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Forging Fundamentals 2 : Tangs

Smith Hand Forged Knives

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At long Last!! New editor and new video. Style is different but we'll work on improving as we go along. This is the second video in my tutorial series on forging knives. Focussed on tangs it will give you the basic tools to successfully forge out your steel.

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19 Comments

@brucebutcher9636 7 years ago

What Dave said!! Thank you for the time and effort that I know it takes to make these vids for the every day knifemaker like us!

@gurvinderkau1e5w18 7 years ago

Great tutorial on tang. I must mention your tongs are awesome

@deganmarshall2103 5 years ago

This is such a helpful video thank you

@aldenunion 5 years ago

I asked a question last video that was answered here...lol...Did not know this was next.lol...Salute..

@franciscofunari2343 1 year ago

Thanks this really helped

@marcelonanez2842 4 years ago

Espectacular. Un maestro de la forja

@NordicEdge 2 years ago

Great video, Stuart. Thank you. Bjorn

@sithbadboy 7 years ago

I have that same shirt 😁👍

@LuisMarad0na 5 years ago

An artist at work! good job.

@michaelosterbuhr9369 4 years ago

Thanks !😊

@folkloreforge8517 4 years ago

Good work 🤝👍

@ReasonAboveEverything 6 years ago

I needed this. In April I will light up my new forge and start forging.

@helheimforge 5 years ago

Where did u get those tongs???

@The_Poleaxe 4 years ago

Very helpful tutorial, I'll say that from the start. That said, is there some secret to getting these nice, clean, centered shoulders when doing a stick tang? I've tried this method you show where you strike just before the edge of the anvil with the piece lined up on it, but this just gives me a single shoulder and pushes my tang way down to one side. It's like I hit it once and the piece is immediately determined to only have one shoulder no matter how much I try to correct it from the other side.

@thefamily_ak1863 7 years ago

Awesome love your work , always a pleasure 2 see your forging skills , peace

@caseycardwell3308 7 years ago

Love this. Thank you.

@elderyoung416 3 years ago

😎👍👍👏👏

@bostoncfbrown 4 years ago

2 Questions
1. What happens when you dont clean your anvil?
2. Can you make a video of how to upkeep an anvil?
LOVE your lessons here. I am so new and you are teaching me sooo much.

@jacobkotten338 5 years ago

So quick maybe stupid question is the tang supposed to be the same thickness as the Ricasso as a general rule or is it thinner at the tang and a line where it’s thicker where tang meets ricasso at the junction assuming there is no guard