This Sword Was Made with a Nail, a Bolt and a Popsicle Stick...
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@Duckrabbit_Forging
8 ай бұрын
*Füm You can copy and paste this for the special character 😁
@squishyxout
8 ай бұрын
That's the coolest little thing, I'm gonna buy one as a letter opener.
@maddoxburns
8 ай бұрын
Can we make a normal size version of this plz.
@gloriousn
8 ай бұрын
In America schlong is a Nickname for a penis 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@turboboy0
8 ай бұрын
i laughed when he said full tang with a "TINY PEEN" at the end.
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
8 ай бұрын
Alec*
@ThePocketForge
8 ай бұрын
It’s just a bad case of incurable autocorrect 😂
@jackwriter1908
8 ай бұрын
@@kylestonebraker3050alec with a k
@imjojo9265
8 ай бұрын
@@ThePocketForgeu can edit the comment
@thejhp1
8 ай бұрын
Alek with a K 😂
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
8 ай бұрын
Yes please!!
@kennethhart5393
8 ай бұрын
Agreed!
@Chromaz
8 ай бұрын
Imagining Alec having to make a full size guard using his tiny mill....
@rogeliobaez3879
8 ай бұрын
Petition signed
@RubensBudgetCreations
8 ай бұрын
I second that.
Now you need to go to his workshop and use his small tools to make a full size sword
@leventeorikiss5571
5 ай бұрын
And he have to bring his bridgeport and his lathe as well.
That is a bloody good letter opener you guys made there.
@gm6892
8 ай бұрын
Literally my first thought lol
That you were able to say "Schlong" sword with a semi straight face in itself was amazing. 😂😂😂
@JohnC29
8 ай бұрын
I think it spelled Shlong in this case. Not a penis sword.
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
Now make a full size sword out of a bigger nut , bigger bolt and bigger popsicle stick ....I know if anyone could
"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!
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
8 ай бұрын
Hey you!!!! Thanks so much, and for the knowledge- that makes waaay more sense 😂
@MasterBlaster3545
8 ай бұрын
Why has he got nail polish on?
@SgtStinger
8 ай бұрын
@@MasterBlaster3545 Because he wants to?
@jchart
8 ай бұрын
@@MasterBlaster3545 It makes your nails pretty? Why does anyone wear anything cosmetic? Because they like it!
@pileofstuff
8 ай бұрын
@@MasterBlaster3545 Why not?
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.
I am impressed by how well that nail polish was holding up during the project
@theredsaint11
8 ай бұрын
I was vomiting
@nopegs420
8 ай бұрын
@@theredsaint11why are you bothered?
@normalityhq4739
8 ай бұрын
@@nopegs420 because he is a male
@RoflmayoMan
8 ай бұрын
@@theredsaint11 imagine being this weak
@UeliMcStueli
8 ай бұрын
@@normalityhq4739 And? I don't see why this would be a problem.
I don't know what I expected out of this... but it far surpassed it! Absolutely amazing 🔥🔥
That was incredible 👌 Great work Lads, I love the damascus pattern.
That guy has got some talent. Hopefully you help him build a full size now.
Hands down the most badass letter opener I've ever seen!
Ben's toolbox is like that one old guy from Toy Story 2. So cool.
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!
If I add miniature smithing to my existing hobbies of miniature painting and scale model making, I'll have a tiny trifecta!
@wilberthotting7878
8 ай бұрын
Tell your family and friends you just have a few little hobbies or what?
@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..."
I love the juxtaposition of this project and the last video with the giant lamp.
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.
Beautiful workmanship. Thank you very much for highlighting this wonderful artisan. Now with every Long Sword comes a miniature duplicate for EDC.
So happy to see 2 of my favourite Makers together making!! Year made!!
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
8 ай бұрын
it also stops one from smelling anything when hit upon the nose with it. lol
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
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
loved this one , bc it was belivible that they both had much fun making this . love
Ben is amazing!! Let's get this man some great mini tools!!
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.
You have to make the same one but normal size! That’s awesome.
Great episode! Amazing how much can be done without a complete workshop! Very inspiring
Proxxon tools are awesome for miniature work!!! Started woodturning on a mini-lathe and its perfect to make rings!!!
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.
Now we need a 46 part series on yall making a miniature damascus power hammer!!! Please?!?!
Such an amazing collab! Two of my favorite artisans!
Most aggressive handshake I've ever seen
This was so cool! Unreal how well it came out
That came out so rad. You guys did amazing work on that massive long sword
This was just fantastically cool! I enjoyed this work more than I should!
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.
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
Thats exactly how I started. I love the miniature swords.
That is honestly the first time I've ever seen twisted Damascus and thought it was beautiful ❤️
So amazing!! The collab we all needed in our lives!!
That was super awesome!!!!! Love the idea and execution!!
I've always wanted to try this! And yes, at home.
Looks great! Well done both! 😁👍🏼
I've actually been thinking about making one of these recently. But like even smaller, like the nail you use for the guard sized.
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.
Jamie and Alec, amazing talent between you both. Jamie a real master of the miniature
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.
The two of yous make a mighty fine team. Please do more collaborations! ❤
4:00 good to know Alec is still has his natural British instincts of wanting to stab things.
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!
I actually had low expectations but it turned out brilliant! Well done!
I'Ve been watching his videos for years, don't think I ever knew what he looked like, this is cool.
WOW! That is some wildly impressive work gents!
Awesome video! An real cool mini-sword 👍🏻
Great collab! The end resolve was Grand!
Beautiful pattern on the blade. Wow i love it
Such a cool milling machine
What a gorgeous little thing you made!
Extremely inspirational. I'm going to try this very soon.
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
I can see how this took off! They're amazing little swords, and i simply must have one.
That's a gorgeous blade! Nice work gents.
I have made a few small swords and knifes they are fun to do, great job guys 👍
omg the pattern on it is so beautiful
What a brilliant little project, really like it!
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~
The tiny milling machine is so adorable!
learning Blacksmithing from watching these videos around the same time im trying to quit smoking, i cant believe how perfect your sponsor was!!!
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
Alec, I really needed a good laugh today, and you didn't disappoint! I love miniature work, like Clickspring.
This is without a doubt the best thing I've seen in a long time. I'm 100% using the drill angle grinder combo
What an amazing fella! What amazing work he does!
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
Okay - that is cool. Nice job to the both of you. Stay safe.
That's awesome!!! Absolutely brilliant!!!👍👍
Great work guys! That's an amazing Damascus pattern! Now Imagine a full length sword with that pattern 🤔
Alec you need to make a full scale version of that aiming to recreate that Damascus pattern. Maybe gift it to mini sword dude.
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.
When I saw them using the drill as a lathe I instantly thought of Micheal cthulhu
Wow !!! Absolutely beautiful Damascus pattern.
A most excellent piece of work. Thank you kindly for sharing your combined talents. Keep the aspidistra flying!
Cool collab! Do more of these!
Fight pollution by arming the squirrels 🐿 🗡 🛡
Very cool! I wanted to see how he made the fuller though!
What a beautiful pattern on that blade!
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
Been watching for years. Awesome collaboration.
Maybe do another collab where you make a pair of matching swords, just one tiny, one giant.
That has to be the cutest little milling machine i've ever seen!
That is a sick damascus!!! Seriously missed the Whack Whack. More please!
I loved his miniature designs!
That was a sick sword; the hamon on it was beautiful.
That is so cool!!! Miniature swords
What an insanely cool concept Ben has
This is definitely something I could try my hands on and probably afford to !
Super cool piece. Great collab