saskuatch83 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Hey all i found some cool historic viking black smithing info, very interesting. Nice idea of how smiths worked in the dark ages. Imagine having to sit ant your stone anvil, I can feel my back hurting just by reading. If you are into viking culture check out the rest of the site! Just thought i would shre. Enjoy http://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/manufacturing/text/bog_iron.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry H Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 thats a good read, thanks for posting it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 My set up is based on the stave church carving. Note that that anvil looks almost identical to the Roman on in the Museum at Bath England (and to others throughout more modern history---there is one from the Spanish Colonial Period of the American SW in the Camino Real Museum in NM. I wonder at the author of that website as art often can be wildly out of proportion with the important things shown larger than unimportant things in those days. Look at some of the illuminations where the Saint is several times the size of his minions... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Myers Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Did you guys see that History Channel show on making the Viking Sword? That showed that they got Wootz steel from India. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Since the Hurstwic article was first published, it's been updated with more information from their bloomery experiments. Also, they've included a link to a YouTube video of a lecture about those experiments: The info about making a bloomery from stacked turf with a clay-lined core was very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Making Iorn eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 The Icelandic spelling, one presumes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Interesting how and why they ammended the clay. I've not seen this video or the article. Thanks for posting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Interesting link John, thanks. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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