Hammered Out Bits

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

Thursday, June 29, 2006

Defining the Artist Blacksmith (part 1)

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(This is the first part of a commentary I have been working on for the Ontario Artist Blacksmith Association web site.) A well known commen...
Friday, June 23, 2006

'What they Carried' - On Norse Tents

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(This altered from a post to NORSEFOLK - arising out of a discussion of possible Viking Age tent designs) As re-enactors of the Viking Age, ...
Thursday, June 15, 2006

Ring Pins...

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Ring Pin (David Robertson) and Antler Comb (Dave Cox) at LAM The object under discussion here is the bronze ring headed pin found at L'...
Monday, June 12, 2006

June 10 Smelt Draft Report

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Experimental Smelt 16/D8 This is a fast overview of the conduct of the smelt undertaken on June 10 at Wareham. The iron masters were Kevin J...
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