Forging is an art form that requires the right tools to help ensure you maintain a safe and stable work environment especially when you’re gripping hot metals and pounding out shapes with a hammer. This 5 piece beginner tong set is a perfect choice! All tongs included in this set are about 16 inches in length and forged from rugged & high strength steel and finished with linseed oil to protect from rust and corrosion. They fully articulate and provide the user with exceptional vise gripping strength over the work-piece during heavy hammer blows. You can focus more on getting the job done right and less about if your tools are going to hold up because these tongs are longer, lightweight and offer the right balance. This set of tongs need a little heating and hammering to work perfectly. They are good heavy tongs that can take abuse. They are long enough to keep your hands away from the heat and can offer a strong grip over round, flat, and square stocks. Essential handy tongs set, perfect for a Bladesmith or blacksmith. The featured set of tongs will provide you with the versatility you need when forging knives From forging to quenching your blades, these tongs are all you need. Designed, forged and finished to lock your blade in place, No wiggling or flopping. You can have full control with these tongs, resulting in more accurate hammer blows for less grinding. These tongs are forged with heavy-duty steel, built for long-term resilience and can withstand very high temperatures. Flat Tongs For 3/16 inch flat stock. This is superior to pliers or vise grips for holding hot metal because tongs have large flat smooth jaw surfaces that do not scratch the workpiece. Square Jaw Tongs For ½ inch square stock. Used for holding round and semi-round stock for optimum control while being forged. Bolt Tongs For 1/2 inch Round stock. Designed with deep V Groves in the jaws to ensure your stock stays deadlocked while delivering heavy hammer blows. Extremely versatile and effective in respect to handling wider round and square stock. Read more Blade Tongs Designed to hold the majority of stock sizes attributed to knife making. These tongs will hold flat stock sizes from 1/8'' to 3/8 '' thick and up to 1 3/4'' wide. Read more Wolf Jaw Tongs Designed for holding a variety of stock sizes including Flat, Square and Round stock. Perfect for reaching inconvenient areas and indispensable in many situations. Wolf jaw tongs are very popular among blacksmiths and make great beginner tongs for multi-purpose applications. They have a wavy tooth-like shape that allows it to adapt to different stock shapes and sizes and provide a secure grip. Because of the versatility of these tongs, they are also a great starter pair for beginners, and those wanting to expand their blacksmith tool arsenal. Read more Read more