Blacksmith tongs from Square bar with drawn out reins

Continuing our look into tong making we will take another approach to making basic flat jaw forging tongs from 5/8" square bar. We will approach these by drawing out the tong reins first so that these tongs can be made without tongs. The jaws are approached from a more traditional manner.

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