This is a fast tour of hot work, and it covers nearly everything: a red-hot cylindrical billet squeezed down under a hydraulic press, forging on a large dark anvil with a hand hammer, and a mechanical power hammer worked through tongs. Casting gets its share too, with a glowing crucible lifted out of a small melting furnace and molten material poured into a casting setup. Welding at a workbench and an angle grinder pass on stock held in a vise round it out.
The setting is what makes it special. It was recorded in 2014 in northern Europe, in Finland, while the maker was studying metal artisan crafts, before any apprenticeship in blade making had come along. Moxie.Blacksmith reuploaded it as the channel's foundation, sitting at the bottom to build upon, and that seems a smart way to keep the first steps visible.
Small details stand out. The anvil work starts only after eye and hearing protection are on, the welding happens behind a helmet with sparks flying, and a thick reddish-brown heat-resistant glove does duty at the anvil. There is even outdoor fire performance with swinging burning props, an unexpected finisher.
The one trade-off is picture quality; the maker has said the recording predates a high-quality camera. For a first effort made during craft studies, the range of processes on display more than covers for that, in my view.
Project by Moxie.Blacksmith. Watch it on their YouTube channel: