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, January 29, 2025

Axe the Tax? - some numbers

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Axe the Tax! (WtF?) The hysteria will be setting in, with an Ontario snap election in a month and a certain spring National election. Poilie...
Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Greed

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  Watching the weather of late (are you stupid Climate Change Deniers looking up from your Trump phones?). It is later November, and at Ware...
Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Finishing the Build...

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 ... in early preparation for the October 13th bloomery iron smelt at Wareham The standard furnace build here by DARC uses a mix of rough th...
Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Upcoming Iron Smelt

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Sunday October 13 the Wareham Forge , Grey County, Ontario All day : Early start (8 AM), expect delayed extraction (early evening) This smel...
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