My mother had a brilliant way to control dandelions. She would pay us a few cents per weed that we dug up and put into a bag. The only thing is that it had to include the root. That was a great way for us to earn spending money as well as for her to get us out of her hair.

@jamesa7506

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha! Wisdom in action.

@josephdorey8458

2 жыл бұрын

Also taught good work ethics and the value of money. Well done indeed mum!

@robertoswalt319

2 жыл бұрын

@@josephdorey8458 What was incredible was that neighborhood kids would see what we were doing and ask if they could make money digging weeds too, Of course mom said they could. We would think we were clever by blowing the seeds knowing that they would grow more money, I mean more weeds. She probably didn't care as she knew we were out of her hair for quite a while plus she could know what we were doing and where we were. She was a smart woman indeed.

@clydebalcom3679

2 жыл бұрын

My Grandma would do that with me too. It was fun sometimes.

@josephdorey8458

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertoswalt319 and that in turn taught you the value of long term planning and investment, absolutely fantastic 😀

That first thirty seconds had a very strong TV infomercial vibe; I half expected him to burst out, "There's gotta be a better way!"

Besides the fact that I like to watch your work, I also like your yard and the surrounding areas. Lots of greenery, quiet, no noise of cars and loud screams of neighbors.

That specific type of weeding fork is the best design for digging up dandelions for sure! I have had a commercially made version for 20 years. It's made from stainless steel with a wooden handle, and you just don't see such good quality tools in the shops these days, so it's great to see you making one of the same type which will no doubt last a lifetime!

Nice, admirable work, indeed! So, I've changed my lawn into a colourful, wild blooming meadows. And since then I do not need tools like this anymore. 😊

Dandelions are one of the healthiest plants to use in teas. It has so many benefits!

My wife has requested I try and forge one of these for her this weekend, thank you for that! 😄

@torbjornahman

2 жыл бұрын

Woops... good luck! :)

@eldsprutandedrake

2 жыл бұрын

"For her" You´re sure you're not the one crawling on the lawn this weekend then? ;)

If you keep your grass closer to 4" it does two things. Your grass is healthier and requires less water, the blade is tall enough to shade the roots that grow on the surface. As a byproduct to the grass growing so healthy the weeds really can't compete and over time the grass will win out. I understand why people like short grass, I prefer the thick and luscious look and no weeds to worry about. That is a pretty cool tool though, I always enjoy your videos.

@jgclark45

2 жыл бұрын

some people like their grass scalped, they wonder why they have to reseed so often

@nancyoffenhiser4916

2 жыл бұрын

I've gone the long route myself and have noticed a huge difference!

Superb tool, at home the Dandelions I pick them young in spring and I eat them, Washed and cut roots, Vinaigrette with Mustard, Salt, Pepper, Vinegar (1 spoon) without Oil n Fat bacon bits melted in hot oil which is poured on the salad and stirred quickly, the Dandelions are thus slightly "Cooked" and are eaten immediately lukewarm, delicious. Cheers !

@torbjornahman

2 жыл бұрын

Cool!

@vonHannersdorf

2 жыл бұрын

And dandelions syrup is good (and healthy) too.

@HansWeberHimself

2 жыл бұрын

We do the exact same thing where I’m from originally. We call it Bettseicher, I assume you call it pissenlit? Same idea. 😂

Looks like a salad and some dandelion tea to me. Good show sir.

Wonderful work as always. Puts my weedy garden to shame. Although the bees are happy with all my dandelions ;) cheers J

@torbjornahman

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Josh! Nothing to be ashamed of :) That tells you have more important things to tend to :)

That is a great tool. You get roots and all. That's why my dad said, "you have to get the roots if you don't want them to come back." Nice, sharp tool!!! 👌 Awesome!!!

I have made garden trowels but never thought about making a weeding tool. Thanks for sharing this unique project with us. Very nicely done as always.

Beautiful work, thank you for not sanding it down smooth handmade is what everyone wants to see

Necessity is the mother of all inventions.👍

*Torbjörn! A weed is but a flower in disguise.*

I love weeding. I could watch you do it all day.

Tasty Dandelions, makes good tea and salad.

My favorite part of blacksmithing is being able to see a need, and immediately make a tool for the job! This is a perfect example of that. And in 1000 years when people are digging up Torbjorn's yard they'll find this strange thing and wonder what it was used for!

Well, that tool makes removing the dandelions very easy. Great work!

@ohasis8331

2 жыл бұрын

Chemical application makes it even easier. That said, I enjoy the time spent playing in the grass and feeling the warmth of the sun on my back.

There's nothing more satisfying than pulling weeds!

Torbjorn Ahman you Made a very Nice Dandelions weed Puller

One of the best things about your videos is that at the end you are seen using your creations to better your land and show them in action.

If I removed all the weeds from my yard.... I'd just have dirt. Nice removal tool, i recall those in every shed from the 70s but with the advent of chemical salts and lazy people, none of those have been seen since.

As a kid it was one of my favourite tools. I could help my grandparents at the farm. Busy all day on the lawn getting dandelions out

A perfect tool for a perfect job - and a nice vid, THANKS! 😃

My favourite blacksmith, his magic and his blacksmithing!

If you ever want to abandon the sterile, grass filled lawn, Dutch Clover, Corsican Mint, Prunella (Self-Heal), Creeping thyme, and English Daisies are all wonderful plants. (Good for bees, need little to no mowing, and some culinary uses too.) The Dandelion is truly a remarkable plant. Edible from root to blossom, and hardy as can be. (The greens can be marinated in apple cider vinegar, if they taste bitter. The blossoms can be used in a syrup, wine or jam, and the root can be roasted and used as a tea/coffee substitute.)

@sparkywilson1405

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely this. Will never understand dandelion hate.

@itatane

2 жыл бұрын

@@sparkywilson1405 I reckon it's all down to conditioned aesthetics. People prize their immaculate, putting green lawns, even though they use hellacious amounts of water, provide no real benefit for ourselves or wildlife, and (from my purely subjective point of view) are utterly boring. Folks have been conditioned by years of advertising, peer pressure, and lack of awareness. (We used to say here in Northeast Ohio, that the first thing that appears in the Spring is dandelions. The second thing that appears is a little old Italian lady with a colander and scissors.)

@horstszibulski19

2 жыл бұрын

@@itatane :-D

@samuelfellows6923

2 жыл бұрын

I dead-head the weeds = that stops them from seeding themselves and the flowers benefit the bees and they are as pretty as the other flowers

@joshuadelisle

2 жыл бұрын

We like dandelion syrup! Love all our weeds. ;) Cheers J

Hooraayyyy tools and gardening 😄 you're the best and so inspiring

Beautiful as always

Actually, a year ago I made similar, but my weeding fork was no way as good as yours. I'm a novice blacksmith of only 2 years, but already I have learnt such a lot by watching your videos. Now, since I'm well again I'm going to follow your demo and make a far better one. Many thanks! *Hugs* Wendi

@jacobusjohannescaspers4476

2 жыл бұрын

❤️ get healthy and keep trying. I’am sure you will get it done. Greetings from Norway Koos

@torbjornahman

2 жыл бұрын

Great! Good luck!

@ogi22

2 жыл бұрын

Making your own tools is very satisfying thing. Just yesterday i made a small utility knife out of an old broken folding knife blade (sorry to say i broke it in my hands while trying to straighten the small bend in the blade). Learning by doing - great way, just need to accept you will make mistakes :D And today we live in wonderful times. Many skilled people is showing their trade online. Just pick and learn :)

@pinetree9343

2 жыл бұрын

Anything you grow, build or forge, is better than anything store bought

@ogi22

2 жыл бұрын

@@pinetree9343 It's not always true. I can show you my hook knife photos. I broke the blade a couple days after i made it;) But it does give MUCH better satisfaction when you eat/ drink your own produced food (just today i set up a 25l cherry wine from cherries i picked in my garden), when you work with tools you made or when you share/give things you made to people you like (i love carving wooden spoons and giving them to friends and family).

Yup... Get to the root of the problem. Works every time. Nicely done.

exactly what i do, i thought I was the only person in the world doing it.......amazing the huge pile you get over a small area

my mom used to have us kids dig up young dandelions, she would then cook them as greens. my grandma used to make wine from the yellow flowers nothing went to waste lol

I've gotten 71 and just mounted a knife on a hoe handle with pin and epoxy much as mounting a knife handle with the tip of the knife wedge and sharp much as your tool But before seeing your video so mine is my idea. You are always a master

Jättebra video som alltid! Love your style of working - both relaxing and organized! Awesome story telling and editing makes it so comfortable to watch and so inspiring to try new projects! Tack så mycket för att du delar dina vackra hantverk!

@torbjornahman

2 жыл бұрын

Tack! :)

It's always a pleasure to watch you make practical and beautiful tools. Thanks for another excellent video.

That was fun to watch, your humor is priceless.

I love it when you use the tools you make after it finished

Another great piece of functional art!! Awesome!!

Vida dura!! Cuidar de gramado facilmente nos ocupa 100% do tempo Aqui no Brasil a praga é a tiririca, a ferramenta é exatamente a mesma. Belíssimo trabalho, como sempre.

Great tool. I need this in my garden.

I cut and sharpened a 30mm pipe and put a cross-piece handle on it. I went weeding with a 1.8kg hammer and the pipe... It worked beautifully. However, this was such a simple job, beautifully envisaged and carried out...a pleasure to watch, as always.

Happy Father's Day! Your Wife is the luckiest woman in the world!

@torbjornahman

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Much appreciated!

Amazing looking lawn my friend! And the fork is pretty cool too. 😉👍

As always, excellent video and beautiful tool!

Very nice! I have an idea, forge a stocklås with a nice and complicated key and send it to the lockpicking lawyer but make the springs super stiff :D

@torbjornahman

2 жыл бұрын

:)

Very practical tool for every gardener

Este, al igual que todos sus trabajos, siempre es un placer ver como crea arte con la forja, gracias maestro

Good work 👍👍👍 . Thank you for sharing. Take care of yourself, be safe, and healthy 🇨🇦

Perfect as allways! You have a wery nice garden as well.

Another beautiful tool, you are inspiring. Thank you.

Awesome that you are also a " Magician " !! 🤣💪😇🤩💛

Thanks for sharing , Torbjörn. I really like your video`s but I love the way you take the time for aesthetics and finish of your already top-notch forgings.

Remarkable craftsmanship as always

Good job brother. Love from India

Big thanks for the good work.

Nicely made. I have a similar store bought tool that has a flat piece of metal bent into a curve and attached to the tool a few inches above the fork. It makes a rocker/fulcrum that helps to more easily lever the dandelion root out of the ground. Thanks for posting.

What a helpful tool!

As a kid my folks were the janitors at church which also meant watering and mowing the lawn. I spent many an hour digging out Dandelions, I used to want to scream at adults who thought it was cute when there little one blew on one of the flowers and spread seeds all over!

Always a winner Torbjorn

Nice yard. Nice tool. Looks like you make a good living blacksmithing.

I really need that weeding tool.

That tool works awesome good! Nice job, congrats!

Dandelions are such a nuisance ! that fork does an awesome job !!!! Now I also wish I had instant Linseed Oil summoning powers :-D

@torbjornahman

2 жыл бұрын

He he, yes it comes in handy at times...

Beautiful!

Great job on the weeder.

Your job and videos relaxing me. Thanks.

A very nice work. Always nice to watch your work !

That stop block is a pretty nice way to get a consistent size.

grettings from Poland :) grettings Your Family :)

lovely finish 👍

Jättefin och ha en trevlig nationaldag 🇸🇪👍🏻

@torbjornahman

2 жыл бұрын

Tack!

Very elegant!

You create beautiful working piece of art

Me encanto, sencillo y efectivo Felicitaciones !! Como siempre, no defraudas!

First of all, you have a beautiful garden. Second of all, I love the story telling.

@torbjornahman

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Top class work with beautiful filming, thank you for sharing with us ⚙️🔧🛠⭐️👍🏻👍🏻

@torbjornahman

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

very nice, you are an artist

We file things very similarly... Lol excellent video, T. Thanks

Very nice project. It turned out very well there. Hopefully you get great use out of it for many years to come my friend. Can't wait to see more videos soon. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Forge on. Keep making. God bless.

@torbjornahman

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Fantastic sir

Very nice tool, my friend! Great video!

Me: Reads title and imagines a bride using that fork...

@torbjornahman

2 жыл бұрын

:)

Thanks for the video, my first attempt in forging a weeding fork failed miserably. Your timely video has helped me see what I need to do, though it will in no way be as nice looking as the weeding tool you have made. Thanks.

@torbjornahman

2 жыл бұрын

Great, good luck!

Love your vids, man. Great project. Instead of fighting weeds in our yard, I put about 1/4 cup of high nitrogen fertilizer on the crown and grind it in with my heel. The nitrogen burns out the weed and a couple weeks later the good grass sucks right up onto the place where the weed once was.

@torbjornahman

2 жыл бұрын

Cool

Ein sehr schönes Gartengerät. Wie immer, meisterhaft! 😁👍🏻

That edit at 8:04 is brilliantly executed. I watched it several times and couldn't see a jump or skip whatsoever. Well done and hilarious too! Oh, and beautiful forging too

@torbjornahman

2 жыл бұрын

:) :) Thanks!

@Tesserex

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's a split shot of the before, without the bottle there. So he held the bottle for a second to get a shot of the left half of the anvil without it, then put it down, then did the snap. So before the bottle drops, he can't put his body over the left side where it's going to be.

I have a feeling the older you get the longer that handle is going to get. ha great video, keep up the great work!

Very nice ,I like ur Anvil work so neat and clean....

me who read too fast and try to figure what a wedding fork is... great video ! i really like the oil seasoning finish ( linseed oil i presume ?) the simple black finish look really good

@torbjornahman

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, yes indeed!

Beautiful work, as always Good luck

Nice tool !!!!

Классный монтаж, классная ковка! 👍

Ne inventi sempre una più bella dell'altra bravo💪👍

Good job , thanks for the idea ............ 🌹

Good tool

looks like it does a good job.

Loving the jig to stop the hammer going to far................Quality friend subbed.........

@torbjornahman

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

You should make some dandelion tea or salad or mead or something out of all those! Cool project!