Best Bend

[dimmers]

Just wanted to know a bit of info from everyone,

- When did you started bending?

- Why did you started bending?

- Your best bend to date?

anything else you feel relevant i guess

[dimmers]

Just wanted to know a bit of info from everyone,

- When did you started bending?

- Why did you started bending?

- Your best bend to date?

anything else you feel relevant i guess

- Jan '07

- To see if i could bend some steel, found out i could and liked it

- 6" by 1/4" fbbc square

[Tim71]

- Jan 06 long bar start June 06 unbraced

- Saw Bill Kazmaier bend a bar on TV and thought I'd basically pretend to do like he did with my son for fun. Suprised myself really quick with how strong I bent, and just got hooked.

- Unbraced / 7 inch by 5/16 drill rod cal'd at 475 lbs. Braced / 3/4 by 44 inch long bar. 5/8 by 28 inch, 19 7/8 inch by 9/16, 1/2 by 12 inch (new PR) and 7/16 by 8 inches. Also, FBBC 80d nail, 7/16 by 8 inch 307A bolt, Various hard 8 and 10 inch adjustable wrenches and #1 diamond classic horseshoe. Tfal 12 inch frying pan.

Most important I've had a boatload of fun and have a hobby that keeps me in shape.

Tim

[ObsceneJester]

Just wanted to know a bit of info from everyone,

- When did you started bending?

- Why did you started bending?

- Your best bend to date?

anything else you feel relevant i guess

1) March 1, 2007.

2) I saw the video of Gazza bending that 3/8 7" Stainless, made me want to do a bend like that one day. I remember looking at that video 3 times a day to see form, speed, determination and commitment to just get that thing done and it made me want to bend big steel (Aww crap now I have to go bend I've gotten all pumped up)

3) 6" 1/4 Square

Since I hurt my shoulder back in October, I use to take my anger out on the weights. Now I found something that will bend and mold into what I want it to be when I'm pissed, just a great way to get my aggression out.

[Brad Manion]

1. April 2006

2. I'd been doing a lot of grip work to deal with elbow pain from competitive powerlifting, and the only old-time feat in my arsenal was being able to tear decks of cards in half. I've always thought nail bending was cool, so I got online, read a few articles, and the rest is history.

3. Best Bends:

Double-Underhand

1/4" x 6" G5

70d-China

Double Overhand

1/4" x 5" G8 DO (toguhest one, by far, that I've ever done)

1/4" x 6" square FBBC-CRS

70d-China

Braced:

short bar = 12" x 3/8" timber spike

long bar = 5/8" x 36" HRS

[liam.mccaffrey]

15th Feb 07

I read John Brookfields book and though "i wanna bend a red nail"

Red nail 1 min 50 secs

6.5" red

Bastard

7"x 5/16" McMaster hex (2 sessions)

[Yersinia]

around june 2006

Saw bending vids here on the gripboard. and wanted to give it a try

first day i failed on a green. :p got it after i found out how i should hold my hands and stuff

DO 5.5" G8 and a 1\4 square 7"

Reverse . 5.5" G5

DU 5" 1\4 round crs

[gazza]

Started bending in 2002 after visiting and competing in the British Nail Bending Championships.

Ive always admired the strongmen from the pre-steroid era i was parooseing the net and came across an article for the above competition.

Best bend to date depends on your view i guesse for me its the Fantastic Shiny Bastard in those small wraps as the shortness plus the pain factor involved it was my toughest bend painwise to date and with it being the 2nd time i bent one [the other in thicker pads] it meant that to me being able to conquer a PR bend a 2nd time meant the 1st one wasnt a fluke.

[dimmers]

Just wanted to know a bit of info from everyone,

- When did you started bending?

- Why did you started bending?

- Your best bend to date?

anything else you feel relevant i guess

- Jan '07

- To see if i could bend some steel, found out i could and liked it

- 6" by 1/4" fbbc square

thought i'd add a bit more to this as everyone else has.

when i started bending it was purely out of fascination because i'd seen some vids on youtube and just thought that it was impossible to bend something so strong like steel. I just had to give it a go to see how hard it was. First attempts were poor, and i struggled to even bend some UK 6 inch nails braced! i couldn't even get a decent kink in one

fast forward a bit (and a bucket load of bent steel later) and i'm still addicted! i still remember getting my first 6 inch nail, it was a great feeling!

[dunkster]

Started bending January 07.

First saw Steve (Mobster) doing some bending last year at a grip show in Gloucester and how impressed all the kids were and thought it'd be good to be able to impress my kids like that. But didn't start till this year after joining the gripboard and seeing that it was a really progressive sport and got my self some 60d's, cut up my leather jacket and got started!

My best bends to date are a 6" red, 6" bastard and a 5" 8mm crs. But I have about 35 feet of 10mm stainless in my garage and I'm damn determined that it will succumb to me, and I won't stop until it does!

[antarath]

Started bending in march/april 2006.

I started bending green nails and 1/4" drillrods.

Finally got the yellow and the blue after a few months of training (reverse).

I started out bending reverse style, then figured out the DO technique many months later.

Bent the 300k Challenge Bar.

Stopped shortbar bending for a while, and did 5/8" and 3/4" longbar bends. 3 feet length on all.

Got back to reverse bending.

Did 7" x 1/4" FBBC squares to about 90 degrees and heaps of grade 5's

Finally figured out the DO technique, and did 6 new reds in a row.

Plus several bastards and even more reds.

Every time I videotape my bends, I end up deleting em because it took me "more than 2 mins". Guess I'm a perfectionist. 'Bout time I do something about it

Mats

[Tim71]

Started bending in 2002 after visiting and competing in the British Nail Bending Championships.

Ive always admired the strongmen from the pre-steroid era i was parooseing the net and came across an article for the above competition.

Best bend to date depends on your view i guesse for me its the Fantastic Shiny Bastard in those small wraps as the shortness plus the pain factor involved it was my toughest bend painwise to date and with it being the 2nd time i bent one [the other in thicker pads] it meant that to me being able to conquer a PR bend a 2nd time meant the 1st one wasnt a fluke.

Shoot Gazza, I'd settle some of your bends as one time flukes!

Tim

[ox3782]

Started bending 2003 40d nails started it all.

John Brookfeild inspired me to start bending I saw him do it and thought that looks like a challenge and it was!!!

Best bend FBBC 1/4x7 square

Brendan

[wscorpion]

bent my first nail on the 17th of February 2007 because i saw a video of Theo Burggraaff reversing a G5.

The first nails i've bent were with an uncommon reversing technique since i felt that was the most natural way of bending.

After i put up a video Theo suggested me to read up on technique since my technique wasn't that great.

From that point on i started bending DO which at first felt very difficult to get a kink in the steel.

Now, about 100 bars (approx. 4kg) later i've bent my first Red in DO and I constantly feel i want to bend every piece of steel i come across

Edited May 24, 2007 by White Scorpion