#Alec steele forged in fire how to
#Alec steele forged in fire series

#Alec steele forged in fire series

So first things first so you need to be able to heat up your steel blacksmithing is all about taking metal heating it up to the point that it's hot and malleable and then hitting it when it is on malleable first things first we've got to get stuff hot this is a propane fire Forge you have to refer to it as a gas forge what happens is propane comes through this line it gets shot out of a very small jet this gap here on the choke control seam out of an air but then gets sucked in so that makes it very hot flame heats up this entire thing means that if we can put the steel in it and get it hot enough to hit with a hammer move arrows the hitting big pieces of steel it don't really need to be this complex with heating up mr.Produced by Barcroft Media, five short filmsВ have been commissioned to sit alongside the new series of History's popular US series, Forged in Fire. TГЎ outdoors I'm here at Alex Steel's workshop Alec thanks very much fun thank you so much for coming it's great to be in your video it's just as incredible his workshop as it is in his videos I'll pop a link to Alex channel in the video description below for those of you that are watching I've never done blacksmithing before at all we're changing that today I've done absolutely nothing so for you beginners out there this is going to be a really sort of informative basic tip video on blacksmithing here's a quick snippet before Alec does Tags: forging,alec steele,forging for beginners,blacksmith,hammer,forge,forging a flint striker,how to forge,blacksmith projects,forging projects,blacksmithing,bushcraft,survival,knife,bushcraft knife,natural tinder,steel striker,primitive technology,TA Outdoors,fire,iron,steel,survival knife,bear grylls,blacksmith forge Subscribe to our other Fishing YouTube Channel 'TAFishing' here: I stayed with Alec for a couple of days and together he is helping me make a Bushcraft knife! Keep an eye out for the episode coming soon. Although the technique is not primitive technology as such, it is an old fire lighting technique that has been used for hundreds of years.

The way you light a fire by flint and steel is to use a steel striker, and strike it down onto a piece of flint whilst holding a piece of char cloth on top of the flint. So I thought who better to ask then Alec Steele? Alec has an incredible knowledge about blacksmithing, and he has built up quite the fanbase on his epic youtube channel!ДЇor this first blacksmith project, we were going to forge a flint striker which I could use for Bushcraft when lighting a natural tinder bundle such as dried grass.

#Alec steele forged in fire how to

But as I am a complete beginner, I needed some help so I could learn how to forge. I've always admired Blacksmith's, and being a Blacksmith is something I have often thought of getting into.

Not only did Alec teach me how to forge, but he also went through Hammer Technique, and by the end I learnt how to forge a flint striker! In this episode I went to see Blacksmith Alec Steele so he could give me some tips on forging for beginners.