Before I get about 200 comments that the sparks look like cast I forgot to put it in the video. My Bad lol

Ruff and Ready is the way to go mate ,all the good stuff is not cut out. And to all who complained about quilerty of the video just remember it's a blacksmith's shop not a hollywood studio .cheers.

Do not down yourself or you videos. I am a Yank and a recovering blacksmith. Since 1981. Well done!

You're Aces in my book. Rough and Ready are great for those of us wanting more than entertainment. Keep'em coming.

I like the fact that you admit making mistakes, in my book that only shows your human and honest. I love your videos, keep them coming! 🖖😎⚒

Random video is just fine with me. 👍👍. Plus, the information, is priceless. Thanks Dan ⚒️❤️😀🍺

I'm new to blacksmithing. I messed up trying to make my tongs. Took me 8 attempts before I got a usable set. Very frustrating but I have kept going and now have 5 different sets. Lots of patience and practice goes a long way for a trade like this.

Thanks for porting the reality that it's not as easy as edited videos make it look. It takes a lot more time and hard work then you first think to forge things. And yes, we will all make mistake, no matter how many videos you watch. Keep it up. -Bog Iron Forge, Newfoundland-

Yeah once in a while I'd like to serve up a few rashers of tong blanks. You are right that stress arises from the need to produce.

Ruff and Read #1takenofakes Is the real deal in the shop. I like these videos. I am sure you can make these a lot faster than the super edited ones and we will learn as much or more from them.

I am all about a bit of fun. Thanks for sharing your day. Today I was woodturning. Very finiky fits for boxes and decorative finials. I did drill extra holes for my faceplate mount, but that is all the metalworking I did Perfection not required here Dan, I like hangin out in your shop.

As always, great video. I love the ruff and ready ones! Keep em coming!⚒😁👍

I almost feel a little bad ordering a pair of tongs from your etsy. Thanks for working so hard and for making such awesome content.

I recently found ur vids and like them because u go into more of the small details tht other channels leave out. Nd u show when u mess up which helps me avoid doing the same. Keep hitting metal and keep up the vids.

Thanks for all the content Daniel, always enjoy it.

I like where your going with this type of series. This is gold to me. Thanks✌️

Great content Dan love this type of Video.

Ketchup on bacon?!?! You monster!!!! Seriously though, thanks for the content. I always learn something new. Like how to determine cast vs wrought on mystery steel.

YOU MURDERED THE BACON!!! SACRILEGE.....CAT SOUP!! Lolololol. Ok I'll finish watching now

Hey, that would be a great video series, cooking with Dan & Big Blue, LOL.

Dan - so true that it is not just a hobby, it is a real investment in your self. Tools and practice, plus the cost of time commitment. Just to dip my toe in the hobby was a serious investment for decent equipment. I love it and want to succeed, so I am dedicated and good with fails along the way.

Like a good giggle too, and bacon with toast and lots of artery clotting butter lol ,even if you make mistakes its loads better than most peoples best attempts so keep doing you and I'll keep watching thanks for posting and the giggles too.

Love the real vids mate, makes us amature blacksmiths feel better about getting stuff wrong

Absolutely love these rough and ready vids. Keep up the awesome stuff dan

This video had me in stitches and for the bacon frying I use my forge as an BBq and yes it's now up and running better now.

Hi Dan, at first glance I would say that the item given to you by the farmer is a fire bar from a traction engine or steam roller.

Great vidio,Dan! You can never go wrong with bacon,lol.

I love your rough and ready’s. Keep them coming

Another great video! Keep them coming

It is all good, l like you're style and honesty. Just keep doing what you are doing

You do you. Don't listen to the haters. We love what you're doing

There are a few jobs that I can make look easy like you make your work look easy. I can't do what you do. Yet. Good content I'm going to keep watching to see what else you're willing to teach. Thanks.

Wasn't ready for the arse comment..just spat coffee across the table laughing! GOOD MAN !

Okay for the record....mayonnaise is primo on bacon sandwich especially if you throw on an egg and some cheese. Lolololol. Actually this video pretty much sums up the way my thought process works. Some of this here and some of that there to end up with tadaa! Loved it brother. 🙏 blessed be sirSir Crawford out 🧙‍♂️

Great job keep up the good work

One take no fakes!! Bacon for the win!! Cheers love these “real” videos

Dan, Another great vidéo, instructive and fun! Thanks!!

Loving the format, good to see things as they happen ATB Dave

love these videos and your so right about practicing i haven't been and it shows can't seem to get anything right just now!!

I really like all your videos keep them coming!!!!!

I like this video, lots more of the behind the scenes of what happens when things go wrong and more of what's going through your head as stuff progresses through the projects. That can be more valuable than just showing just making something at times, lol. Keep them coming.

I’m really enjoying this format! I really enjoy all your videos, but this is cool! Thanks for sharing your knowledge Dan! God Bless you sir!

Awesome! I love these videos👌

I always appreciate more genuine videos with a bit less polish, as opposed to overly produced videos.

Another good one Dan.

Great videos man. Out of america. Keep at it i think your channel should take off. You do great work.

I like those videos.

A good bit of fun Dan, 'enjoyed it. If you haven’t already done it (I can’t see it anywhere) I wonder if I’d be alone in being interested in a bit of rough ’n ready tour of your workshop and a peak at what the countryside is like outside your door. I was fully expecting to be popping in to say gidday to you this week but of course we’re still in Oz - maybe next year. Cheers, Greg

Alright bruv?👍 One and Done; stop waffling. Ruff? and Ready...who knows. All good stuff mate great to see you, as always 😊

I am enjoying the "real life" videos. I think they are fun and enjoyable and I learn something .. All good . :)

Really enjoying this style of video mate 👍

Rough and ready bud! Love it! Gorgeous work as always Dan! Really love the new grinding station!

Fantastic! You gotta do eggs and toast as well. That pan has plenty of space

Luckily I had just had breakfast prior to watching this so I had my fill of bacon or I would have had to fire the forge up to do some cooking!!

i enjoyed the cooking tips /subscribed

Indeed! Mistakes are part of it. I developed a 3 position die for my hydraulic press. It forms both set downs and rough forms the jaws in one heat. It was designed for 3/4” round or square. Then I finish the blanks under the power hammer. Any type of tong can be made on this die. Super fast. Your forging tool is intriguing. I was taught to fuller the BACK side to give the material somewhere to go aside from longitudinal. In your case, length was not super critical. Great work! Great video! Love your channel!

Also, I appreciate you showing mistakes. As a beginner, I just made a bottle opener...and my dimensions were off. Top would not pop. Not a fail yet, but not working either. I made a mistake but I hope to fix it. Not scrapping it yet.

Fabulous video, my friend!

I like the idea of that t-shirt 👍😂 And Danny, don't try to please everyone all the time, because it won't happen. The people that like your videos and like the format of what you're doing will stick around and continue watching. Bloody good one mate 👍

Bloody hell people. This is you tube! Not Hollywood. Cheers Dan.

Ketchup on bacon please mayo is the only way. Semper Fi mate.love your videos.

Great video! I already have my raffle ticket!

'You're the idiot for cooking it': loved it. Keep these video's coming they are great! btw also the other content is great

+1 for mayonaise & bacon sandwich. Love these videos!

Looking good on them blanks Dan! I've wrecked my smithy to rearrange it for better movement and productivity. New draft hood, hammer rack etc. Hope to see you again one day. Had a blast at that hammer class last year

Oh god Dan you have to move on from white bread mate, that stuff will glue up you intestines like wood glue. Try some multigrain (Tastier and Healthier as well) Really enjoying the Ruff and Ready series Dan, nice and casual Great work ! PS. I will keep hassling you about the junior hammer video I requested (size/style etc) until you post it by the way 😉Cheers Andy 👍⚒

I only ever use 3 sheets. one up, one down and one to polish with!

Man! Pigs there must be a lot leaner than they are here. That's some fine lookin bacon.

I like the off the cuff videos not everything is perfect and it's good to see a few mistakes made whether it be in the camera or the project.

I think you probably just need to clean everything in the front head of the hammer with degreaser and some steel wool. Should be a clean film of oil on the ram 👍🔥 Love it quick and dirty 👊🔥

I like it no b.s. keep it real👍

Really enjoyed the video Dan, keep up what you're doing. Totally agree with putting in the time, I've had 50hrs+ tuition and spend days forging at home and I'm stil crap LOL... but love being in the forge. 2 videos ideas for you, I can't get coke so I use charcoal from Lidl - could you have a go at that and give us some pointers on how to manage time, temp and colour? And 2nd one.. bit controversal.....could you talk about welded reins? I have 20mm stock but drawing that out kills my elbows and arms so I'm of welding on 10mm reing behund the reins, bit like the Dempsey reins (think it's Dempsey)...thanks!

That piece of cast iron at the beginning is a fire grate bar from a steam engine

Dan, can you forge weld wrought-iron with spring leaf steel?and how would you proceed? Keep up the great work!!

HAVE FUN! life is too short not to just have fun..

🤣👍heres to rough and ready!

Great work, very informative. But honestly who the hell puts ketchup on a bacon sandwich????? Best wishes

if Im not mistaken that bit of material was a fire bar out of a steam engine

I knew it all along,,,

From bacon to finish my friend :-)

I don’t mind these.. I plan on doing somthing similar

That hammer needs Google Eyes......

When the hammer bullet is orange it looks like a Jolly Rancher........ I wonder if it tastes like one.

The video's are still a bit ruff...... but I'm ready for the adventure 😁 I bought a couple of your 1" round stock, ready to turn into a punch and drift. When you make the video turning a store bought hammer into a nice blacksmiths hammer, could you make a drift out of some of that 1" round stock as well, please? It's what I was wanting to do and other people might want to do the same, I'm just lacking a bit of confidence to start that at the moment. Awesome video, especially the bacon cooking........ it looled soooo good! (Picture Homer Simpson drooling and you can probably emagine me at that point LOL 😂🤣😂🤣) 👍

Is your forge run only on coke and if so do you have a video on fire maintenance and how close is it to charcoal do you need to have a air control system for forced air how much would you burn through in a day would 10 or 20 kg be enough to start with any help would be greatly appreciated thank you

Really enjoy your videos as a new novice to blacksmithing. You have a non powered press I've not seen. What is the hand press you use called? Address they still made?

Well apparently I've missed a few videos. Tracking back gonna fix that. Just curious, you seem to have some very precise control with kitty. We always get to see the Xmas food smash. Ever tried a delicate touch, like put out a small candle without deforming it? Just a thought that came to me

Hey do you know if a stainless steel striking block would work or want it just chip like hardened steel?

I have a question about hammers, What's your opinion on rectangular face of a hammer, many old Swedish hammers have that, I think it's a bit odd to forge whit them, but I can't put my finger on it why.

What stock do I need to make a small knife that will hold a good edge I've just started hitting metal

This might have already been covered, but since it was the first thing I noticed in the first second of the video, I have to ask... What happened to the googley eyes on your power hammer? The old girl isn’t the same without them! I love this style of video by the way!

Enjoy the channel...thank you

Hi Daniel I Sent You A Post A Few Days Ago About A Video And A Jig You Used To Create The Offset In Tong Reins And Was Wondering If You Could Show How To Make That Jig The Video Was The One Where You Made Hammer Tongs And Pickup Tongs On March 4 2020

Okay, I'm @ the 10:30 mark and wondering why you've gone and forged a block of steel into what appears to be and old phone? Alright, lets soldier on and see what this is all about... Edit: Nice set-down block with built-in stops, brilliant.

Nice bit of bacon, yum

you seem kinda tired but i appreciate the vids sir

I'm a little bit disappointed Dan; it should be brown sauce on a bacon sandwich... ;-)

do you wipe front to back, back to front, or just let the dog decide which way to lick? =P.... nvm don't answer that....i refer to your expertise as you are my favourite youtube blacksmith. love the info here and you've helped me learn what i know of the craft in ways i can't even describe. thanks daniel! here is my question preceeded by why i make this inquiry...... every blacksmith on youtube has tong making video after tong making video and they all tell how to make blanks. a million videos describing various ways to get to the same result, which is the damn blank. now it has taken some months of practice and loads of wasted material through the learning curve, but i can now make a a set of flat jaw tongs like in this video in roughly 45 min and that is all by hand.... however the difficult thing for me is making the various jaw styles, especially without goofing up the initial symmetry of the tongs. then i go to correct those issues and end up goofing up the jaws. so can we please get a video with some pointers on doing mouth stuff with these sons of... ***... ***..***** tongs??? also --- i have made several sets of tongs for various sizes of stock using 1018. now that i have the process down for making clean work that i can be proud of using, i've decided a few weeks back to start the process over and make my toolings outta 4140. so i've shelled out about $300 and got enough 4140 to keep me busy for a very long time... i am noticing straight away that, "whew... this is some tough metal to move".... so and keep mind all i have is a propane forge i've built myself, it reaches 2890 degrees farenheit easily and holds that temp well as i have it lined with 5 inches of ceramic blanket and can close her up tight. i have worked on a hammer before, shut down the forge, and left inside forge returning 7 hours later to a hammer i still could not touch without burning myself so... - what is your suggested process for annealing this metal, as 7/8 and 1 inch 4140 is too tough for me beat on efficiently ???

Seriously ketchup?? LOL I guess you enjoy it!!

The first piece you cut looks very likely was part of a grate from the firebox of a steam engine.