Forging and Chasing a Steel Face (full length)

5 years ago I tried sharing how I make one of these 12ga steel faces, I did it with a pretty basic slide show. Its only 7 minutes long and does describe the process: I always wished I had filmed more of the raising process as it’s one of the most important steps. It relies on mixing hot work over shaping stakes, slow anneals, and cold work working from both sides of the sheet. So when I had the chance to make a new version of this steel face style I made sure to film as much as the process as I thought was reasonable. If you follow me on IG then this project might look familiar but those tiny snips and clips won’t give the keen observer nearly enough information. So here is the full length version, I did cut it down to under an hour while leaving in as much as I could to show the full process.