This Sword Was Made with a Nail, a Bolt and a Popsicle Stick...

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  • @AlecSteele
    @AlecSteele8 ай бұрын

    Making small things is fiddly but fun, just like a Fum... Go to tryfum.com/ALECSTEELE and use code ALECSTEELE to save an additional 10% off your order today.

  • @Duckrabbit_Forging

    @Duckrabbit_Forging

    8 ай бұрын

    *Füm You can copy and paste this for the special character 😁

  • @squishyxout

    @squishyxout

    8 ай бұрын

    That's the coolest little thing, I'm gonna buy one as a letter opener.

  • @maddoxburns

    @maddoxburns

    8 ай бұрын

    Can we make a normal size version of this plz.

  • @gloriousn

    @gloriousn

    8 ай бұрын

    In America schlong is a Nickname for a penis 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @turboboy0

    @turboboy0

    8 ай бұрын

    i laughed when he said full tang with a "TINY PEEN" at the end.

  • @ThePocketForge
    @ThePocketForge8 ай бұрын

    Thanks Alec and Jamie, so lovely to finally meet you both and work together on this! It was very humbling to see first hand how much passion, energy and dedication you put into your work and I learned so much!

  • @kylestonebraker3050

    @kylestonebraker3050

    8 ай бұрын

    Alec*

  • @ThePocketForge

    @ThePocketForge

    8 ай бұрын

    It’s just a bad case of incurable autocorrect 😂

  • @jackwriter1908

    @jackwriter1908

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@kylestonebraker3050alec with a k

  • @imjojo9265

    @imjojo9265

    8 ай бұрын

    @@ThePocketForgeu can edit the comment

  • @thejhp1

    @thejhp1

    8 ай бұрын

    Alek with a K 😂

  • @jackkuehneman9300
    @jackkuehneman93008 ай бұрын

    Petition to make this sword and pattern in real scale and have them side by side Edit: But it has to be made in The Pocket Forge's workshop

  • @damienbrand9422

    @damienbrand9422

    8 ай бұрын

    Yes please!!

  • @kennethhart5393

    @kennethhart5393

    8 ай бұрын

    Agreed!

  • @Chromaz

    @Chromaz

    8 ай бұрын

    Imagining Alec having to make a full size guard using his tiny mill....

  • @rogeliobaez3879

    @rogeliobaez3879

    8 ай бұрын

    Petition signed

  • @RubensBudgetCreations

    @RubensBudgetCreations

    8 ай бұрын

    I second that.

  • @Kami8705
    @Kami87058 ай бұрын

    Now you need to go to his workshop and use his small tools to make a full size sword

  • @leventeorikiss5571

    @leventeorikiss5571

    5 ай бұрын

    And he have to bring his bridgeport and his lathe as well.

  • @brianwaldo2642
    @brianwaldo26428 ай бұрын

    That is a bloody good letter opener you guys made there.

  • @gm6892

    @gm6892

    8 ай бұрын

    Literally my first thought lol

  • @x31omega
    @x31omega8 ай бұрын

    That you were able to say "Schlong" sword with a semi straight face in itself was amazing. 😂😂😂

  • @JohnC29

    @JohnC29

    8 ай бұрын

    I think it spelled Shlong in this case. Not a penis sword.

  • @TheMotlias
    @TheMotlias8 ай бұрын

    I love this, so often you see projects being done online and they use £20,000 worth of tools and it just seems unatainable, he was using a lot of stuff normal people have, like making that tiny lathe out of a drill

  • @al-masihad-dajjal4565
    @al-masihad-dajjal45658 ай бұрын

    Now make a full size sword out of a bigger nut , bigger bolt and bigger popsicle stick ....I know if anyone could

  • @justinbanks2380
    @justinbanks23808 ай бұрын

    "it's amazing how much you can abuse tools if you don't have anyone to tell you not too" Best quote and one of my new mottos!

  • @jchart
    @jchart8 ай бұрын

    This is awesome, I actually bought some of ThePocketForge's earliest pieces when he first started doing this. He made me a custom pair of tiny Witcher swords, which I still have and enjoy very much. Edit: Btw, it's called a scent stopper pommel because it's shaped like the top lid of some styles of old perfume bottles. When you put the top back on the bottle the scent stops emanating from it, hence scent stopper.

  • @ThePocketForge

    @ThePocketForge

    8 ай бұрын

    Hey you!!!! Thanks so much, and for the knowledge- that makes waaay more sense 😂

  • @MasterBlaster3545

    @MasterBlaster3545

    8 ай бұрын

    Why has he got nail polish on?

  • @SgtStinger

    @SgtStinger

    8 ай бұрын

    @@MasterBlaster3545 Because he wants to?

  • @jchart

    @jchart

    8 ай бұрын

    @@MasterBlaster3545 It makes your nails pretty? Why does anyone wear anything cosmetic? Because they like it!

  • @pileofstuff

    @pileofstuff

    8 ай бұрын

    @@MasterBlaster3545 Why not?

  • @Benjamin-rq1fi
    @Benjamin-rq1fi8 ай бұрын

    My first (and to-date only) forging project was a 10" claymore letter opener. It was a lot of fun and really a great way to make the craft more accessible to people with limited resources or space.

  • @zupergraauwkegames8640
    @zupergraauwkegames86408 ай бұрын

    I am impressed by how well that nail polish was holding up during the project

  • @theredsaint11

    @theredsaint11

    8 ай бұрын

    I was vomiting

  • @nopegs420

    @nopegs420

    8 ай бұрын

    @@theredsaint11why are you bothered?

  • @normalityhq4739

    @normalityhq4739

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@nopegs420 because he is a male

  • @RoflmayoMan

    @RoflmayoMan

    8 ай бұрын

    @@theredsaint11 imagine being this weak

  • @UeliMcStueli

    @UeliMcStueli

    8 ай бұрын

    @@normalityhq4739 And? I don't see why this would be a problem.

  • @MadmanJnr
    @MadmanJnr8 ай бұрын

    I don't know what I expected out of this... but it far surpassed it! Absolutely amazing 🔥🔥

  • @Jusdin057
    @Jusdin0578 ай бұрын

    That was incredible 👌 Great work Lads, I love the damascus pattern.

  • @whitey2shotpewpew825
    @whitey2shotpewpew8258 ай бұрын

    That guy has got some talent. Hopefully you help him build a full size now.

  • @XsubliminalinsanityX
    @XsubliminalinsanityX8 ай бұрын

    Hands down the most badass letter opener I've ever seen!

  • @caveofskarzs1544
    @caveofskarzs15448 ай бұрын

    Ben's toolbox is like that one old guy from Toy Story 2. So cool.

  • @NeedleHair
    @NeedleHair8 ай бұрын

    the thread wrapping of the handle reminds me of the creation of fly-fishing lures and all their custom equipment they use for winding thread around small objects. Great work!

  • @randyshea3703
    @randyshea37038 ай бұрын

    If I add miniature smithing to my existing hobbies of miniature painting and scale model making, I'll have a tiny trifecta!

  • @wilberthotting7878

    @wilberthotting7878

    8 ай бұрын

    Tell your family and friends you just have a few little hobbies or what?

  • @vhaelen326

    @vhaelen326

    8 ай бұрын

    no i imagine someone smithing tiny swords for their spacemarines and at every single game he cuts himself on them by accident only to sigh and say "khorne truly does not care from whence to blood flows..."

  • @fakjbf3129
    @fakjbf31298 ай бұрын

    I love the juxtaposition of this project and the last video with the giant lamp.

  • @BradMurphy0
    @BradMurphy08 ай бұрын

    This was absolutely amazing to watch, i would definitely watch more of this type again and I plan to show this to my friend that wants to make sharp, pointy things.

  • @kennethhart5393
    @kennethhart53938 ай бұрын

    Beautiful workmanship. Thank you very much for highlighting this wonderful artisan. Now with every Long Sword comes a miniature duplicate for EDC.

  • @littlewarriorshields939
    @littlewarriorshields9398 ай бұрын

    So happy to see 2 of my favourite Makers together making!! Year made!!

  • @rudraigh
    @rudraigh8 ай бұрын

    It has been my understanding that particular shape of pommel is called a scent stopper because it resembles the stoppers on "scent" (perfume) bottles.

  • @scififan698

    @scififan698

    8 ай бұрын

    it also stops one from smelling anything when hit upon the nose with it. lol

  • @Faydwarf
    @Faydwarf8 ай бұрын

    im not gunna lie, WATCHING the etch happen is really cool. usually you just dip it n leave it in a tube so theres nothing to see lol

  • @Kuzumai
    @Kuzumai8 ай бұрын

    8:07 working in aircraft ive had to hand fashion alot of my own little doodads and whatnots, and every time i do it with one chuck drill in a vice and a dotco for sculpting

  • @sonofgod2405
    @sonofgod24058 ай бұрын

    loved this one , bc it was belivible that they both had much fun making this . love

  • @Voicesofjake
    @Voicesofjake8 ай бұрын

    Ben is amazing!! Let's get this man some great mini tools!!

  • @christianshipley7472
    @christianshipley74728 ай бұрын

    Thus would be an awesome introduction to sword smithing to new smith's. Also lucrative. You can easily sell these verses large ones. As for the drill lathe. I've done that myself to make a replacement firing pin for an antique revolver.

  • @arkonwolves7192
    @arkonwolves71928 ай бұрын

    You have to make the same one but normal size! That’s awesome.

  • @tomasn3
    @tomasn38 ай бұрын

    Great episode! Amazing how much can be done without a complete workshop! Very inspiring

  • @ralphrohr
    @ralphrohr8 ай бұрын

    Proxxon tools are awesome for miniature work!!! Started woodturning on a mini-lathe and its perfect to make rings!!!

  • @RubensBudgetCreations
    @RubensBudgetCreations8 ай бұрын

    Making mini swords is really fun. I made an viking era swordt a few years ago from an old small file, so I could harden and temper it, a large nail for crossguard and a 2 piece 3 lobd pommel.. Totally not as nice as this one but really fun to make.

  • @mwheelerq72lm
    @mwheelerq72lm8 ай бұрын

    Now we need a 46 part series on yall making a miniature damascus power hammer!!! Please?!?!

  • @sharxbyte
    @sharxbyte8 ай бұрын

    Such an amazing collab! Two of my favorite artisans!

  • @eus090474
    @eus0904748 ай бұрын

    Most aggressive handshake I've ever seen

  • @BenEdw19
    @BenEdw198 ай бұрын

    This was so cool! Unreal how well it came out

  • @sberry80
    @sberry808 ай бұрын

    That came out so rad. You guys did amazing work on that massive long sword

  • @Deafgreekboy
    @Deafgreekboy8 ай бұрын

    This was just fantastically cool! I enjoyed this work more than I should!

  • @stefanshelenko4487
    @stefanshelenko44878 ай бұрын

    Wow Alex. I am not a big commenter but this is one of your most brilliant videos and you do have many of those. It gives hope to the small scale operators. And that was a niffty patterned blade.🎉 keep up the content Dude.

  • @bearded_trumpet_boy2321
    @bearded_trumpet_boy23218 ай бұрын

    I started making rings to sell at our local street fairs like two years ago, and I still use an electric drill and a dremel for all my work. I only do like 100 rings for each fair, one in the summer and one in autumn, takes about two days to make one, it works a treat

  • @drewdoesart9277
    @drewdoesart92778 ай бұрын

    Thats exactly how I started. I love the miniature swords.

  • @numbersabcdefg
    @numbersabcdefg8 ай бұрын

    That is honestly the first time I've ever seen twisted Damascus and thought it was beautiful ❤️

  • @damienbrand9422
    @damienbrand94228 ай бұрын

    So amazing!! The collab we all needed in our lives!!

  • @bartvanleeuwen3842
    @bartvanleeuwen38428 ай бұрын

    That was super awesome!!!!! Love the idea and execution!!

  • @nickbryslan8904
    @nickbryslan89048 ай бұрын

    I've always wanted to try this! And yes, at home.

  • @BraxxJuventa
    @BraxxJuventa8 ай бұрын

    Looks great! Well done both! 😁👍🏼

  • @youtubeSuckssNow
    @youtubeSuckssNow8 ай бұрын

    I've actually been thinking about making one of these recently. But like even smaller, like the nail you use for the guard sized.

  • @BillDeWitt
    @BillDeWitt8 ай бұрын

    I used to make those back in the 80s, great fun in a home shop. Perfect gifts for nearly anyone. Mostly I used cut nails for stock.

  • @fredhunter7129
    @fredhunter71298 ай бұрын

    Jamie and Alec, amazing talent between you both. Jamie a real master of the miniature

  • @JackManic1984
    @JackManic19848 ай бұрын

    Wow the pattern looks sick on it. Because it's a mini blade the pattern looks massive and would take a ton of time to get such a big pattern.

  • @IFated2ILoveU
    @IFated2ILoveU8 ай бұрын

    The two of yous make a mighty fine team. Please do more collaborations! ❤

  • @jerrylim6722
    @jerrylim67228 ай бұрын

    4:00 good to know Alec is still has his natural British instincts of wanting to stab things.

  • @MartinPaulsen87
    @MartinPaulsen878 ай бұрын

    I also have a shlong sword. I didn't make it myself, but I did grow it in to full size. It too can be dangerous if not used with care!

  • @fifis101
    @fifis1018 ай бұрын

    I actually had low expectations but it turned out brilliant! Well done!

  • @RN-du8wr
    @RN-du8wr8 ай бұрын

    I'Ve been watching his videos for years, don't think I ever knew what he looked like, this is cool.

  • @CookinWithSquirrl
    @CookinWithSquirrl8 ай бұрын

    WOW! That is some wildly impressive work gents!

  • @Jansson1985
    @Jansson19858 ай бұрын

    Awesome video! An real cool mini-sword 👍🏻

  • @parisulki729
    @parisulki7298 ай бұрын

    Great collab! The end resolve was Grand!

  • @GaabzR
    @GaabzR8 ай бұрын

    Beautiful pattern on the blade. Wow i love it

  • @tylertaylor9497
    @tylertaylor94978 ай бұрын

    Such a cool milling machine

  • @No.Good.Nickname
    @No.Good.Nickname8 ай бұрын

    What a gorgeous little thing you made!

  • @jeremydingeman2492
    @jeremydingeman24928 ай бұрын

    Extremely inspirational. I'm going to try this very soon.

  • @bassplayer137
    @bassplayer1378 ай бұрын

    those small drills look exactly like the ones i used when i used to be an optician! frameless glasses can be made with those as well as fixing snapped screws

  • @shadowsandfire
    @shadowsandfire8 ай бұрын

    I can see how this took off! They're amazing little swords, and i simply must have one.

  • @JoeMacBro
    @JoeMacBro8 ай бұрын

    That's a gorgeous blade! Nice work gents.

  • @10223220
    @102232208 ай бұрын

    I have made a few small swords and knifes they are fun to do, great job guys 👍

  • @jort93z
    @jort93z8 ай бұрын

    omg the pattern on it is so beautiful

  • @mcmenace4847
    @mcmenace48478 ай бұрын

    What a brilliant little project, really like it!

  • @CoalCoalJames
    @CoalCoalJames8 ай бұрын

    This type of thing was my dream as a child, I found something similar as a kid on an old art piece it was covered with mini long swords and halberds and after taking it apart I found all the weapons where real but just miniature.. they where even sharp.... The sword made was exactly like the type of thing I dreamed of as a upgrade to those~

  • @venus_de_lmao
    @venus_de_lmao8 ай бұрын

    The tiny milling machine is so adorable!

  • @brettosowiecki8759
    @brettosowiecki87595 ай бұрын

    learning Blacksmithing from watching these videos around the same time im trying to quit smoking, i cant believe how perfect your sponsor was!!!

  • @DjDolHaus86
    @DjDolHaus867 ай бұрын

    That's so cool! I made a pair of tiny swords (a buster sword and a masamune) in the metalshop at college in between other tedious tasks (if you've ever had to make a matching pair of hand lapped faces to prove you're capable of wielding a file you'll know the feeling) but they were just solid steel filed to shape

  • @kill3st
    @kill3st8 ай бұрын

    Alec, I really needed a good laugh today, and you didn't disappoint! I love miniature work, like Clickspring.

  • @thetrashgoblin
    @thetrashgoblin8 ай бұрын

    This is without a doubt the best thing I've seen in a long time. I'm 100% using the drill angle grinder combo

  • @jamesellsworth9673
    @jamesellsworth96738 ай бұрын

    What an amazing fella! What amazing work he does!

  • @Dieseldawg1430
    @Dieseldawg14308 ай бұрын

    thanks for doing this alex, this hit home because when i was younger i would watch you, then go forge mini swords in my barn with a blow torch and a hammer, thanks for your awesome videos

  • @roberta.brokaw3829
    @roberta.brokaw38298 ай бұрын

    Okay - that is cool. Nice job to the both of you. Stay safe.

  • @scottlanghorst1483
    @scottlanghorst14838 ай бұрын

    That's awesome!!! Absolutely brilliant!!!👍👍

  • @sagarpoojary9104
    @sagarpoojary91048 ай бұрын

    Great work guys! That's an amazing Damascus pattern! Now Imagine a full length sword with that pattern 🤔

  • @BritishBeeMan
    @BritishBeeMan8 ай бұрын

    Alec you need to make a full scale version of that aiming to recreate that Damascus pattern. Maybe gift it to mini sword dude.

  • @P3x310
    @P3x3108 ай бұрын

    8:31 Alec, you sound as if you'd never used a drill clamped into the vise as an improvised lathe! I've been doing that for ages. One of my drills had a speed adjustment knob built into the "trigger" so I could regulate RPM with it, my replacement drill when the first one died had speed regulation by the depth of depression of the trigger, so I used a string and a stick and how much I twisted the stick controlled how much the string tightened, thus squeezing the trigger slightly more or less. I also never needed to do anything even remotely precise with it so I could get away with not buying a lathe and overindulging in shameless tinkery instead.

  • @arnoldseivwright2920
    @arnoldseivwright29208 ай бұрын

    When I saw them using the drill as a lathe I instantly thought of Micheal cthulhu

  • @davidmeeks2405
    @davidmeeks24058 ай бұрын

    Wow !!! Absolutely beautiful Damascus pattern.

  • @paulrapp613
    @paulrapp6137 ай бұрын

    A most excellent piece of work. Thank you kindly for sharing your combined talents. Keep the aspidistra flying!

  • @lewisworkshop
    @lewisworkshop8 ай бұрын

    Cool collab! Do more of these!

  • @andrewsock1608
    @andrewsock16088 ай бұрын

    Fight pollution by arming the squirrels 🐿 🗡 🛡

  • @verndahl3848
    @verndahl38487 ай бұрын

    Very cool! I wanted to see how he made the fuller though!

  • @AvanaVana
    @AvanaVana8 ай бұрын

    What a beautiful pattern on that blade!

  • @steevemartial4084
    @steevemartial40848 ай бұрын

    Impressive result! Apparently it's called a scent-stopper pommel because some scholars (probably from the XIXth century) thought it looked like the plug of bottle of perfume

  • @pslice006
    @pslice0068 ай бұрын

    Been watching for years. Awesome collaboration.

  • @TheBigburcie
    @TheBigburcie8 ай бұрын

    Maybe do another collab where you make a pair of matching swords, just one tiny, one giant.

  • @JackManic1984
    @JackManic19848 ай бұрын

    That has to be the cutest little milling machine i've ever seen!

  • @NikolaHoward
    @NikolaHoward8 ай бұрын

    That is a sick damascus!!! Seriously missed the Whack Whack. More please!

  • @PedroScherz
    @PedroScherz7 ай бұрын

    I loved his miniature designs!

  • @TDuySculptures
    @TDuySculptures8 ай бұрын

    That was a sick sword; the hamon on it was beautiful.

  • @Mote.
    @Mote.7 ай бұрын

    That is so cool!!! Miniature swords

  • @butzmn7190
    @butzmn71908 ай бұрын

    What an insanely cool concept Ben has

  • @daniellagergren2227
    @daniellagergren22278 ай бұрын

    This is definitely something I could try my hands on and probably afford to !

  • @crunks420
    @crunks4208 ай бұрын

    Super cool piece. Great collab

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