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Forging a Traditional Swedish Hewing Axe: Recreating the 1700's Craft

Nils Ögren
2023 ж. 27 Мам.
37 499 Рет қаралды
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In this video, me and my friend Nicholas Erb forged a traditional 1700's Swedish Timber Bila or Hewing axe as it is usually called in English.
It was a lot of fun even though we were on a tight time crunch :)
Enjoy
/Nils
Check out Nicholas channels:
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www.nilsogren.com/
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#handforged #traditional #blacksmith

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  • I just found this channel not too long ago, but I love these videos. Forging and wood word look like they are two of the most essential skills to have after farming or hunting. This makes me want to get into it.

    @theprussian4616@theprussian46162 ай бұрын

  • man that axe looks gorgeous!

    @forjanatalense@forjanatalense11 ай бұрын

  • Great video. It was a pleasure working with you!

    @SwedishAxes@SwedishAxes11 ай бұрын

  • Absolutely wonderful job. Beautiful tool.

    @caveofskarzs1544@caveofskarzs15447 ай бұрын

  • there is so much collar to spare on this beauty that even if the handle broke in the field you could handily wield the head by itself for roughing out a new handle. thank you for the video, beautiful work!

    @branbeggrify@branbeggrify11 ай бұрын

  • Ja det var verkligen häftigt att se ert arbete med att smida en sådan bjässe till timmerbila! Bra jobbat och trevligt samarbete. 👍👌💪

    @magnusbergroth5319@magnusbergroth531911 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful design. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friends. Forge On. Fab On. Weld On. Keep Making. God Bless.

    @SchysCraftCo.@SchysCraftCo.11 ай бұрын

  • wow I love it

    @blackhammerartisan@blackhammerartisan11 ай бұрын

  • Amazing work man! That's some next level forge welding 💪🏻💪🏻

    @OldHickoryForge@OldHickoryForge11 ай бұрын

    • Thanks man!

      11 ай бұрын

  • Very impressive build, amazing quality. Thank you for taking time to build, film, edit and post this video.

    @donaldmatthies6026@donaldmatthies602611 ай бұрын

  • Another excellent video! Thank you!

    @paulregner5335@paulregner533511 ай бұрын

  • just wnanted to say I just came across your videos and I absolutley love it.Just because of the pic behind you of arnold....I"LL BE BACK!!!!!!

    @kirbyshumay3577@kirbyshumay357711 ай бұрын

  • Crazy cool axe. I need to find videos of that style being used now to see it in action.

    @jkruegs9568@jkruegs956810 ай бұрын

  • I find forge welding very interesting to watch. I could watch for hours.

    @kwmoore3464@kwmoore346410 ай бұрын

  • Decent that thing is brutal you guys did a beautiful job. And the amount of forge welding is mind blowing thanks for sharing.

    @mountainwolf1@mountainwolf111 ай бұрын

  • Mr. Olgren, Outstanding job and craftsmam ship on this bearded axe! I myself have tried to do this a handfull of times with very little success...to say the least. However, owing an axe such as this would inspire me to keep trying and NEVER give up! Once again - outstanding job...greetings from South Texas!

    @Dcgarcia10@Dcgarcia1010 ай бұрын

  • Nice to see that you used the traditional construction techniques.

    @vallagardssmed@vallagardssmed9 ай бұрын

  • Absolutely gorgeous work and such interesting lore to it’s design!! Thanks yall!

    @beans1557@beans15576 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful! This is the 3rd of your videos I've watched tonight and the 2nd one was actually your older video of you making a the same kind of hewing axe. Its awesome to see your craft develop from then (arguably still an impressive piece) to this masterpiece

    @gbirm5957@gbirm595710 ай бұрын

  • Very nice 👍. I have long wondered how these were constructed. Thank you.😊

    @davefarnsworth3020@davefarnsworth302011 ай бұрын

  • Top video, enjoyed watching all the pieces being made then brought together for the final welding, great stuff 👍. The handle fitting was very nicely done as well. Regards from Down Under.

    @outbackladas@outbackladas11 ай бұрын

  • Wow, that turned out amazing!

    @ieatcaribou7852@ieatcaribou785210 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful work! ❤ I have four original axes in that model at home, but have not yet tried them out!

    @smamuel7663@smamuel766311 ай бұрын

  • Amazing work 😎🥰 forge welding is a great skill 👌

    @White_devil1980@White_devil198011 ай бұрын

  • Fantastic guys 👍

    @e.grieves2905@e.grieves290510 ай бұрын

  • Very nice. Its such an effective tool also. Its very interesting these tools that were specially made for the tasks. The felling axe the made for the project with Södra Råda Kyrka is another interesting piece specially made to purpose.

    @magnusdanielsson2749@magnusdanielsson274910 ай бұрын

  • That must be ferocious metal moving to make you use a power hammer. I'd love to work with that ax.

    @erniemathews5085@erniemathews50856 ай бұрын

  • That looked like a ton of work, but the result was worth it, great job!!!

    @pjamestx@pjamestx11 ай бұрын

    • It sure was! Thanks

      11 ай бұрын

  • Great Axe! I was surprised by the one sided lap weld for the bit.

    @Chris_Schafer@Chris_Schafer11 ай бұрын

  • What about an 750 axe??? Like trully badass vikings axe???

    @Alfeco-dm7uk@Alfeco-dm7uk11 ай бұрын

  • Very cool!

    @lennartschneider2725@lennartschneider272511 ай бұрын

  • Awesome axe, awesome video my man

    @liam_culb@liam_culb11 ай бұрын

  • The axe looks awesome, great job!

    @artmetalscience66@artmetalscience6611 ай бұрын

    • Thank you!

      11 ай бұрын

  • Thích xem a. Khi a làm xong dụng cụ thì nên tes công dụng của nó sẽ hấp dẫn hơn

    @minhphamvan4259@minhphamvan42597 ай бұрын

  • Great work dude. I appreciate your talent.👏👏

    @MASI_forging@MASI_forging11 ай бұрын

    • Thank you!

      11 ай бұрын

  • I have made a fullering tool out of ship anchor chain and I have made a cupping tool out of mild solid square stock 😊

    @White_devil1980@White_devil198011 ай бұрын

  • Thanks

    @inorthwoods1330@inorthwoods133011 ай бұрын

  • This axe will be my Everest.. 🍻🍻

    @hughcupples1279@hughcupples127911 ай бұрын

  • Потрясающая работа 👍

    @Nikolay_Pikalov@Nikolay_Pikalov11 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful 👍👍👍👍👍

    @joefergerson5243@joefergerson524311 ай бұрын

  • veeeeery nice

    @ulrichmachtle4864@ulrichmachtle486411 ай бұрын

  • Nästan en Järnbjörn! 👍👍👍🪓

    @oleg_konovalov@oleg_konovalov11 ай бұрын

  • Top show old man. The axe looks bonza.

    @swblacksmith.7445@swblacksmith.744511 ай бұрын

  • Do double edge like that but one handed wield

    @king82382@king8238211 ай бұрын

  • Love this! I got something similar? Found it at an antique shop? Nice to know how it might of been made? It has the strike plate on the back of the axe. Which can be used as a field anvil if needed? Love the axe!

    @jasonhaymanonthedrawingboard@jasonhaymanonthedrawingboard11 ай бұрын

  • Most excellent. What is the name of the book you mention that was studied before making the axe?

    @Darkartsjef@Darkartsjef4 ай бұрын

  • Wow whery god woork 😊

    @jannetyni7338@jannetyni733811 ай бұрын

  • A difficult build. Good job!

    @thesixfootsixblacksmith4772@thesixfootsixblacksmith477211 ай бұрын

    • Thanks!

      11 ай бұрын

  • Hello I apriciate your efforts your a very handy man can you tell me how you started blacksmiting

    @andreiminecraft8697@andreiminecraft869711 ай бұрын

  • Great video, thanks for sharing! I definitely want to try that in the near future. One question is it single bevel or double bevel?

    @refinersforge1781@refinersforge178111 ай бұрын

    • Double. Single bevel hewing axes are not very common in Sweden.

      @SwedishAxes@SwedishAxes11 ай бұрын

  • I liked your big ax viking.

    @josesoberanocaoilejr4347@josesoberanocaoilejr43479 ай бұрын

  • very interesting... good stuff, show us more please... your enlish is very good too!!! just sayin'. ;'0/ M

    @MWright95186@MWright9518611 ай бұрын

  • 👍👍👍

    @frankheger5185@frankheger518511 ай бұрын

  • Looks like the Executinors axe

    @minmsnpost@minmsnpost9 ай бұрын

  • I wish that ax was mine

    @hoapham-jx1rc@hoapham-jx1rc11 ай бұрын

  • Give us the name of that book Nick!

    @user-vb1yp4qf9z@user-vb1yp4qf9z5 ай бұрын

  • I've never understood why welding takes light hammering at first rather than as hard as possible hammering. And why welding 2 different steels is the easier than 2 of same.

    @blacklisted4885@blacklisted48857 ай бұрын

    • The light hammering is to set the weld so the pieces won't move around. If you hit loose pieces that haven't started to weld hard they will shift and things won't line up properly. Also it isn't really that two different steels are easier to weld than two of the same, it is that some steels accept welds easier than others. Mild steel is cheap and available in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, and absorbs shock quite well, so it was often used historically for the body of axes (it is still cheaper today, but the price difference between higher carbon steel suitable for an edge and mild steel has come down enough that the labor savings of making an axe in one piece is worth the extra material cost and bit of shock resistance for mass production), but mild steel doesn't weld easily. Higher carbon steels useful for edge steel will weld more easily, so inserting a sliver between the two sides of a folded axe with a mild steel body will make that weld easier than mild steel on mild steel, but if you make a folded axe entirely out of high carbon steel (or at least the simple ones that weld easy) there is no benefit to putting the shim of a different steel in between the sides of the folded piece as far as welding difficulty is concerned (you also don't need a separate piece of edge steel, because it is all suitable for an edge).

      @coopercummings8370@coopercummings83703 ай бұрын

    • @@coopercummings8370 wow, excellent explanation thankyou. It all makes sense now.

      @blacklisted4885@blacklisted48853 ай бұрын

  • 👏👏👏👏🤜🤛

    @ClenioBuilder@ClenioBuilder5 ай бұрын

  • Harbor freight anvil!……..how do you like it?

    @k9six185@k9six18511 ай бұрын

  • Le pongo un asta más larga y es una hacha danesa.

    @hectorcastro6942@hectorcastro694210 ай бұрын

  • Do you sell your axes somewhere?

    @Toolsofthepast@Toolsofthepast4 ай бұрын

  • Hej! Jag bilar timmer. Har en 6-7 bilor. Den ni gjorde i denna video ser exakt ut som den jag vill ha. Möjligtvis ännu mera båge på skäret. Kan skriva mycket om det men vill bara fråga. Kan ni göra en sån till mig? Betalar det som det kostar. Likadan men med lite mera sväng i skäret. Vill ni kolla min favoritbilder så kolla följande länk: Hewing yet another log kzhead.info/sun/ntaye6x_roJ8qmw/bejne.html

    @thor-leiflundberg9809@thor-leiflundberg98097 ай бұрын

  • Feel free to inform me otherwise, but that seems like the weakest way of joining the blade to the rest of the axe.

    @digitalranger4259@digitalranger42597 ай бұрын

    • If you mean the wedging the edge of the blade into a cut into the body of the blade connected to the head it was actually extremely common albeit usually utilizing thinner broader joining surfaces for the best weld

      @beans1557@beans15576 ай бұрын

    • In most cases you would want to split one piece or the other with a hot cut to form a V shaped groove and forge the other one into a taper that slots into it to double the surface area of the weld, but that wouldn't really work for this particular type of specialized axe. A hewing axe is a specialized type of axe used for squaring up logs so that they can be stacked more easily and with smaller gaps, in order to do that as effectively as possible hewing axes usually have an offset eye so that the edge can closely hug the flat surface you leave behind where you are working. Hewing axes in general also often have a single bevel (like most wood chisels, rather than a double bevel like you would see on most knives and axes) for the same reason, although this particular style of hewing axe typically doesn't.@@beans1557

      @coopercummings8370@coopercummings83703 ай бұрын

  • ,,Eine Frage, bitte; warum habt ihr den schwulen Bodybuilder an der Wand?" ,,Warum?"

    @Sobieski_IV_Emperor_Gods_mercy@Sobieski_IV_Emperor_Gods_mercy10 ай бұрын

  • How much would I like to use that axe? 🤤

    @Veritequiparles@Veritequiparles10 ай бұрын
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