10 minute Tuesday Forge challenge!

rules? well, that can be loosely translated....now my go at this was from no fire at all to a crude representation of a knife. Forged from a railroad spike. It must cut at least some paper and be "stabby" enough to kill a zombie

[DubPaj]

Give yourself bonus time for keeping the shirt clean and cufflinks intact

[friththecrow]

Forged in Fire: "you have 3 hours to forge a blade"
Dan: "hold my beer"

[mattym]

Cleanest shirt on any blacksmith I’ve seen.

[garygsp]

Dan love that your making video's again. As far as a 10 minute challenge, that's a really hard challenge for any smith using coal. Maybe propane would be a little quicker but the refractory would still be super cold.

[psirider]

Really showing the weirdness of Nova Scotia weather lol most people wouldn’t believe these videos are in order. Probably snow again now.

[BrianDaleNeeley]

You've got a hand crank grinder mounted right on your vise table... I would have used that instead of the file, but the zombies would have already made you a good looking corpse by that point. Your grinder has a better wheel on it than mine does... but it still works... or it did decades ago when I was sharpening pocket knives as a kid (and it had the same wheel on it back then..).

It's a worthy challenge, particularly when half of your allotted time is necessary just to get the metal up to temperature. You might be able to make it pointy enough (just a square taper) in under ten minutes, but also making it sharp enough to cut paper... Unless I wind up seeing someone beat this challenge, I don't think it can be done. It's just not enough time from a cold start. It's still a worthwhile challenge, and a good video.

[norwegianminiranch]

Respekt for wearing a white shirt while forging! And it is still clean at the end of the video. That's impressive!

[mihacurk]

Man the white shirt is killing me! I cringed every time I thought about my luck with getting dirt on my clothes when I do anything.

[Jarvis]

Good try, but to be fair you shouldn't start time till the first strike.

[Coleton.B.]

Quenching in snow and ice, a true Canadian blade :D

[lance]

forging with french cuff shirt? bonus points

[shaynecarter-murray]

If zombies were coming, I'd use the hammer. It's pretty hard to get a knife through a skull lol

[anthonystrunk]

Nice work.. you should have your brother David do a guest appearance on one of your videos.. love that guy!.. I used to work with him..

[ananmoose]

The only way I could come close would be if I used an angle grinder instead of a forge.

[balsamforge]

All I could see was you wearing a shirt while I'm in the shop 100 feet away from the house wondering if ill make it back through the blizzard. Lol great video nice to see you back

[nysbrad]

Well you may not have done in ten min. But the shrit sure makes you look sharp doing it!

[sircaran]

have to "drop forge" it at least once :D

[tinkeringaround]

If I went out to my shop just wearing a white shirt it would look like I rolled out there and back to the house if I never picked up a tool . White clothing hates me

[sbmphoenix]

Hot forge and someone else on camera, maybe a grinder you'd do enjoyed that video!

[SPPRWN]

10min challenge, 18 min vid. Should be fun! Lol