Bronze Age Sword being cast by Neil Burridge Part 2

Bronze-Age Sword being cast by Neil Burridge Metalworker at Geevor Tin Mine Museum Cornwall on 20th August 2009 please watch part 1

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Education

Tags:

• Bronze-Age
• Bronze
• Age
• Sword
• Geevor
• Cornwall
• Metalworker
• forger
• wordsmith
• blade
• cast

[chipchapchop]

Hi, Song title is "Acoustic Sunrise", from iphoto, nice tune

thanks

[elgostine]

@5tonyvvvv yes, because bronze with the right amount of tin can hold an edge better than iron (carbon steel is better than both)

but a bigger problem might be that thee edge bevel might not allow you to do such a thing easily razors rely of a thin edge bevel

[5tonyvvvv]

@chipchapchop can they be sharp enough to shave with?

[althesmith]

@ScandinaviansAreCool : No, it's an apples to oranges comparison. Cast iron has a huge amount of carbon (3-5 per cent) added to lower the melting point, and has a structure entirely different from wrought iron or even high-carbon steel, (about 1 per cent carbon) Unlike iron , most bronze does not hot-work well, as the melting point is low, and cold-working it causes it to get brittle so it's just done for the edge. It was quite strong enough as cast to serve for cannon at late as the 1860's.

[ScandinaviansAreCool]

@althesmith what your saying is proably true, but wouldent the casted bronze not be very strong? I think the sword would be much stronger if it was forged instead of casted. Forged steel is considered a stronger and more high quality metal than cast iron, so wouldent the same be true for bronze?

[althesmith]

@ScandinaviansAreCool : While bronze can't be quench-hardened like steel (except for certain modern alloys) it can be work-hardened and was probably better than early iron for sword blades. The reason iron supplanted it was mainly cost- you needed two sources of ore rather than one, and the Pheonicians had control of most of the trade. Once they'd learned to smelt iron from ore anyplace that had an ore deposit, clay to build furnaces and charcoal or even dung for fuel could make the stuff.

[sh3ifan]

nice

what's that song"s title?

[ScandinaviansAreCool]

Thats cool! How strong is bronze?

[stevengal68]

who cares wtf the song title is?

[rathdrummer]

Wow, impressive... I must try making one!

And also, what's that song"s title?