This is the kind of stuff I really enjoy seeing on KZfaq. Just someone showing their skill without embellishment or excess showmanship. Also, I appreciate that you show what can be done with limited tools. Makes it less scary for beginners to try.

It's a very rare treat to see a video of something being forged completely by hand. Thank you so much for making this.

I love how, at the very end, you realized you hadn't filmed all of the steps, so you simply made a second axe that was a twin of the first one. That was brilliant!

I absolutely love this! So many of the blacksmithing videos on KZfaq are completely based on extremely expensive equipment that the vast majority of aspiring smiths probably won't ever be able to afford. It's really good to see someone showing how to do it all by hand. Thanks for that!

You have definitely become the ultimate axe maker here on KZfaq, I don’t think anyone does better videos or more on axes than you

Всё очень наглядно и понятно даже без знания языка и переводчика, а наблюдать за отличной работой отдельное удовольствие!

I'm Danish, always been fascinated by old Norse tools and weapons. In 6th grade we were on excursion in Roskilde Denmark living like Vikings for 2 weeks. An experience I'll never forget.

These types of smithing videos are always so fascinating to me, and I think it’s because everything is done by hand I was actually a bit surprised when you mentioned you didn’t use a grinder, I didn’t even consider that part!

It's amazing that you make two axes at different times and they look like twins. Definitely remarkable craftsmanship.

I just really appreciate how you convey information to beginners/novices. I also have noticed how dramatically your channel has grown and improved over the last few years. I see the work you are putting in, and I’m grateful.

It’s good to see so many people keeping the old ways alive. Great video! Thanks!

It's always enjoyable to watch skilled craftsmen ply their trade. As a former schooled, industrial welder I do understand your procedures pertaining to heat, color, forging, and their effect on steel. Thats what interests me in watching your videos, which is very comprehensive and informative. Nice tutorial, and thanks for posting it.

Love to see blacksmithing videos like this where things are so well described and thoughtfully followed through. Really makes me want to build my own forge and give it a try.

When I watch an axe making video I always come to your channel, you are dedicated to the art and are extremely talented in its execution. Thanks Nils.

Such a beautiful piece. Thanks for showing us how it's done.

Excellent work! So cool that you share your knowledge with us. Thank you!

It is amazing how you make something so difficult look so effortless and easy. You are becoming a Master of your craft and its so encouraging.

It’s so nice to learn how real craftsmen continue to use the same forging techniques used since copper and tin were smelt thousands of years ago. Nature never uses straight lines. Your ability to manipulate metals into natural ergonomic shapes is inspiring to those who follow in the footsteps of artisans embarking on such an honest profession. I offer you my respect sir.

This is a terrific tutorial on a folded axe and makes me think I could potentially tackle making one. Thank you for sharing your skills & techniques with the world.

Thank you for including so much information concerning materials and the processes that you use as you forge and work. The knowledge that you share give all of us in the blacksmithing world the opportunity to improve. Your encouraging comments also give the less practiced of us more courage to try new methods and I for one appreciate it. Thanks again.

Skilled craftsmanship as always Nils. I love the little high carbon insert idea before fire welding

THE WINNER IS: Unfortunately Aaron Kokesch never reached out for the axe. So the new winner is @magnusbergroth5319 If I don't hear from them in 7 days I will once again select another winner... Giveaway will end Oktober 2nd. To enter the giveaway, simply subscribe and leave a comment. The winner will be announced in this comment once selected. There are scammers out there. I will not ask you to join telegram or anything like that. Also a BIG THANKYOU to Nord Forge for the awesome forge! www.nordforge.com/produkt/sleipner/ Good luck and I will se you soon :) /Nils

So beautifully done. I really enjoyed seeing you shape the ends of the head before folding, so skillfully done. Finally music that compliments the video, tone of voice and cadence. Well enjoyable. Thank you!

Glad I found this channel. As an aspiring knife/ax smith, this has been very helpful.

I just love how well you explain the different steps, even someone like me without any forging experience understands what you are doing and can appriciate the work that goes into the axe.

This has got to be the best, most informative axe forging tutorial I've seen yet. Great job! And thank you for sharing your knowledge.

So pumped I stumbled across your channel! Beautiful craftsmanship and great watching!

Thanks for sharing how you made the axes! I’m spending the winter to catch up on blacksmithing videos while I wait for better weather so I can set up my back yard forge.

A pleasure to watch you work as always. You and a few others on KZfaq have inspired me to get into blacksmithing with your videos and teaching. Keep doing the amazing work!!!

Thanks for all the awesome content! Also thanks for sharing your forging talent and for taking us with you on your blacksmithing journey! The axe in this episode looks fantastic. I would be proud to be it's new owner!

I love that this popped up right when I was thinking of making my own axe, this was very informative and since i only have a cheap hammer and anvil showing this full hand forged was very helpful!

beautiful work as always!

I'm constantly amazed by the quality of your work. Thank you, I've learned a lot from you.

The forge looks to be very efficient and well built. The steps and production of the video is great too. I appreciate the steps so I can go back and see the steps I need to work again. You’ve kept the process simple and easy to understand.

Hey, I just found your channel tonight, and I've been hooked on all of these videos. You're very inspiring, and I agree with one of the other comments I saw, seeing how you use limited tools really helps beginners like myself, and it gives me hope to know that it doesnt have to be a two year commitment just to make my own axe, I'm looking forward to more of your videos!

I love to see things like this done by hand. The patience required for the process, especially finishing work, is something I struggle with. I rely too much on power tools in my desire to complete projects of my own. That said, with all the hours you've put into your craft, I have no doubt you love what you do, and it shows in the excellent work produced. I'm glad Mr. Ahman's videos brought me to your channel.

Very fascinating. Have been a fan of Forged In Fire for years, but to watch someone slow build an ax, and explain what they are doing is also very interesting. Being able to see how the two steels are forge welded, how the head and handle are worked together, and the wedges to keep everything tight. Truly a fantastic video.

This was the first video of yours that I've watched, and I'm now a new subscriber! Great stuff - I really appreciate your informative descriptions of each step of the process.

This is an incredible video! You were in my recommended, and I love this!

fantastic video yet again Nils, you truly are becoming one of the great traditional axe makers in the world!

This is super cool! The mix of pine tar, linseed and turpentine sounds like a secret you gave us there!! Thanks for that!! 🙏

There is something very cathartic about this art, and it seeps right into me like the warmth of the hearth on a cold winter night. Thank you!

Beautiful work! A real joy to watch. Thank you x.

Härligt att se en yxa gjord för hand på detta sätt! Tack för en verkligen inspirerande video. 👍👌

Beautiful axe! I appreciate seeing the entire process done by hand, without machines that I couldn’t possibly set up in my garage. This way I can at least dream about doing similar projects myself. 😊

Beautiful how it evolves, especially the addition of the edge steel!

Excellent work! Beautiful process

Thank you for making another tutorial, your folded axe looks awesome. As a novice who hasn't forge welded yet, I see folded axes as the true gauge of a good blacksmith. Thanks again for your inspiring videos and I look forward to the next one.

This is so interesting to watch! I was very lucky to go to a community college in Minnesota that offered glass blowing courses... That was fun but it was also very stressful because of the constant urgency and risk of breaking and shattering. It might be fun to go into hobbyist blacksmithing instead: sturdier materials, and while I'm sure it comes with its own appropriate times for urgency, maybe it wouldn't be quite as much? In any case, this video was wonderful. I'm a subscriber now so I'll voraciously consume more blacksmithing content. Thank you for being here!

I like that you show what you're doing as well as describe why you are doing it.

Beautiful work! Thank you for the video.

Amazing axe, I was actually considering getting myself an axe like this as a camp/survival axe, the kind that can also be used kinda like a knife, and you sure as hell got that one razor sharp!

Thanks for showing this technique. I've been blacksmithing as a hobby for a couple years and made a dozen or so knives. I have been wanting to try making an axe, but afraid of drifting an eye with my tools and skill level. This technique however is something I can do, so you have inspired me to forge an axe this winter. Thank you for making content like this, I look forward to seeing more.

Folded axes have always amazed me. Beautiful work!

Beautiful work!

Älskar dina videor, sluta aldrig med det du gör!!!

Well I better leave a comment so then I’ll have a chance of getting a beautiful axe

This was great start to finish. Thanks for sharing it!

Very beautiful axe…. I love to watch forging and metalworking videos, and yours is very thorough and the process is explained in detail… now I’m going to have to watch the rest of your videos over the next few weeks. Thanks, subbed, and look forward to more. 🙏😊🙏

Awesome job explaining every step

Wonderful wideo! Amazing work, really enjoyed seeing you create this axe with this more traditional process

Very helpful demonstration, Nils! Great looking axe skillfully produced.

Excellent work!!

Very satisfying watching you work ! That came out real nice. Look forward to watching more.

Thank you for the step-by-step instructions/demonstration. Not only are your axes great tools, they are pleasing to the eye.

This is an excellent discovery journey for me in blacksmithing axe manufacture. Thank you forbthe effort. Hope you shall inform us of more videos in the future.

Beautiful stuff mate. Really enjoyed that. I'm in the process of getting together the equipment to begin blacksmithing this year, it's been a dream for a long time and this is my year. Really enjoy the content that artisans like you produce, learning so much.

Amazing. Love the old skool photo of Ahnold in the background!

What an amazing video. Thanks for putting that together. I learned a lot.

Beautiful work and incredible skill!

Lovely craftsmanship as always!

Spectacular work. Very glad I found your channel.

Accidentally passed by at your channel, but was stuck to it till the end of the video, it led me no other choice but to subscribe. Simple handwork but so fascinating. How i wish to have one piece of your work. I like the axe.

This was so relaxing to watch! Thank you, Nils.

Love you work, Nils!

Thank you for your video, I really appreciate the organic nature of it, very educational

Beautiful work

Well structured and passed video. Thank you.

Its wonderful to see a skilled craftsman at work, I love seeing the final object take shape. I have seen this type of axe in museums many times, and its great to see how they were made. Thank you!

This is astounding craftsmanship. So amazing to see how an axe head is made.

Really enjoyed this, excellent work. Thank you.

I literally just subscribed to you so I can use your videos as a reference for the day my forge/workshop is finally completed! Awesome work!

Very nicely crafted. Cheers!

This is the most beautiful axe I've ever seen ! Please keep it up . I've learned a lot

So nicely done. A real crafts-man. I appreciated how deceptively simple you made that seem. Thank you.

Nils, thank you for the videos . I’m new at this forging stuff. I have no eye drift so I will try and do something like you have done here. Thanks. Just subbed to the channel and look forward to what else you may have.

Thanks for doing these videos with the process all by hand as a beginner blacksmith in a small community forge it shows me how I could possibly do it myself and I really appreciate it

Finding videos like this always makes my day, seeing how the pros use traditional techniques is just fascinating!

excellent work and craftsmanship

Great informative video. I really like the shape and forging technique.

Nice explanation of steps!

Love getting back to the basics. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for showing us you craft. Your work is phenomenal. I love the balance of that axe.

Loved watching this! I've known about the technique of folding in the edge steel but I've never seen it so clearly demonstrated before.

Absolutely love the forge welding process along with the edge steel. Way better than a store-bought axe.

Great Video! I’ve been an amateur bladesmith for a few years now. I got my first request for a Viking style bearded battleaxe recently so your video is spot on for me! You have provided a simple and easy to follow process. The challenge for me will be to create a longer edge, but I believe your technique will still apply. Thanks again for posting. Looking forward to watching you make a handle.

Another outstanding display of craftsmanship.

Love this video that I subscribed, narrative is simple but easily understood. The axe head design is Awesome 💯💯💯

Amazing craftsmanship!

Beautiful and practical! Great work!