Flat tongs

Описание: You need tools to make tools, a tongs to hold the tongs to hold the tongs. This is my third generation tongs and as such, the first proper flat tongs made in this project. This time I had metal tools to forge it, not just stones and sticks. Metal tools gave me the possibility of punching a hole and rivet.

This could be where the journey ends. The tongs are identical to contemporary forging tongs. In that sense it is an end to the evolution of tools. But as stated in previous videos: This is not about objects, but human time spent, skills and embodied cognition. As part of a research project, I look at the way tools can be used. And the tools used in this video are less than optimal.

The poorly hafted hammer made the work tricky. I had no tool for making a hole back then, and no knife to fit the wood. The hammer moves around all the time. It is tricky to forge that way, but even if blows hit the wrong spots, a forging process take place. The second generation tongs performed well, but it kept changing its collar, involuntary adjusting the grip size.

The metal used is mild steel. The time to forge it was almost three hours (including the camera work).

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