Nail Bending Technique By Tom Black      This series of photographs shows the technique I use on pieces of steel less than 8 inches in length. The steel used here was Ironmind's Blue Bar, 6 inches x 1/4 inch cold rolled steel. Note that my hands are not braced against my body in any way. If you are interested in steel bending, check this page in late November, I plan on having a full length article on steel bending here.

Starting from the left, note the bar in the straight position. The middle position shows the bar half-way bent, sometimes the sticking point with harder steel. In order to get the series picture I stopped here and let the camera refresh, I would normally go through this point all the way to the final position on the right. In that picture the final bend of the bar is only limited by my fingers getting in the way. I would then crush the bar using both hands out in front of my chest (not shown). This technique translates well to bending steel behind your back, probably because there is little upper body strength and leverage used here. This is exactly why bending behind the back is so difficult.      Please ignore the receding hairline, it is obviously an optical illusion or a digital anomaly caused by the flash of the camera :-)       The picture below shows the start position in detail (this is the same picture as on the "Limitless Hand Power" page). I have changed my technique slightly from the picture below, now I do not bend my left wrist as shown: Copyright October 2000, Tom Black