Making of weapons - blades

types blades

cross-sections of different kinds of blades:

black color = hard steel;

white color = soft iron.

From the left: the blade with hard edge, the blade with soft iron core, the sandwich blade, the proto-pattern-weldet blade, pattern welded blades, pattern welded blade with soft iron core. (see Viking sword (107))

the making of pattern-welded blade

the packet of iron and steel before the welding

forget welding

the packet after the welding

packet of damask

two packet of damask for the middle of the blade

before last welding

the blade before last welding

finish

finished blade

hand roughing

hand roughing of the blade, the making of the grooves

The hardening of the blade into the water

water grinding

pattern-welding of Viking sword (107)

pattern-welding 2

pattern-welding 3

pattern-welding of Viking sword (111)

pattern-welding of Viking sword (110)

pattern-welding of Viking sword (124)

pattern-welding 7

pattern-welding of Sword (113)

pattern-welding of Spatha sword (115)

pattern-welding of Roman ring pommel sword (116)

pattern-welding of Germanic gold hilt spatha (117)

pattern-welding of Sword (104)

pattern-welding of Roman sword (119)

pattern-welding Anglosaxon sword (123)

pattern-welding Sword (127)

the different look of the pattern-welding