I am sharing the process of hand forging a belt buckle, using traditional methods of blacksmithing, side draft forge and stone coal. Really love its solid original look!

I love the idea of using a usual nail for the buckle pin and tongue. The buckle was made for 40mm wide belt.

I used a rounding hammer, a smaller hammer would be useful for riveting. Smaller tongs or pliers to hold the piece, improvised jig for buckle shaping (a square tube) and blacksmith vise. Cut off chisel, punch and a file. No power hammer is needed for this project.

Hope that this video could be helpful or entertaining for blacksmith enthusiasts as well as for craft loving community or just any person interested in how metal craft is made! If you are inspired to forge such type of belt buckles, please let us know about your results!

We hope you will find out something new about blacksmithing and enjoy your visit to our small countryside workshop! It is great to hear that our videos seem to have calming and relaxing effect! =) We really like the original sounds of our smithy, we use a microphone RØDE for sound recording. So all the sounds in our videos are recorded in our workshop and around it. Relaxing sounds and calming yet organized atmosphere are inevitable parts of what we hope our videos should feel like.

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You are very welcome to find the Belt buckles as well as other forged items at our online shop!

Stay safe! Stay motivated! Spring greetings from Sun Hills!

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