{"id":22097,"date":"2012-01-04T18:09:20","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T00:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artofmanliness.com\/?p=22097"},"modified":"2021-07-29T20:23:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T01:23:49","slug":"blacksmithing-basics-how-to-make-a-hook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/leisure\/blacksmithing-basics-how-to-make-a-hook\/","title":{"rendered":"Blacksmithing Basics: How to Make a Hook"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Vintage<\/p>\n

Awhile back, we covered the fundamentals of blacksmithing.<\/a><\/p>\n

Those fundamental are interesting in concept, but now let\u2019s try out some real-life applications to make something simple and useful for around the house.<\/p>\n

So we\u2019re going to make three hooks.  That\u2019s because a hook is often the first thing you make when you start to become a blacksmith.  It\u2019s a cool project because no matter how ugly the hooks turn out, they’re still functional.  My early work graces the walls of the darkest closets in my friends\u2019 homes.<\/p>\n

Because this is a pretty fluid medium and static pictures aren’t able to convey the process very well, I\u2019ve composed a short video showing the elements of the skills and forces needed to create a hook (not necessarily in order). There are captions to keep you oriented.<\/p>\n