Leaf end wall hook - blacksmithing for beginners
A leaf end wall hook is a great place to experiment with forging leaves. The leaf adds a decorative element to the hook that sets it apart from the typical J hook. This is a good beginning blacksmith project.
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Blacksmith,Colorado,forge, iced tea and rain does it get any better than that. Great video!!!!! 🔨🔥
Enjoyed that so much. The rain took me back to my childhood, sitting in my granddad's shed watching him work on things. I never knew at the time just how much he was teaching me. Thank you John . Anthony Kent
Glad to see you do the leaf with my tool. You can flip the leaf over in that forming stake, you're not hitting it hard enough to deform your chisel marks. Play with it some more you will find a tiny ball peen moves the leaf just fine. enjoy, Steve
Thank you so much for this video. I've been a metal fabricator for years, but just recently finally got into blacksmithing. So my take on being self-taught and watching your incredible videos and some other KZhead videos Is if you are reading this and you are a beginner like me, I highly suggest making this type of hook with a leaf. Watch this tutorial step-by-step and just follow along This has a lot of beginning apprenticeship skills all wrapped up in one. Im practicing over and over and making a ton of these, thats what I'm doing right now. I think it's really helping me out and I'm finally breaking through. Thank you very much.
I loved this video as did my daughter and her BFF who are apprenticing to become blacksmiths. How comforting forging and baking is on a rainy day! After 30 years of being a naval surgeon (Lt Cdr), I cherish spending quality time in our forge. Then at the end of the day, I log in to your channel and avidly watch how beautiful your ironwork is forged. John, thank you very much for taking time teaching us beginners. Best wishes from Wendi in the UK. 🌻
Man great video!!!
thank you for the gift of your time... your caring and sharing... may you always be blessed.... positively gratitude
Thank you man, I must Try!
Mr. Bear I am learning so much from you and really enjoy your vids. Lord willing we start construction on my new shop by the end of the month thanks
I enjoyed watching that!
Love it!
Very nice project and thanks much for taking the time to put the video together.
Another great Blacksmithing educational video. Thanks, John. Glad to hear you get more rain.
Love this project. Thanks for sharing this....
Thank you buddy very helpful. Be blessed
Thanks my friend. Love that rain. I know y’all need it.
I was going to suggest a background sound track. But Mother Nature provided one😀 Congrats on getting so rain.
Thank you for your time and videos.
Very nice. Good job))
Nice project to put in my to-do list. Thanks.
Great videos. Great instruction. I really like how you don’t instruct ONE way to do things you are flexible to other ideas and peoples own creativity. Keep them coming. Definitely a fan here.
Probably ny favorite hooks out of all the ones you've done.
That's a nice little hook. Yesterday it was here 97F but it ended with rain. We didn't have that for a few months. Now it's a lot cooler and better weather for some forging.
Thx for showing im trying to start blacksmithing so this helps a lot
Black Bear Forge , excelente video amigo !!!
Love the sound of rain on a tin roof .and the hook as well.
I really love that leaf making I love the rain sound it is great blessed day.
Thanks for that
Bronze is always a nice touch.And Hooray for the rain!
Great things today John. Love to see the transition and birth of these leaves. You can sure send some rain up here. My pickup was covered in ash this morning from local fires.
Love the new camera view
Nice one John I will have a go at that. Cheers
Nice project and a very nice video Thanks
Great vid. I'm new to blacksmithing. Thanks for all your vids. They're really informative. Gave you a sub.
Great video. I need to make a ball end punch like that. I love making decorative hooks such as these.
I liked the mid-work opening! I liked the way you laid out the beginning of the video. The audio is definitely sounding good. I love that this is a beginner project. I might give my hand at it once I have a few more leaves under my belt, and they actually look like leaves... Keep being awesome!
John , Loved the Video , Very Informative and inspiring ! That will be on my to do list ! I take a Lot of notes and write down steps ! Thanks again ! Take Care !
When I made the 2 dozen curtain rod hooks for the wife, (lotsa brownie points!) I measured, used jigs etc. Whilst I thought they all looked the same at the time I made them - Still had to sort them by hand to get the most alike sets to use at each window. 2 weeks after they were made the differences were a lot more obvious than during the process of making them!
I use the matching system quite often to get things that belong in pairs.
This was fun to watch!
Thanks
I plan to make several of these for an upcoming show...My first show actually. Maybe I'll see you in Carbondale John :) Edit: was nice to meet you in person at the RMS event!
Nice little project for a rainy day. I haven't really ever liked my leaves and after watching your video I think it's because I don't do much to give them that natural curve and bend. Looks like I will be trying again! Thanks for the video!
Sometimes very subtle changes can have big impact.
Yeah glad you're getting rain there John, we need rain here QLD is in a drought and has been for some years now. I love making hooks, leaf and horsehead and bulldog.
I thought he was making popcorn till he mentioned it.
We were north of you about 2 weeks ago and just after one of those rains the sage brush just filled the air. Dang it smelled nice.
We are glad it is finally raining
Sir, That is a very nice project.
Thank you
very good +sub ... greetings from Minnesota
Welcome to the family
21K subscribers. Congrats. 979,000 to go.
That's a big number
Hey Im on the hangout too. You play clawhammer or traditional? Awesome lesson. I am going to make one for sure!
I use 3/8" round stock for pretty much all of my hooks. I like using it. It seems like it's a good size for most hooks IMO. Nice video John. You deserve more subs. I just noticed you have a lot less than you should have.
Thanks, but they are growing steadily. Hopefully it will double again soon.
Glad to see you getting more rain. The hook came out pretty good, i think i'll try some more leaves today .. i get the leaves looking great but the stem keeps breaking off, i think i either work it too cold or too thin.. gonna try to avoid that today. thanks for the inspiration.
What The Forge Blacksmithing What is the name of your Etsy shop?
i don't have one, i have not progressed as of yet to a point where i feel my work is good enough to sell
If the point where the leaf joins the stem gets cold it is easy for a crack to develop
thank you for that info.. that should help a lot.
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you should collab with purgatory iron works like if you agree
Silly question but when you are creating the leaf, you have a hand on the chisel and a hand on the hammer, so how are you holding and guiding the leaf?
Do you leave your propane forge on in between heats? Not sure if I'm working too hard to save on gas or if it's good practice to have it off when your not heating any metal
For normal work I leave it on, unless it will be more than about 15 minutes to get back to it (time spent dressing a tool or cutting materials). For the videos, I often turn it off for improved audio
@@BlackBearForge thanks! Extremely helpful. I'm basically learning to smith off this and another couple KZhead channels. Just used my hells forge for the first time this morning and I have a hammer and railroad track
John I have a question, my anvil moves around a fair bit, I try putting wedges of wood under it etc, as I live in a rented place and the landlord lets me forge on the back verandah i can't really bolt it down as there are tiles on the floor. Any Idea's from you John or other smiths watching, thanks in advance.
Lenblacksmith how about a rubber mat
Yeah I have tried bits of rubber but yeah more rubber got some too, will try that today. I see these blokes with anvils that are so solid, hahah i envy them sometimes, but hey I gotta get around this the best way I can. Thanks for the idea.
Try tar roofing tar paper if the black spots won't be an issue. the tar gets soft and sort of sicks the anvil base to the surface below. If leaving sticky black stuff behind is a problem i am afraid it is just a matter of put the anvil back where you want it throughout the day. Of course the heavier the base the better
Yeah not bad Idea John, have to ask my landlord.
Can you share any info on those round nose pliers at the beginning of your video? I've tried to find a pair like that but everything I've found is just so tiny, about 5" total length, and really hard to use.
www.blacksmithsupply.com/Scroll-Pleirs-3-inch-bit_p_175.html You can use my discount code for 5% off "Bear5"
I thought that noise (rain) was your power hammer running!
Put the rain for sale in the etsy store cause I’d like to buy some 😁
I'll see what I can do
I Wish It Would Rain Over California
You need it as bad as we did
Is that a Canadian?
A Canadian what?
Do you play banjo?
Jeffrey Sawyer yes he does! 👍
I do, more or less
DOCTOR ROBOTNICK?
Great video! Love that testicle tool, definitely gonna make one.
Video: I see and hear the changes. Over all better. Somethings need to go and some need to stay. Examples; when you say the leaf hook isn't your idea … I feel this hurts your video. I think your audience assumes your not the original creator of this design. When you do show a creation/design of your making then say so. An example of what to keep would be the short visual of the work being performed. This tells the story of what we can expect before it happens. You intro or 'welcome needs to be shorter and roll off your tongue almost like a jingle. "Educate, Spark & inspire" (long enough …. people can fill in the details) 1 , 2, 3. is long enough. Have you ever noticed a person first and last name sounds best when the combination of the two names are a 2 & 3 syllable; for example, and not a 2 & 2. Also; intro 1) The visual, Intro 2) "Little leaf," intro 3) "Welcome to..." and 4) "So today …. " This is long. You start off with losing people. 1, 2, 3 at a faster pace is best in my opinion. The explanation of the rain on what I can assume is a metal roof is good once. BTW; happy for you all … glad you got the rain …. sad news about the wild fires in the West. Mentioning the tools needed is good. Better if their was a visual along with the naming (but keep it short & fast …. let people guess or wait and see how used). Finally, wear your own logo T-shirt or don't wear any logo T-shirt unless you wish to promote. I said enough. Thanks for the video.
Why do i feel so uncomfortable seeing that hammer go near those steel balls?
They quit making Johnson Paste Wax. Can you recommend an alternative?
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