How to Forge Tools: Twist Tongs

In this video I am going to show you a technique for forging tongs from flat bar. These are often referred to as "flat bar tongs" or "twist tongs." This technique can be used to forge many different types of tongs, but these tongs are going to be made into flat jaw tongs.

This technique can also be used to make your first set of tongs, simply cut the starting bar stock long enough that you can hold one end while heating up the other. Then you can either forge out the entire bar to have very long reigns or just cut the extra material off once you have your desired length.

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