The Birth of a Sword Part 2

Product Description
"Take a journey through the fascinating process of creating a sword"

FILM SYNOPSIS

In this 40-minute video from the "Steel-edged Weapons" series you will be invited by master swordsmith Richard Kazda to his forge and guided through the half-forgotten world of swordsmithing.

In the film you will witness:

- The making of a replica Nordic-type sword using traditional swordsmithing methods, from selecting the material to the final assembly of the sword.
- Forging the individual elements of the sword, surface finishing, hardening the blade and strength tests, making the grip, decorating the guard and pommel, assembly of the sword, making the scabbard and performing cutting tests.
- Many detailed views, including decorating the sword with silver-copper and brass inlays.
- Clear animations explaining the production processes and the sword's construction.

The film was made with the aim of explaining the essentials of making a replica of a sword both to the uninitiated public and those more experienced in this field. Collectors, fencers, members of historical re-enactment associations, hobbyists and those who seriously consider making their own or buying their first sword will find here a wealth of information and previously unpublished swordsmithing procedures.

The film was shot live following the making of one specific weapon from its beginning to its completion. There is no acting involved, the footage shows only authentic production in a real forge.

Category:

Education

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• Birth
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• Sword
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• 2

[lonrodo]

4:25 MAGIC!!!!!

[deedevil63]

@xMrjamjam so, you decided to watch a man forge a sword, but listening to a hammer annoys you?

[Kossean]

@ifumah It is done to maintain a rhythm and momentum. Also helps to keep the same strength of hammer hits. If he stopped after only a couple hits and then restarted again there would be loss of hit strength and momentum.

[ifumah]

why does he keep the hammer bouncing on the anvil? is there a reason?

[TheUnNerved]

amazing how the ancient bladesmiths both european and japanese use the same clay mixture/heat quench to harden their swords. Their must be some shared knowledge somewhere.

[kristiancharlesberg]

@switchgear100 i have read alot about them, and a teacher i had in collage was a viking fanatic, and he told me all i know about them, Barbarian might not be the right translation from norwegian, but they were looked upon as barbarians, savages, because of there fighting style. The short swords where acually not as common amongst vikings as people think, they used bough blunt weapons, and axes and alot of longs swords, big' ol heavy hardened iron things with engravings of mythic creatures on.

[switchgear100]

@kristiancharlesberg "Barbarian" was originally a Greek term for anyone not Greek and thus not civilized because the first groups they met their language made a "barbar" sound to the Greeks. The Romans then adopted it to refer to non-Romans such as Gauls or Germans (Vikings were descendent from apart of this group). The Vikings got the name "Barbarian" because they were considered uncivilized compared to the Romanized German kingdoms that sprung up after the fall of Rome

[mojothemigo]

@xXCREEKSTARXx Kristian might be right, but I would be skeptical. Read my reply to him.

[mojothemigo]

@kristiancharlesberg Where did you read this? I don't think that is true. I have read a lot on swords, including viking swords, and that is probably bogus. Everything I have read, a good quality viking sword had an iron/steel paternweld core and a hard steel edge. They weren't that heavy, no more then other one handed swords. Other European countries did this as well. There are lots of "the enemy sword is magical" myths out there. I found nothing that supports your statement

[xXCREEKSTARXx]

@kristiancharlesberg

Wow, thank you for the reply :D

[kristiancharlesberg]

@xXCREEKSTARXx yeah, ive read about it in books here in norway. They used cows blood to harden the steel, instead of water which would make the steel to hard and it would crack when meeting a much softer but still hard edge of a vikings sword. but the biggest problem they had was that the swords wasent as small as people think, they were long and incredibly heavy, so they got the "Barbarian" rumor since they swinged the sword upwards, starting under them and cleaving there enemies.

[xXCREEKSTARXx]

@kristiancharlesberg

Are you sure?