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

Monday, January 15, 2018

References for the Beginner Blacksmith

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I'm starting to prepare classroom materials for my upcoming stint as one of the instructors for the Haliburton College Artist Blacksmith...
Saturday, December 30, 2017

Layered Steel / Global Markets (2)

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...continues from yesterday's commentary ... Competition from Offshore / 3rd World "One-of-a-Kind 14" Custom Handmade Da...
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Friday, December 29, 2017

Layered Steel / Global Markets (1)

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American bladesmith Bill Moran had pioneered techniques for creating layered steels, in the late 1960's. Working through trial and (mu...
Sunday, December 17, 2017

Blast from the Past

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... on several levels. I  have slowly been working through scanning the better part of 20 years of colour slides into digital format. Most...
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