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

Saturday, August 19, 2023

Ireland and Scotland

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I have a major trip planned to Ireland and Scotland coming up. This has been in the (seemingly endless) works since the start of 2023. The m...
Monday, July 10, 2023

Telling of Tales (10 lines)

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Gathered around the fire, someone asked : “Is there anyone here who remembers the Time of Troubles?”. They turned to the one, ancient of day...
Sunday, July 09, 2023

Inspiration, Design - and slogging

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I have recently negotiated the first architectural / railing project I have had in quite some time.  The project is for a set of exterior ra...
Saturday, June 17, 2023

Bloom to Bar to Blade

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 As might be expected, I have a large collection of iron blooms, after over 20 years of experimental smelting. With the assistance of Neil P...
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