I hope there's more

I appreciate that you are publically saying "this was not a one day project" and talking about your frustrations. It has become a bit of a trend to make 3+ week projects look like they were done in a day, and that there was no struggle with them. It can be really discouraging to try to recreate something you see only to find out that the person who did it had to put hours upon hours of love, labor, and tears into it and they didn't even tell you!

A wild hammer giving birth to it's young, I feel like needs a David Attenborough voiceover.

Another beautifully crafted video that balances narration and natural sounds. The team has really been amazing with the video color grading as well!

Hello from Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹 really appreciate this video. This video reminds me of my grandfather he passed away at 93.and he was a sugarcane cutter and work as a laborer in the field so making cutlass and clamps for bull cart was his thing. Thank you for bringing back the memories

These videos are so relaxing and very often educational. I cannot praise this channel enough honestly and I can only hope more people discover it and watch along with those of us who already love it.

My grandfather was a blacksmith in his younger days. I wish he was still alive to see your video.🤗

Came for the nutmeg, stayed for the blaksmith tutorial!

I remember that apprentices would be given a tool, then eventually make their own. I can see heading to the frontier with a hammer from back home and making new sizes or types as needed. Thank you, Brandon! Beautiful video, Townsend's team.

This channel shows me how to survive in the 18th century. Engals Coach Shop shows me skills needed for the 19th. I stumbled my way through the 20th. I wish that I could find stuff to help me through the 21st. Loved seeing that personalized mark go on that hammer

That's what i love about this channel. Townsends show us how to make tools, to make better tools, to build an entire homestead :)

To make a hammer you need a hammer, it's a chicken or the egg thing.

Good to see it finally worked out for you. It looks great too. Nice job Brandon. And the crew.

The diegetic sound mix in this video is stellar - the creak of the bellows, the ring of the hammer, the rasp of the draw horse - it's all delightfully immersive.

Hard work makes you really appreciate the finished product.

Watched the turkey cook off last night, was brilliant, I love the different types of videos that come out. In fact we've started having our dinner and watch a video from an earlier time that we've not watched. In this mad world its a bit of sanity to be honest.

As a blacksmith its nice to see the history of my craft shown as well as the processes.

I honestly normally couldn't care less about toolmaking but I was so into this. You guys are getting good! I love how your video making style has evolved. Thanks very much for teaching and entertaining us!

No power tools. No modern precision instruments. SMALL fire pot. No one (that I saw) striking with a sledge. And yet one of the straightest, most centered holes punched in a hammer head I've seen on youtube. You sir are an amazing smith!

As a person that has fabricated many steel and wood items in my 60 years, I can appreciate the effort that goes into such a tool! Great job guys!

While “the nutmeg fiend” is fantastic, it’s great to see you doing a video on your own and bringing that love of blacksmithing to the channel!

Brandon was amazing in this! His on screen presence has come so far, what a fantastic video

Sounds strange but i would like an episode on bathrooms! I suppose this could cover what the bathroom looked like, what they wiped with, and all the other stuff that involves bathrooms.

hello hammer daddy

I'm so impressed that you persevered through all that work. Well done! I always love it when reenactors have their own tools. It just heightens the overall impression. Thank you for another wonderful video - I always love what you do. All the best from a fellow reenactor :)

This has given me the warmest feeling in my chest. Something about these videos makes me feel like this is how the world is supposed to be.

I love visiting the forge. It's always so toasty here.

This is very relaxing to watch. Much better than other channels focused on heavy machinery forging.

These videos on the homestead are great.

For heating that much mass you may want to consider, weighting the bellows so the upper chamber bleeds out faster, rebuild the bowl with the home spun bricks in a way that allows you to pile the coals in front off the bellows nozzle but pointing at the work pieces so that the air does not need to bend in travel. And I know for frontier tech double piston bellows were rare and normally only found with large foundries but that will allow a much higher flow rate for heavy pieces. But this is excellent and shows that you guys are willing to push what you have before upgrading. True frontier hard work.

I understand this hammer was not a relaxing experience to make - but to watch this video added like a year to my expected lifespan...

The difficulty and trials you had with getting the heat hot enough would've made a great video.

That glowing piece of metal block looked so satisfying!

I really love how you shoot these videos. I can feel that fire and smell that smoke.

A true artisan at work. What a marvellous thing to show, and done so simply and clearly.

This video was worth the wait! Your team is very skilled and intrepid, and the finished products (both hammer and video) turned out wonderful.

I love the quiet energy in this video. Informative and soothing! A break from out hectic electronic world. Thank you for the effort.

wonderful story, great storytellers!

A seriously good video, and the blacksmith is a natural. Helluva nice way to eat my lunch and relax for a few mins.

I like that you are branching out into the whole historical recreation experience. Not just cooking but building, sailing, crafting, etc.

Must be so rewarding to have the finished product in your hand.

Great video. So satisfying. Loved listening to the birds

Excellent video! Well done Brandon! I most definitely enjoy watching blacksmiths at work! I wondered how you were going to get a hole through all that steel, but now I know! Cant wait to see this hammer put through its paces!

Best time of year to do blacksmithing.

Good job! A couple of tips I would give you though is use way more charcoal, you want a solid mound and the work buried to get the heat you want also try to process the charcoal into smaller walnut sized pieces it helps retain heat.

Wow!!! This process is so neat to see! Thank you! Enjoy your hammer! So cool!

Thanks for sharing with us, the hammer turned out great 👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👋👋🙏🏻🙏🏻

Read the title and said, "It's Brandon time again!" Good stuff, Jon & Company.

Looks amazing! Back in high school is when I discovered homemade items, blacksmithing, growing medicinal herbs and the like. I love watching forge work even if I can not do it myself due to RSI. My favorite of your website are the wooden bowls which someday I will get as well as the simple kitchen items. We have a homestead and I love to support the artisans.

Watched several baking and creating videos and I love all of them. Wish the land in my country was cheaper, so I could buy my own plot and make amazing things like this. Time to click that subscribe button.

Thanks Kindly! I have a little experience at the anvil so I really appreciate your work! You’re a true Craftsman! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania

Thats really cool! It will last generations.

Wow Love to see the hammer in 15 years the ash handle worn in, the hammer well used Great work as always 🤙

Nice work. I recently finished making my first hammer too. A cross pein, made from wrought iron with 1045 (C45) tool steel faces forge-welded on. It is immensely satisifying to make your own tools.

My father's father (EDIT: Now that I think about it, it was actually my father's Grandfather) hand forged a hammer similar to yours. When my father passed, I became the new owner. I previously used it on automotive and truck frame straightening in my father's shop. I treasure that hammer. Swung it many times. We had a simple name for it.....The Big Hammer.

Great effort! I've made quite a few hammers and achieving the proper heat is the hardest part on a simple hammer..

"If I had a hammer I'd hammer in the morning I'd hammer in the evening All over this land I'd hammer out danger I'd hammer out a warning I'd hammer out love between My brothers and my sisters, ah-ah All over this land..." "If I had a hammer" by Trini Lopez

So consistently good. Always enjoy watching. Wonderful channel thank you

Now that was a great video. I could watch this kind of thing all day. Well done.

Blacksmithing is a difficult craft as I've come to understand doing it with a modern propane forge, hydraulic press, etc. Doing it the period way must be a Herculean task. A beautifully produced video as always from our friends at Townsends!

I would love to see more blacksmithing videos! Keep up the great work! : D

Fantastic video, guys! The hammer turned out great! All of that effort paid off. I am really looking forward to seeing you put it to work.

Awesome as always Townsends.

My dad would have loved this--he had a portable forge and did 18th century re-enactments.

Wow, we still have an hammer forged by my great granfather ,he used to repair locomotive for the Italian railways.

I'm always fascinated to see how things are made, so I very much enjoyed watching this wonderful & impressive display of your black smithing skill! It also caused me consider just how arduous EVERY task was in those times. I have such respect for their fortitude. Thank you for enabling us to connect with the past & to appreciate how easy we have it now by comparison.

Awesome a new video! Thanks for the great videos, always a pleasure.

Great job!! It’s amazing how much work and time it takes to handcraft a simple, utilitarian item most people take for granted!

Another great project. Stay awesome guys!

Love all these homestead videos!

This guitar is awesome

Shows a red hot slug of metal Brandon: Can't touch this! It's hammer time!

Incredible! Great job, Brandon!

Your videos are always a welcome treat in my week.

Awesome. Thank you for keeping these skills alive!!

Lovely video. Calm, relaxing. Now I can start work today in a nice disposition. Thank you

Thanks for your continuing content! Please make more tool making vids, that was great to watch and learn. 👍

it’s funny that you need a hammer to forge a hammer…circle of life for metal smiths! and the way it’s shaped from just the pounding of the hole for the handle is intriguing, it’s not removing an ingot so much as distorting outward to form a hole…very remarkable workmanship

As hard as it was having to do so much yourself back then, there is just something satisfying about making something with your own 2 hands

Absolutely wonderful video

Good golly, I do enjoy your blacksmith projects and videos. THANK YOU!

I love this channel!

Please please do more of these. so relaxing

This, the forge videos, along the farming and pottery themes are the ones I enjoy the most. Awesome.

What an awesome video, and shame on the 31 people who gave it a 👎.

O.k. I just about fell out of my chair when he plunged that hot piece of tool steel into ice water....the knife maker in me cried! LOL

Thank you John for sharing this with us, your food fans. Great history reenactment!

Wow I glad to see all the hard work your crew does I appreciate your dedication of living history though your own knowlege and experience in the moment.

Lol, I saw the girth of that handle, and groaned. I've been blacksmithing for 35 years, and I have to carve down my handles. A handle that is too fat, you end up with too much strain on your hand. It really does make it harder to hold on to... But if you notice an unusual amount of fatigue in your hands after forging try thinning the sides of the handle a bit, till it feels right for you, and it doesn't tire you out too fast...

Great Video, Very educational. Your lifestyle is definitely a satisfying one

Great video! I really appreciate your efforts. I just survived a two day course, where the students hand forged a custom knife from a railway spike. It was a LOT of HARD work!!! But the results were worth it!! Forge On!!

Awesome video. Very relaxing

beautiful piece. and love the makers mark

Always enjoy your videos so much knowledge and history.

This was such an enjoyable video to watch.

I have loved watching the homestead evolve over time

Sometimes the work speaks for itself. Bravo.

That was absolutely amazing!!!

Lovely video, wonderful old craftsmanship!!