As I said earlier, Chad is long gone and hard to find this weekend so you know what I am doing? Whatever the hell I want.This bitchin’ video of a real life blacksmith creating a functional and (literally) killer version of the infamous Jame Bond henchman Odd Job’s hat is fantastic. We get to watch the guy cut, hammer, heat, and quench steel, weld, and ultimately use the had to its intended purpose which is to wreck and destroy stuff. The dude who makes the hat is an armorer who creates swords and suits of armor for the film industry and he’s a bad ass. The hat project is probably the most basic thing on his channel as he makes some pretty elaborate things, but in our opinion it is the most fun. A murderous hat with a hammered steel brim? That’s what I’m talking about!
Once you watch this video you can see the other stuff he makes. The guy has been doing this a long time and his shop looks straight out of the 1800s (ok the plasma cutter and stuff is modern but the place LOOKS really old). He gets all sooty and dirty making things and there’s all kinds of fire and hammers and tongs. Pretty much BangShifty heaven. You’ll want to keep track of this dude….he’s the man.
PRESS PLAY BELOW TO SEE A REAL LIFE (AND FULLY FUNCTIONAL) VERSION OF ODD JOB’S DEADLY HAT COME TO LIFE!
Brian,
That’s what I’m talkin’ too! That was Fuel Alterd, Pro Mod, bad ass cool! Feel free to put up stuff like that even if Chad isn’t missing in action.
Keep putting videos with metal working in Bangshift, seeing this as well as the Monaro quarter panel being made is too cool,as metal working is a craft that needs more exposure in this computerized society.
Maybe there’s a blog out there that specializes in James Bond that should feature this video but this is not relevant to a gearhead forum. There’s plenty of metal working documentaries relating to auto craftsmanship that could be featured so I’m puzzled as to why this waste of a perfectly good hat would have been given the green light here.