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Posted: 6/29/2013 10:30:43 PM EST

That is cool!

Posted: 6/29/2013 10:31:33 PM EST

[#1]

That show rocked.

Posted: 6/29/2013 11:07:05 PM EST

[#2]

Wow! Even in 1000AD, they still had inferior copies!

KRIF FTW!

Posted: 6/29/2013 11:20:53 PM EST

[#3]

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That show rocked.

Posted: 6/30/2013 12:01:57 AM EST

[#4]

Thanks for sharing that, that was pretty awesome.

Posted: 6/30/2013 12:09:19 AM EST

[#5]

Hell of an interesting show. Thanks for posting.

Hopefully the internet survives until ww4.

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Posted: 6/30/2013 12:17:31 AM EST

[#6]

Cool

Posted: 6/30/2013 1:22:29 AM EST

[#7]

Very good video.

My family heritage is Scandinavian.

Posted: 6/30/2013 1:24:08 AM EST

[#8]

That was a good one.

Is NOVA even on anymore?

Posted: 6/30/2013 2:10:16 AM EST

[#9]

Tag

Posted: 6/30/2013 2:15:13 AM EST

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That was a good one.

Is NOVA even on anymore?

we catch it in HD for free with a roof top antenna, it is a PBS broadcast I believe?

Posted: 6/30/2013 2:16:07 AM EST

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That was a good one.

Is NOVA even on anymore?

Wikipedia speaks of it as if it is current.

Posted: 6/30/2013 3:03:02 AM EST

[#12]

Very cool!
The only thing that made me go

was building his 3000 degree furnace under his metal carport around all of those boxes.

All went well however!

Posted: 6/30/2013 3:48:27 AM EST

[#13]

There was a reason that Vikings initially preferred axes and war hammers to swords. Their swords pretty much sucked. Analysis of surviving swords from the early Viking Age period showed them of pretty poor quality. A lot of things had to be relearned as we came out of the Dark Ages.

Posted: 6/30/2013 4:04:50 AM EST

[#14]

Great show , windlass makes a badass copy of the sword which I bought , now watermelons and shrubbery fear my approach

Posted: 6/30/2013 5:25:37 AM EST

[#15]

very interesting, thanks for posting

Posted: 7/20/2013 6:49:50 PM EST

[#16]

very worth watching. Its on Netflix as well.

Posted: 7/20/2013 6:55:13 PM EST

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Yep, my 11yr old boy and I watched it on Netflix, he's been into swords for a few weeks now. I gave him a cold steel throwing knife for his birthday!

Posted: 7/20/2013 7:28:28 PM EST

[#18]

30 minutes in.

This is awesome.

Posted: 7/20/2013 7:47:54 PM EST

[#19]

Yep. I remember watching that. The Vikings had a lot going for them. They weren't just a bunch of thugs.

Posted: 7/20/2013 8:24:54 PM EST

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Very cool!
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All went well however!

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THIS! IS! WISCONSIN!

Thanks OP. That was cool.

Posted: 7/20/2013 8:30:20 PM EST

[#21]

Yeah that was a totally awesome documentary, thanks for the link!

Posted: 7/20/2013 8:31:48 PM EST

[#22]

That was pretty bitchin' OP

Thanks!

Posted: 7/20/2013 9:27:25 PM EST

[#23]

That was awesome. Thanks OP. Off to play some Skyrim now. I've got swords to make.

Posted: 7/21/2013 5:46:56 AM EST

[#24]

Watched that show a week ago or so. Really interesting how advance the steel was for the time. Incredible how much work goes into making a sword and all the potential for it to fail while being made.

Posted: 7/21/2013 5:47:57 AM EST

[#25]

Tag for later

Posted: 7/21/2013 6:12:24 AM EST

[#26]

It was interesting, but the ending seemed a bit abrupt.

Posted: 7/21/2013 6:13:50 AM EST

[#27]

I caught it on Netflix a while back....loved it!!!

Posted: 7/21/2013 6:17:16 AM EST

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Posted: 7/21/2013 9:17:54 AM EST

[#29]

The dude pulling out the sword from the quench was the most badass moment. A true masterpiece for a true master. Great link.

Posted: 7/21/2013 9:23:02 AM EST

[#30]

I watched that on Netflix last night! What an awesome show.

Posted: 7/21/2013 9:29:34 AM EST

[#31]

I can't remember that guys company name I watched it a couple weeks ago on Netflix. But you can buy a sword made the same way on his website for $7,500 or something like that. Cool sword though

Posted: 7/21/2013 9:30:00 AM EST

[#32]

I am.trademarking

+ULFBEHR+T ARMS

for ar's.

Posted: 7/21/2013 11:46:57 AM EST

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The dude pulling out the sword from the quench was the most badass moment. A true masterpiece for a true master. Great link.

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I'm curious, having heat treated my fair share of oil quenching steel, what kind of hardness he actually got. Generally, if the metal is still hot enough to ignite the oil, it has not cooled enough to reach full hardness (as spectacular as the blade igniting as withdrawn from the oil bath is). I don't know if that was by design, or for the camera but I would like to know.

It was also a very low volume of oil in the quench bath, but probably sufficient to quench one blade without over heating.

Posted: 7/21/2013 11:52:09 AM EST

[#34]

There are some really good sword smiths out there. Looking into getting something made by Jake Powning right now.

Posted: 7/21/2013 11:58:39 AM EST

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Posted: 7/21/2013 12:00:08 PM EST

[#36]

Very interesting.

Posted: 7/21/2013 12:01:20 PM EST

[#37]

Saw this the other day on netflix. Very cool!

Posted: 7/21/2013 12:16:05 PM EST

[#38]

Vikings had space alien swords? I knew it!

Posted: 7/21/2013 12:18:34 PM EST

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I'm curious, having heat treated my fair share of oil quenching steel, what kind of hardness he actually got. Generally, if the metal is still hot enough to ignite the oil, it has not cooled enough to reach full hardness (as spectacular as the blade igniting as withdrawn from the oil bath is). I don't know if that was by design, or for the camera but I would like to know.

It was also a very low volume of oil in the quench bath, but probably sufficient to quench one blade without over heating.

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The dude pulling out the sword from the quench was the most badass moment. A true masterpiece for a true master. Great link.

I'm curious, having heat treated my fair share of oil quenching steel, what kind of hardness he actually got. Generally, if the metal is still hot enough to ignite the oil, it has not cooled enough to reach full hardness (as spectacular as the blade igniting as withdrawn from the oil bath is). I don't know if that was by design, or for the camera but I would like to know.

It was also a very low volume of oil in the quench bath, but probably sufficient to quench one blade without over heating.

He needed a condemned prisoner to plunge it into for the quench.

Posted: 7/21/2013 12:20:12 PM EST

[#40]

I look forward to watching this but after watching the intro, I have serious reservations about it's historical accuracy.

Posted: 7/21/2013 12:22:06 PM EST

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Just watched it the other day. Good show

Posted: 7/21/2013 12:32:17 PM EST

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I finished watching this today. Thanks for the link. I would have loved to see them fit the handle and pommel and see how well it cuts.

Posted: 7/21/2013 1:07:57 PM EST

[#43]

Good show.

Posted: 7/21/2013 1:43:57 PM EST

[#44]

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Wow! Even in 1000AD, they still had inferior copies!

KRIF FTW!

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Yes. I didn't know Hesse was around then.

Posted: 7/21/2013 1:47:33 PM EST

[#45]

That was awesome!... thanks for sharing.

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I finished watching this today. Thanks for the link. I would have loved to see them fit the handle and pommel and see how well it cuts.

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Yeah, I was kinda bummed that they stopped before completion... definitely would have liked to see some beauty shots of the finished product.

Posted: 7/24/2013 10:47:56 AM EST

[#46]

AWESOME!!!

I've done SCUBA diving in Door County!!

Posted: 7/24/2013 4:12:55 PM EST

[#47]

Fascinating.

Posted: 7/24/2013 4:19:11 PM EST

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I've done SCUBA diving in Door County!!

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I've been to the Fyr Bal, http://www.ephraim-doorcounty.com/events/fyrbal.htm

If you go to to other side of the peninsula you can get tasty smoked fish. It was from a local commercial fisherman not online, ask in Fish Creek at the info center.

Posted: 7/24/2013 4:22:47 PM EST

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There are some really good sword smiths out there. Looking into getting something made by Jake Powning right now.

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Posted: 7/24/2013 4:27:21 PM EST

[#50]

Saw it on Netflix. It ends after he polishes and acid bathes the blade, and no tests are shown of the completed result. I wonder if it broke when they tried to use it and the footage was left on the cutting floor.

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