Very Nice.! Thank you for sharing. This is Jim, Jimmy’s blacksmithing. Somehow wife and granddaughter are on this account. Not smart enough to figure it out yet how to put my other one back on. No big deal. Keep up the great work. Have yourself a beautiful day.

Grate starter for my grandson he is really starting to take a interest in the craft ,so thanks Daniel for sharing .

Looks good Dan, made a set of pickup tongs based off this style today. You’re in the top of tutorial blacksmiths on KZfaq

Cool Tongs - I will have to make a pair like this !

Very cool Dan! Thanks for sharing!

Nice job Dan. I like how you show alternative methods as well from time to time

Super easy to make! Awesome job there dan!

Very simple. Nice design.

Excellent job, forging those tongs... I really enjoyed the making of it. If only I had an anvil, a forge and a blacksmith hammer in my workshop that little video of yours would have immediately encouraged me to do the things likewise... *sighs!*

Seasons greetings Dan, and all the other viewers. I hope you all had a great time! Thank you for all your videos for the last lot of years. I'd like to think that I've learned something, I'm still a rank beginner but I do find that I use some of the hammer techniques while I'm practising on my easy projects. Thank you Dan, keep putting out the content.

Really like how you made the tongs!!!

very cool Idea Dan

today is my first time to the heat, made a gas forge yesterday and eager to try it out today. Great vid. thanks

Thanks Dan for the super easy tongs ,you really make it look easy, lol . Have Merry Christmas

Great video Dan

Merry Christmas Dan! Love your work.

20:12 ... "maybe quench off those hinge plates, or whatever that part of the tong is called"... That's the boss. The following is as close as I can get to a complete breakdown of all of the different parts of a pair of tongs and what each part is commonly called. The tip end is the "bit". Where the tong halves pivot (the hinge plate) is the "boss". The handles are the "reins". The place between the bit and the boss is the "jaw". The place between the boss and the reins is the "crotch". The space between the bits when fully closed is the "bit set". The space between the ends of the reins when fully closed is the "rein set". If your tongs are bent inward just behind the boss so as to allow the reins to close in line one over the other, this bend is a "hip jog". If your tongs do not have a hip jog and when closed the reins are parallel (looking down at the tongs in your hand, the reins appear side by side, not one over the other) then they are "straight rein" tongs. If the end of the reins have a ball or a slight hook so as to allow for the use of a rein lock then the tongs are forged with "rein balls", or "rein hooks" respectively. A rein lock is usually a simple piece of round stock bent into the shape of the letter C and holds the reins closed so you need not rely on the strength of your hands to keep the tongs closed tightly while you are at the anvil. I hope someone finds this useful.

You are right, nice and easy, even l can do that. Maybe this upcoming weekend. Merry Christmas.

Great job and GREAT Channel. Really enjoyed each episode.

Second lol and Dan is still awesome !

Nice process. Thanks Dan, Merry Christmas

Great video mr Moss!

4th,Great job! Love your shop!

Have a great Christmas Dan and best wishes for the new year - always enjoy your videos!!

Great video. Thank you !

3rd and new subscriber.Thanks for sharing!I'm a noob.

Merry Christmas Dan to you and yours and Happy New Year Hope this is one of the best ever. Be well and be safe.............Bill

Nice vid Dan. Hope you and yours had a very merry Christmas.

Look great

Good work

Love tong videos

Nice tongs! I'll have to give them a shot, I need more tongs, I have a nice rack I put on my forge and I want to fill it lol.

Safety glasses protect your eyes better if they aren’t up on top of your head! I like these tongs. Thank you.

Dan, a note on the jig for this set of tongs. I found that a round forming hardy (3/4") raising and blocking one side to the level of the material to be bent works the same way on the anvils. Same principle. I wish I could send a pic.

10th!!!! (whatever ). Greetings from Michigan Dan. Thanks for sharing and have a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year.

Another great video Dan! A great Christmas day gift for me Downunder. @3:52 Can you explain why metal twists in unwanted directions during forging. I see it happen in my work and I need to correct more often than you do. Hope you have a merry old Christmas with family and friends.

Yep a fair bit easier , the running commentary was also funny lol :} "If you don't burn the material " lol

..20 something-er-ruther, Great job Dan! Every video i learn more. Merry Christmas to you Mz Ella and the rest. p.s.- those Asian characters on your armm does that mean- you want fries with that??...hahahaha!!!!!!!

The next step: Use a small drill bit on the boss and then use a sharply pointed round drift to make the rivet holes. That way you leave much more material for the shoulders of the hinge.

Hi Dan, do you have a video showing your main coal forge and how it works if so please send me a link. Merry Christmas and thanks for the great videos!

How do you get such a smooth surface during forging? My pieces looks like a battlefield where many mortars landed. I've tried to round the edges of my hammer but it barely made any difference. PS: I'm using a regular hammer that I've modified by rounding it's edges. Where I live (Brazil) a forging hammer costs about 250,00 dollars.

Are those lefty tongs? I’m always confused as to which side the top reins is on. Happy holidays!

Question instead of rig could I use one of those things nthat squeeze and hold something in place

The look alot like what you find in viking age archaeology

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Would be easier to make it from 5/8 square? i love the metod, but when i try to forge round stock without tongs it gets complicated... thanks

Great video Dan love your craftsmanship, not to be a smartarse bro but those glasses should be on your eyes when drilling not on your forehead, I've had crap in the eye and it's not cool, be safe and keep up the great videos.

HAMBER ON MATE!

Easy to make AND functional?? Dan, are you flirting with me?? :P

Another great demonstration Dan look out for a email from me 👍

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Can't understand a word he says.

Super Simple? Terminology a beginner won't understand, jigs, welding. Advertising a "super simple" anything is going to attract beginners and this is not for beginners. This video should be called a really "overcomplicated tongs" Its a good video, just has the completly wrong title.