Bentiron1946 Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 http://www.museumsecrets.tv/dossier.php?o=145A friend sent this to me and wanted to know what I thought of it? I didn't have much comment on it, do you all have any? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewOC Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Well for starters, iron and steel swords are forged in a smithy, not (cast) in a Foundry. Also, how did the breaks occur? It is well known that swords were often bent to kill their 'powers', did this break some? Were they really broken in fighting, as the article infers? Have swords broken at particular corrosion points during burial? A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K. Bryan Morgan Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 It would seem to me that a foundry would make the cruicible steel that these swords were made out of. Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Special Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Dunno about these particular swords, but I've read that during certain periods it was common practice for Norse to sacrifice weapons, armor and other valuables, throwing in pits or peat bogs. The arms were sometimes intentionally damaged first. Also, while it's true that swords from the Norse period are forged, cast swords are not unheard of in other parts of the world, particularly the cast iron Chinese swords, starting during the Han dynasty. I don't like when people mix up the terms either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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