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I rented the tong making video. Mr. Epps is clearly a talented blacksmith and his video is well made. Unfortunately, the video is a scant 30 minutes long and only gives a cursory demonstration of each of the three tong making techniques used. It's always interesting to watch a skilled craftsman at work, but I don't think that this video actually teaches much. -Chris
Very well made video. Mr. Hofi first explains, then makes each of the design elements. The video clearly shows exactly what he is doing at each step. (He never really explains the purpose of most of the designs, so I am assuming that they are being made just to give you an idea of what can be done.) The only real disappointment for me was that nearly everything is done with a Big Blue power hammer. I had already watched the video in which Mr. Hofi talks about his hammer technique, and I was hoping to see that technique put into action. This video does not do that. This video is also listed as being beneficial to new blacksmiths, but I doubt that most beginners have a power hammer. If you already have a power hammer, you would probably rate this with five stars.
Chris Crawford seems to be a nice guy and he makes a pretty good looking knife. The production quality of his video, however, is quite amateurish. The cameraman failed to zoom in at numerous points were it would have been appropriate, never moves his tripod -so when Chris is using his milling machine his arms obscure the work, and since they are filming in an open garage there is the distracting noise of wind blowing across the microphone. This is an "okay" video, but not one that I would recommend highly.
