Hello Sir! As always, you help and encourage me incredibly! As my health is failing, I have parted with all of my handmade bladesmithing equitment. Wondering what to pursue as a hobby, when you said "scrimshaw". Thank you. Unintended, I'm aware, but nonetheless a wonderful idea. I'm looking into that, tooling, and media. Thanks again. Your work is incredible. I look in amazement, at your skill Profound. Blessings to you. Respectfully, Bryan

@ValhallaIronworks

9 ай бұрын

It's a wonderful craft filled with rich history, Brian! I hope you enjoy!

🤣🤣🤣 great work mate, loved the oiling segment. I'm sure he'll love them!

Nothing like some smooth jazz and oiled wood 🤣😂🤣 nice job Alex!

Well, I must say your potato and your slingshot ended up being unexpectedly (to me!) ergonomically correct! Nice work, sir.

Great work Alex! Those tools look great! I guess that's the advantage of living on a large piece of property, you can rub your wood wherever you want to. Lol. Thanks for sharing! 👍⚒

Ive wanted to scrimshaw for awhile thanks for the video on making the tooling im going to try and make a set myself.

You’re an excellent teacher my friend, real fantastic video! Thank you so much for sharing your channel with us.

@ValhallaIronworks

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly!

Absolutely love them! Only complaint is I can’t get the music to play while touching the handles.........

@ValhallaIronworks

3 жыл бұрын

Strange! It works on my end!

@paulorchard7960

3 жыл бұрын

Must be faulty, how good is the warranty?

Fantastic choice of music

Very nice, well done sir.👏

Awesome! I like it my friend 👍👍👍

I don’t know what the question is, but the answer is MORE SAX

Haha great video & à good laugh!!

I loved this video, it could be one of my favorite yet including the awkward segment 😂 what was the weight of the hammer you were using?

@ValhallaIronworks

3 жыл бұрын

Just a little one at 1.8lbs. I was working the steel gently to prevent cupping or fold-over

Great job Alex, what is the timber?

@ValhallaIronworks

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It is fiddlebacked Tasmanian mountain ash!

Great video. I was disappointed with your red oil finish. It looks nice, but I was expecting a red tint to the finish.

@ValhallaIronworks

2 жыл бұрын

That'd be a stain if it changed the colour! Oils are just preserving aids!

First!

I like this project and am wondering what kind of wood you are using and the kind of steel and how hard you are tempering the pins for etching the pattern into the horn for scrimshaw on a powder horn I am also wondering if you are using oil to temper the

@robertmiller2629

3 жыл бұрын

Pins and if a full sleeve around the handles would be better to reenfore them

@robertmiller2629

3 жыл бұрын

Pins and also if it would be best to wrap the end of the handles where the pins go into the handles to reinforce them and make them stronger?

@ValhallaIronworks

3 жыл бұрын

The steel is 1084 and the wood is Tasmanian Mountain Ash. Scrimshaw tools aren't put under anywhere near enough stress or strain to require as much reinforcement as you're describing. It's a very gentle craft. I don't know how hard they're tempered to because I don't have a hardness tester. I am using Haughton's Q quench oil to harden the bits.

You don't look much like a Tasmanian to me. I went on Etsy to send you an order but I had an accident. Do you know the ban on stoves due to the season, etc.

@ValhallaIronworks

5 ай бұрын

Do Tasmanians look like something in particular? I ended up leaving Etsy quite a while ago. The fees they put on sellers got out of control. Yes, during the hot months we have total fire bans here.