Hammer Making with Derek Melton

HUGE DVD SALE!   Jan-Feb 2025

In honor of starting my 25th year of knifemaking, and to reduce my DVD inventory, I'm having a YUUGE DVD sale.
During January and February, all DVDs are discounted by 40%.

$40 DVDs will go for $24
$35 DVDs will go for $21
$30 DVDs will go for $18

If you want to fill out your Chris Crawford Knives instructional DVD library, now's a great time to do so.

The discounts will be applied when the title is added to your cart.

Please note that this discount only applies to the actual physical DVDs. It does not apply to the streaming service.

Hammer Making with Derek Melton

Derek Melton is a part-time blacksmith & bladesmith who is currently located in Clinton, Mississippi. He’s been working with wood and metal for most of his life, and he’s been making knives and other items from metal since 1999. Having a love for the forged blade and a keen eye for detail, Derek took his skills to television in 2018 and appeared on an episode of the hit History Channel show “Forged in Fire”.  He competed for and won the title of “Forged in Fire Champion” on episode 21 of Season 5.

Derek is on the board of the Mississippi Forge Council (MFC) and can often be found demonstrating blacksmithing in the MFC’s McIntosh Blacksmith shop on the grounds of the Mississippi Agricultural Museum in Jackson, Mississippi.  Derek’s current maker's mark is simply his name. “Melton”, with an elongated and stylized “t” which represents his faith in Christ.

In this video, Derek demonstrates how he makes a rounding hammer in the popular Brian Brazeal style. While Derek uses some pretty heavy equipment throughout the video, he also explains how one can carry out these same processes using hand tools.

This video contains the following chapters:

  • Introduction
  • Shaping the Billet
  • Punching and Drifting the Eye
  • Troughing and Cheeking
  • Cleaning and Heat Treating
  • The Handle - Part 1
  • Detailing the Head
  • The Handle - Part 2
  • Finishing the Hammer
  • Closing Remarks


(Total Run Time: 2 hours 5 minutes.)

©2020 Chris Crawford Knives

Hammer Making 001
Hammer Making 001
Hammer Making 002
Hammer Making 002
Hammer Making 003
Hammer Making 003
Hammer Making 004
Hammer Making 004
Hammer Making 005
Hammer Making 005
Hammer Making 006
Hammer Making 006
Hammer Making 007
Hammer Making 007
Hammer Making 008
Hammer Making 008
Hammer Making 009
Hammer Making 009
Hammer Making 010
Hammer Making 010
Hammer Making 011
Hammer Making 011
Hammer Making 012
Hammer Making 012
Hammer Making 013
Hammer Making 013
Hammer Making 014
Hammer Making 014
Hammer Making 015
Hammer Making 015
Hammer Making 016
Hammer Making 016
Hammer Making 017
Hammer Making 017
Hammer Making 018
Hammer Making 018
Hammer Making 019
Hammer Making 019
 
Showing images 1 to 19 of 19
 
Digital Delivery

$37 - Instant Access

Start Watching Now!

Buy it on DVD

$40 + Shipping

Check / MO
Send To:
Chris Crawford
109 Bridle Cove
Saltillo, MS 38866
Shipping
First Class - USA
1 DVD$5.50

Priority - USA
2-6 DVDs$10.00
7+ DVDs$18.00

First Class - Canada
1 DVD$10.00
2-3 DVDs$16.00
4-6 DVDs$18.00
7+ DVDs$20.00

Other Countries
1 DVD$14.00
2-6 DVDs$24.00
7+ DVDs$34.00