I'm not even halfway through this video but your comment to beat it into submission put a great big smile on my face

I really like your usual videos where you take the main events during a production, but I am always find it interesting to se the whole process. Love all you axe builds, and the style of this and Skallagrims bearded axe.

really good "keep the wife happy" tip there with the foil Nils!

This was a great video! I am hooked on forging. I told my wife I want to start working a forge.

Your welds are blended beautifully! Well done sir!

"Bam, bam, bam"

well done Nils that was a great walk through on the posses

I don’t know man, those sound effects really added something to the whole viewing experience 👍😆

Nicely done. Great to see actual hand forged axe

You definitely should do a video on fitting your head and making a handle. I don’t even have a functioning forge but I am definitely going to make a axe like this when I get my new one built.

THANK YOU for an incredible project post! Add something to your project's resiliency...increase the carbon content of your edge steel. When you have your shape forged in and your cutting area close to its dimensions, start sprinkeling ground-up carbon dust onto your work and beat it in.just keep doing it. Then when you finish your piece, the same way you did, check the Rockwell hardness...you'll find it's a lot harder than it would have been without the carbon phase. ((Most Tool & Die shops will have a Rockwell tester. It brings a very hard center-punch type tip, down and presses against the part being checked. It measures how much force it took to push the tip the distance it pushed it, which is only a few thousandths of an inch; and then correlates the two and gives you your hardness, on the Rockwell Scale.)) This takes a "Mild steel", and makes it "High-Carbon steel. By beating carbon into the OPEN PORES of the very hot metal; the carbon content increases. You have all the rest, just right. I applaud you, sir!!! THANKS AGAIN

Thanks for taking the time and explaining all the steps. Thank you Sir

Another beauty. A good axe is my favorite woodworking tool. Would love to try one of yours some day.

Motivational training with Nils: Bam! Bam! Bam!

Great job explaining everything! Turned out awesome!

This is one of my all time favorite videos. Man, I love watching you build.

Very intriguing process. Each step was interesting.

thanks mate i will have to add this project on my to do list cheers

First off I love the flag on your wall! Thanks for such a thorough walkthrough/ break down of how you did this! It turned out awesome!

That is one long ass anvil geez Great build high quality as always

I've recently discovered your channel. I am fascinated with the process that it takes to produce an axe such as the one in this video. It looks this would be right at home hanging from the hip of a viking in the 900's as he was preparing for a raid. Well done sir.

Tack sa mycket! I was planning to make one for a while. This helped a lot

Very nice!!! I’m gonna have to try this!!🔥⚒💪🏻

I really enjoyed this - I find the process fascinating. And the end result...wow, what a beautiful axe! Thanks for sharing this, and I look forward to seeing more of your creations come to life from your forge. Cheers!

Amazing video Nils! very well explainened aswell as shown how to do each step. Thanks!

Please don't worry about correcting your speech man. You speak English extremely clearly and honestly I wish I had your accent lol. I sound like your typical guy from California. The wow, dude, bro, gnarly kind of guy lol You make the most beautiful axes and I hope to own one soon. I always miss out on the ones I want but that's what happens when each is handmade and there are only a few per batch. Again thank you for all you do.

Thanks for this video Nils 👍

Very good job sir! Clean, hard, and well done!

Thank's very much for the video. Nice job!

wow looks beautiful

Awsome video and axe! Thanks for filming this so others can see and learn!

Really very nice work 👏

I enjoy your videos so much, Thanks!

Thank you so much for making this video iam very grateful. This is the most detailed video on making a bearded axe that i've seen.

Thank you for the in depth, detailed axe built process.

I really enjoyed watching this

Excellent Demo, you are an excellent teacher.

Thank you for the lesson, amazing job man and i must have your axe.💪

Awesome Axe Nils!

Great detail man thanks

Great job, as always love the content and keep up the great work.

Who else noticed the Don't Tread On Me flag?

I love the bearded Axe!

I think that everyone needs a good axe! Yours are absolute works of art!

I love your work, great attention to detail. thanks for sharing this

💪😎🔥 Most Excellent

You are very good at what you do n how you explain your work

That was a very nice demonstration of the the wrapped eye technique.

I just ordered your Forest Axe because that’s what was in stock. But I truly love this axe and can’t wait for the opportunity to purchase one of these beautiful crafts of yours!!

Thanks a really show,,nice explane all quality that-s one of my favorit model!! All the best from RO.

I really enjoyed you thinking out loud, so I knew what was going on in your mind; the plans, the process, the reasons behind what you are doing. Thanks.

I really like what you did here,Nils.The techniques may all be standard,and based in forging practice,but any smith imparts something of their own to the work regardless of that. The way your axe came out made me think of those several neat axes that the guys reproduced for that big public Oseberg ship recreation in Oslo several years back...I think your cultural,"ethnic" memory is coming out through your forging!:) Great job,and i really enjoy your closing rap at end of your videos,all and all-excellent effort,on forging and producing these films.

Good Knowledge share thank you

Good work

Absolutely beautiful. +1. 👍❤ BTW, one thing ive always wondered about bearded axes in general is why the cheeks are often so short, given the extra torque created by striking with that elongated beard ... I would have thought the cheeks would need to be much longer, and perhaps even cross-banded (at some distance below the head) to more fully maximize the stability of the head on it's shaft ... something along the lines of your hewing axe. Just thinking aloud.

cool video, im going to give this a go sometime soon i think!

Nils I love your videos. I was sad to see you leaving the forge cast last year, but your videos are worth more in a way. Thank you for your efforts

awesome explanation. really appreciate your hard work with doing the videos like this so we can learn and have it explained instead of just done.

It’s awsome

nice job

You have definitely improved mate, good work

Awasome 🙏👍🙆‍♂️ work 💯🇮🇳🚩

Nicely done Dude. TFS, G :)

I stumbled across this video tonight and am very impressed with not only the end result of your forging such a fine bearded Axe but with your instruction through the process as well! EXCELLENT job Sir and you have a new fan here!!!

Very cool 😎

Your logo looks very nice. Great video.

very nice💪💪💪💪

Nice

Nice!

I love the video, I love the hard work, and the very detailed process! My only concern is the socket size on the head. Someone like me would break the head off of the handle in 1-3 swings. It is a beautiful axe! I'd love to have one as a wall hanger

well done educational directions. u got a subsrib er

Exceptional work just found your channel so cool to watch thx how long does it take you to make this without power tools

Grymt bra video! Förstår vad du menade :)

Did you build your forge or buy it ? I hear it's hard to get it to welding temperature

BAM ! BAM ! BAM !

hey nils i happen to have the exact same forge only i cant get mine up to welding temperatures. Have you modified your one or do you use a special gas or something ?

BAM!

Nils, would not a beginning Smith just put a large piece of high carbon steel into the main piece and then forge weld both together? Why did you make the additional step of forge welding the high carbon blade part into the mild steel bit, and then again forge weld all together into the main piece?

A question for you. I have watching many videos of how to make axes and you are the only one that I have seen forge the blade steal into another piece of steal before forge welding it into the axe face. Why do you use the extra piece of metal?

Superb video, thank you. Just one question what weight hammer are you using?

Sweet! I’ve recently started smithing and making one of these is my absolute goal. What do you recommend for someone with minimal tools/equipment

Hey just asking what was the time from start to finish on that in real time I was thinking like 6 hours or am I way wrong?

Endnu en flot økse 😊😊

You may have answered it... Beginning the blacksmithing phase soon. But what oil is that you are dipping the nearly finished axe in, just before you put it in the oven? Thank you. Awesome!

Great video quick question, would it not be easier and stronger to take a larger piece of metal and punch a hole in it for the handle? Does away with all the folding and welding.

Hej Nils Först Grattis till bröllopet Har du gjort kast yxor? Skulle gärna se dig göra en sådan Hälsningar Niklas

What is the benefit of doing a wrapped eye, versus a slit and drift?

Hej Nils! Den blev ju vacker som ”sju sommarängar” måste jag säga👌! Jag ligger i startgroparna med egen smedja och har väl allt egentligen utom en rejäl bandputs, har du gjort din själv eller är den köpt? Några tips kanske;) 2”72 och minst 1,5hk kanske? Mvh Petter!

Great video. How long did the whole process take you?

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I'm wondering how long is the handle of the axe? Can you tell me.

do you use a flatter as a hammer or do you use another hammer to strike them?

Friday is pizza night!!

Hi, fellow swede here, where did you get the Sweidsh forging mark (your touch mark)? did you make it yourself?

Nils - have you been into the Akvavit?

Thank you for sharing your experience. I began to love your channel even more when I saw the libertarian flag on the wall. Hello from the White Sea!

Hej Nils. How many years does it take to learn to make axes for a self-taught person? Is there a difference in learning curves between a bearded axe, dane axe, generic bushcraft axe, etc? How much more simple/complicated is it to learn in comparison to learning to make knives (Mora style or similar, specifically, if it makes any difference)? And how long did it take to make this exact one or the L type? Subbed, cheers

Is that a sam towns hammer sitting on the anvil during the normalizing process at the 27:30 mark

vad kallas din bandslip mer specifikt? :)

I did