Forging Blacksmith Tongs Without Tongs — A Beginner's First Project
The classic chicken-and-egg problem of blacksmithing: you need tongs to forge, but you need to forge to make tongs. This video solves it by showing how to make your first pair of blacksmith tongs using only basic tools — a hammer, an anvil, and a forge. No prior experience required. Once you have tongs, every subsequent forging project becomes possible.
Instructions
Making Tongs Without Tongs — Full Tutorial
Making Tongs Without Tongs — Full Tutorial
Materials for this step:
Mild Steel Bar2 piecesTools needed:
Forge Hammer (Cross-Peen)
AnvilMaterials
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