How Far Can I Forge a Copper Ingot?
And the answer is: a lot! For me this was a test to see if I can really forge cast copper.
It's tricky because it tends to crack if forged too hot or cold for long but it's definitely doable. Do you have any tips for forging copper? Let me know!
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0:00 Copper Ingot
0:45 Power Hammer
2:53 Hand Forging
5:27 Cleanup
6:39 Tortellini
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I was like "Hmm, a spoon? Who would eat with such a huge spoon? Giants?" Then I almost started rolling on the floor when you ate with it. lol
I laughed out loud seeing Black Beard eat with the spoon.
Don't laugh at him he has entered the bronze age
Little big for me to eat with. More of a serving spoon to me.
I don't want to be the person to rain on this parade. First off, awesome spoon! But second unlined copper can leach harmful amounts into your food. Specially with acidic stuff.. Be careful!
@Yo ming Thanks buddy!
agreed, for example, tin lining would protect the food.
That's what I was coming hear to say. It happens a lot with new metal workers making themselves copper mugs, and they assume it's safe because you see copper mugs in stores all the time. They have to be lined to be safe. It's a real bummer.
Don't want to rain on your parade either... First off, great public service announcement. But your plumbing is likely full of copper piping and that lining doesn't last forever 👌 Also, just about everything you eat is full of micro plastics! I'd be less worried about trace elements of copper and copper biproducts 😉
Some say he's still forging to this day...
I love this channel and yours, your restoration vids inspired me to start restoring some of my Grandfather's old hand tools.
What that Mr toothpick
I now demand a spoon-off... One ingot, No casting just forging. "One Spoon to rule them all, One Spoon to find them, One Spoon to bring them all and in the darkness bind them."
@@littlebacchus216 Hey Frodo, what you doing wearing the ring? All powerful jewellery, is that your new thing? I know it's hard when you're little more than 3 foot 4 Your little ass so close to the floor Trying to lead your fellows to the gates of Mordor
All we know is... he is called The Stig (sorry, I had to)
I knew it! Black Beard has gone STIR CRAZY!! *Gets coat, hails taxi....*
Cool. I love smelting and forging videos. Having them in one video, is double the pleasure, double the fun.
AND cooking AND eating!!!
Nice, I like the " screws and tools" type ending.... cook / eat something with what you just made / restored...
Нельзя пользоваться чисто медной посудой! Это большое заблуждение, оттого, что вся старинная медная посуда дошла до наших времен без оловянной полуды (стерлась в процессе долгого использования). Медную посуду нужно обязательно лудить, причем не простым оловом, а пищевым (олово высокой очистки без мышьяка).
Думаю, что он не понимает по Русски. 😂
Медь практически безвредна по сравнению с SnH4, SnCl2 и особенно оловоорганикой. Так что сам обрабатывай посуду оловом.
можно, но надо принять ВОДКИ и тогда можно все.. Не шарит бородатый..
@@albvscommesincastello6346 он араб... но толковый
@@MrHerMorzhov и тем не менее, медная посуда во все времена считалась ядовитой, и либо лудилась, либо покрывалась эмалью. Отравление солями меди из-за приготовления пищи в плохо лужённой или изношенной медной посуде было распространённой причиной смерти ещё в тридцатые годы ! Например, в справочнике по криминалистике упоминается отравление семьи из четырёх человек солями меди в клюквенном варенье, которое готовилось в медных котлах с частично слезшим покрытием. А олово насколько я поинмаю на практике быстро пассивируется и вредных соединений не образует, а те продукты коррозии, которые образуют плотную пассивирующую плёнку, для человека безвредны.
Just stumbled upon your channel, cannot even tell you how happy this video makes me by having a ton of my favorite things in it (copper, casting, smithing, cooking, handsome man smiling, oversized old-fashioned utensil... list goes on).. instant sub!
I guess we can now see just how far you can forge an inget of copper. Very nicely done! Thanks for sharing and God bless
This is another fantastically soothing video. The results are always so wonderfully attractive. Thank you.
...lookin' good, nice work, stay well and have a great weekend...
До самого последнего момента, до появления в кадре равиоли, думал, что это будет ложка для обуви...
That's what I thought myself 😜
"How do you want your Tortellini served?" "With a ridiculously large handforged copper spoon, if that's possible. Thanks!"
Excellent work!
Your smile at the end says it all
Once again you prove you are a wildman. Good stuff!
Good job mister
Excellent work. Be careful don’t get poisioned. You may coat with tin.
Like the construction. Thanks for the look.
Beautiful spoon 🙌🏼
Ok MR bb but can you forge Bronze and then combine it with Copper to creat a Damascus with them??? I think that mite be conciderd a challenge lol
That's called mokume gane and is super cool! It's sometimes done with silver and gold to make jewelry, but you can make it out of pretty much any combination of non-ferrous metals.
Uh, bronze is copper and tin. It wouldn't look as good as you think. If he used copper, brass and nickel it would. That's called mokume gane, at least the cheaper version of it. The more expensive version would be gold, silver and rose gold.
Hello, great video! :D but please don't eat with it! Copper can leach into to your food in amounts that aren't safe to consume. Unlined copper isn't safe for everyday cooking.
this really only applies to acidic foods and/or when using copper cooking vessels. tableware is generally a safe application for copper because the contact time with food is very short compared to vessels and cookware.
Your work is very nice bro keep it up 👍
Pretty neat - at first I thought you were going for a copper ladle which would also be great to have in that size. Nice video!
Now that’s a big spoon. Great job!
Lovely!
I think bare copper cookware and utensils are poisonous. This is why in the old times, they tinned the copper pots.
Looks cool my man
45 years ago? Lol!
@@noneyabidness9644 lol, i commented before the video was posted because I'm such a fan
You remind me of my grandad, he could do anything. Love your videos
I often watch and enjoy your videos. I didn't realize that I hadn't subscribed. I remedied that just now. I am now a happy subscriber!
Nice work on forging out a copper ladle 👍😁 very cool
That looked like fun - TFS!✌🏻🎨☕️
I can’t be the only one who hears Flight if the Bumblebee when he hit that spoon with the dremel at 6:04
Tooo gooood mate. 😍❤️😂 Eating with that massive spoon is awesome!
Вижу, как растёт уровень мастерства. Теперь для комплекта нужно сделать вилку в таком же размере и столовый нож.
Wow amazing you eat with that spoon 🥄. Great job friend.
Wow great job 👏 👍
Nicely done 👍👍👍Thanks for sharing
the look of satisfaction at the end, totally worth it
Great video, dude! 🍻🤘💜
Beautiful
Lol , you looked like a little kid using that big ass spoon 🥄 . Thanks , it was fun !
Can’t tell you how many times my mom prepared that meal for us growing up.
Nice!
Amazing
Nice spoon / ladle whichever way you look at it.
Nice sir ❣️
great first try, hope you froge more copper kitchen tools
Вкусно😉
Tortilini soup, my favorite. Nice spoon
I laughed really hard at you eating handling the massive spoon at the end.
Bellissimo cucchiaio e appetitosi capeletti.
Now that's a spoon! You could eat from a bowl across the table with that spoon!
Fantastico come sempre 👍🔥👍🔥 Ci manca solo un po' di parmigiano sui tortellini 😂🤣😂 Buon appetito 😋
Very nice keep up the great content two thumbs
Molto simpatico il finale! 😄😄😄Cucchiaione = famona! 👍👍👍😁😁😁
Splendid
Welcome to the copper age. :-). Seriously nice job man. Need to make a fork and knife to go with it!
Tip. If you dunk it water while it's still hot, it anneals heaps and you can keep forging without reheat. It can help with the cracking issue if you're getting too hot + work hardening the piece
Szacunek chłopie . Masz dużą wiedzę i złote ręce :-)
Lol.. Amazing job bro 😁🤩💜
Awesome. First I tought it would be a shoe horn.
Very nice work! Doesn't it get too hot to hold fast?
So funny the end, with the music !
Afiyet olsun
Impressive !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Perfect. Long enough to steal food from other people while they are distracted.
Thank GOD you weren’t my family member back in the day! My mom used to tear me and my brothers up with the ole wooden spoon, you would be like hey Rose “ try this one and see how it works” YIKES LOL
I loved The remix of Mr. Thumnus' song. Like the rest of the video✨
I was anticipating the switcheroo at the end to an accompanying soup spoon. But oh well next time.
What would you use a copper spoon for? There must be a unique use for a spoon made of such thermally conductive metal. The best I can think of is maybe a spoon for testing jam setting point. ( it would cool down the jam quickly so the jelling point could be assessed efficiently) Any chefs in the comments?
Cool. And with that long handle you can now also eat food that’s across the table from you… when they aren’t looking.
You sure you’re not supposed to drain that water off? 🤣
Пельмехи с бульоном? I see you a man of culture
Таки думаю, что это равиоли.
Looks like alot of fun. I noticed it trie to crack on the edges. Is that due to heat loss? Lunch looked good too. But you gotta grow or make a smaller spoon 🤭
Thanks!!! Not sure why, first time forging a big piece of copper like so :)
I think that because of work hardening. Hitting it with a hammer causes a lot of internal stress, making it harder to deform and less malleable which makes it prone to cracking.
@@ponelul699 Well said. It work hardens fairly rapidly. Nothing a reheat and water quench can't fix.
I see others have already posted but I'm gonna do it anyway cause I hope Mr Black Beard himself sees at least one of the posts. Copper is not safe for eating with without the proper precautions. Raw copper is dangerous if ingested and it leaches very easily if I'm not mistaken.
Just not safe with acidic foods like tomato based soups etc
perfecto =)
This brought up an interesting question in my mind. Can you forge weld copper like steel?
Yea. Just crimp it down in the vice so it stays together.
Вот это черпак для пельменей! Моё почтение затратам и терпению. Чего не сделаешь ради картинки...
Ahaaaa. Very stylish ladel man.
Cool
nice
WHAT? ....No Ras El Hanout or fresh chopped mint......dang! .......Awsome spoon bro.
Top like Ótimo trabalho Aqui do Brasil
Now you need to make a giant copper fork and knife
Spoooooon
Nice:)
The video is super, as always!!! I really like how your videos are shot. Tell me, what is the name of your video camera?
Bon appetit!!!
Awesome how he turned triangle bars to round ingots when they set up. You should try and make nordic gold and see what you can make with it. :)
Очень красивая ложка.
Love the Peruvian / Chilean music - reminds me of 'Inti Illmani - Flight of the Condor'.
Went the extra mile and ate with the giant copper spoon.😂
wondering if it works better the way you are doing it (just heated red hot) or when annealed by quenching.
Ah yes, tortellini. The traditional step after cleanup!
cucchiaio modello Polifemo....😄 bellissimo!
Cereal killer spoon. 💚👽☻
Awsome job ! Ya, just checked, copper isn't food safe, I'm sure you can make all kinds of other copper art works, looks like a great way of maximizing your copper value. Definately subscribing, pleasure watching you work !
Did you also check and see that tin, nickel and just about every coating on cookware also is not safe and can leech into your food? Or that maybe the food you eat is contaminated with micro plastics? Just saying bud. It's all bs
wow its big ❤️💕