This is the type of content that I've always thought makes YouTube special.

Instructions unclear, I now own 47 hammers and 46 of them are stuck in my fence.

It never ceases to amaze me that the older I get, the smarter my dad becomes.

Well done.

I have, at present, no practical need for this information. And yet, im glad i watched. Something to file away, just in case. Excellent video.

I’m 74, lived on a farm growing up and helped my uncle run fencing for the cow pastures.  We used stretchers to tighten wires but I never saw this trick before.  Pretty slick

71 years old and learned a great trick before breakfast. THANKS!

I love that he’s handing down knowledge that his father showed him. The older you get the more you realise what a privilege it is to have things like this to draw on from people you care about and to be able to share that knowledge with others 🙌💕

Pro tip. Start at the bottom and work your way up so you aren't chewing on the top wire while you're working on the wires below it.

Good demo. I'm 86 and been stretching barb wire this way for a looooong time.

Getting the wire tight by hand is never enough. I'll be using this trick. Thank you and your dad.

You get fewer gouges on the forearms if you start on the lowest wire first.

I don't have a ranch and I have never worked with barbed wire - and unlikely will ever do so - but I still watched this from start to finish. 😂

Thank you sir.

Damn, I have not seen that method used since my dad taught me 70 years ago. As I recall, we doubled the splice wire and only used the hammer on one strand so the other strand could easily be folded back and twisted. Then the hammer could be easily unwound and that strand also twisted around the spice wire.

lol im a townie with no real need for this knowledge but for whatever reason i found this really satisfying to watch

Done it with a hammer, modified fence pliers and home made t handles. The wrapping trick is the key and your explanation was excellent. Some will say it weakens the wire but then again doesn't everything. Years of mending fence says this works very well.

I'm a city girl but for whatever reason I've been binging these kind of videos.

I’m 70 and you taught me something new today. Thank you.

I learned that trick working on a cattle ranch in Southern Colorado about 45 years ago. Thanks for sharing so others could learn.

I may never need to know how to do this, but it's cool that you've shared this trick.

i'm not a rancher. i've never messed with barb wire.  this just seems to be one of those 'nifty' tricks that is good to know.  good job showing how to pull through the loop and then how to roll the hammer back over the loop to lock it in.  this was cool.  nice video.