Blacksmiths Forging Tongs Part 1

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Warren County TN Blacksmiths Forge a pair of tongs.

Channel: Howto & Style
Uploaded: January 27, 2007 at 10:40 pm
Author: TEAMSuccess

Length: 00:06:26
Rating: 4.00
Views: 9688

Tags: Blacksmith forge forging tongs fire blacksmith show

Video Comments:
samcornett29 (July 18, 2007 at 9:38 pm)
Nice display for showing how to do hot punching.
thefrightlane (May 5, 2007 at 1:54 am)
well, not arrowheads, but good video displaying technique.
Anvilfolk (February 3, 2007 at 9:10 pm)
Hi!

I was taught this technique. It's a bit tricky (for me), but basically this is it:

Hold the tong by the reins, so that the hinge-plate's set is turned away from the smith, and with the tongs nearly vertical, settle that set on the face of the anvil, and then hit the top set (which leads to the bits) with the very edge of the hammer, as close to the bits as possible. If you manage it, you'll have a stockier hinge-plate, which should handle heavy stuff a little better.

Happy forging!
TishPerry (January 28, 2007 at 7:23 am)
Very interesting. Good work! Keep the videos coming.