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

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Guide who KNOWS something?

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I've read numerous threads within the Bloomers and Buttons section here and watched countless YouTube videos on the topic. They are ...
Friday, October 10, 2014

Return to Hals / Icelandic Furnace

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From Fall 2007 through Fall 2008, plus one in Spring 2012, DARC mounted a series of five iron smelts specifically aimed at re-creating Vikin...
Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Custom Knife ?

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Readers: I have most certainly gone over these details here in the past - as well as covering these points at various spots on the web si...
Friday, September 26, 2014

Pattern Weld Sword (continues...)

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  Thursday I ground down the welded billet to remove the lumps and gaps.  These come from the edges of the individual rods, which have ...
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