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

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Vinland 3 Smelter Build

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For the next in the Vinland smelt series, the material for the furnace walls has been changed. Course sand (dug locally) was mixed 50 / 50 b...
Sunday, November 01, 2009

On forges, chimneys - and blowers.

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I often get direct questions related to specific problems in blacksmithing. I often will turn those responses into blog postings (to share t...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Spears for Vinland

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One of my current (paid!) jobs is to make a number of pieces for the Encampment program at L'Anse aux Meadows NHSC . This year's a...
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Sunday, October 25, 2009

Clay at L'Anse aux Meadows?

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This is a response to a comment by one of the regular voices on the Early Iron Group discussion. Do you make a difference between loam and ...
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