I could watch these guys work all day

[Katya Mullethov]

Because frankly , those are some heavy pieces of iron .


Forging a 15th Century Cannon barrel .
http://youtu.be/hYWDuXadosA

[I'll Make Mine]

Nice link, Katya. I love to watch forge work, and when they're making a cannon, so much the better.

[waksupi]

Very cool. Nothing weak about the construction, even with the split tube.

[bushboy]

WOW - Did I just watch a blacksmith porno film? :holysheep [smilie=l:

[waksupi]

WOW - Did I just watch a blacksmith porno film? :holysheep [smilie=l:

I think so. The master there is really on his game, with a good striker.

[Love Life]

That was just awesome.

[rmcc]

Katya,

Thanks for thr the link!!! That was TOO cool!


Rich

[bearcove]

Nice little swivel gun.

[Dutchman]

Guns by Dudley Pope (c)1965

http://images50.fotki.com/v1512/photos/4/28344/9895637/001dev-vi.jpg

[DCP]

Wow

No Safety Glasses

and

All those red hot sparks flying around.

[I'll Make Mine]

That's the way blacksmiths have worked from the beginning of the Iron Age until the last quarter of the 20th century (and traditionalists still do it). Not too many blacksmiths with eye patches, from what I've seen (though the number certainly isn't zero); I expect there are a lot more blacksmithing careers ended by arthritis or repetitive strain injuries than by eye injuries.

Nope, I don't plan to ditch my safety glasses when I'm welding, brazing, grinding, etc.; I'm just sayin'...

[DCP]

Well

If they they are traditionalists whats with the ear muffs.



That's the way blacksmiths have worked from the beginning of the Iron Age until the last quarter of the 20th century (and traditionalists still do it). Not too many blacksmiths with eye patches, from what I've seen (though the number certainly isn't zero); I expect there are a lot more blacksmithing careers ended by arthritis or repetitive strain injuries than by eye injuries.

Nope, I don't plan to ditch my safety glasses when I'm welding, brazing, grinding, etc.; I'm just sayin'...

[Awsar]

Are you kidding me that was to cool
glad to see the skill is still around

[I'll Make Mine]

Well

If they they are traditionalists whats with the ear muffs.

The difference is this -- if you don't wear eye protection while blacksmithing for twenty or thirty years, there's a chance (apparently a fairly small chance) you might injure an eye. If you don't wear hearing protection while blacksmithing for twenty or thirty years, you absolutely will suffer significant hearing loss.

[leftiye]

See PBS's show about making an "Ulthbert" (sp) viking sword. Way cool (er.. hot).

[SPRINGFIELDM141972]

Great stuff there. I'm there is some name for my neurosis, but I can't help but want to know how to do all handcrafts. Blacksmithing is the the holy grail in my mind of all of the handcrafts.

[SteelToeSeth]

lol @ the ear muffs comment!

but yeah, it's great to see that some one is keeping that skill alive and actually displaying it for the world to see