Darrell Markewitz is a professional blacksmith who specializes in the Viking Age. He designed the living History program for L'Anse aux Meadows NHSC (Parks Canada) and worked on a number of major international exhibits. A recent passion is experimental iron smelting.
'Hammered Out Bits' focuses primarily on IRON and the VIKING AGE
Friday, July 18, 2008
Forging Broadaxe Video
This is my first experiment using YouTube...
This link is a short segment filmed at the Gransfors factory. It shows how THEY do this. A line shaft driven set of shapped dies set in a close line allows the worker to shape the block through multiple forming steps - all in a single heat! GO HERE
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