Off Topic => Historical Discussion => Topic started by: Harpag on January 24, 2014, 11:25:09 am
Title: Ulfberht
Post by: Harpag on January 24, 2014, 11:25:09 am
The Vikings were among the fiercest warriors of all time. Yet only a select few carried the ultimate weapon of their era: the feared Ulfberht sword. Fashioned using a process that would remain unknown to the Vikings' rivals for centuries, the Ulfberht was a revolutionary high-tech tool as well as a work of art. Considered one of the greatest swords ever made, it remains a fearsome weapon more than a millennium after it last saw battle. But how did Viking sword makers design and build the Ulfberht, and what was its role in history? Now, NOVA uses cutting edge science and old-fashioned detective work to reconstruct the Ulfberht and finally unravel the "Secrets of the Viking Sword."
Buff NCS!
Title: Re: Ulfberht
Post by: [ptx] on January 24, 2014, 11:32:05 am
Lol @ Katana segment
Title: Re: Ulfberht
Post by: Christo on January 24, 2014, 12:38:32 pm
Very good vid, will watch the remaining part later.
Anyway supersword or not, it's still the wielder that makes the work. Won't help against arrow showers either. :P
The trading thing is really interesting, I only remembered that vikings went into NA, and Russia etc, but not that Volga traderoute into Iran. o_o
Title: Re: Ulfberht
Post by: Prinz_Karl on January 25, 2014, 02:07:38 pm
A video about the viking sword that's 1 hour long and has 1m views. I'll be expecting much :)
Title: Re: Ulfberht
Post by: larlek on January 25, 2014, 02:18:46 pm
I haven't watched the video but I remember hearing how they repeatedly twisted the metal and then hammered it flat to make their swords. I'm not sure if that's the method described in your video though.
Title: Re: Ulfberht
Post by: Prinz_Karl on January 25, 2014, 03:54:55 pm
Very nice documentary.
@larlek The video is more about a special crucible method that makes the viking swords steel quality comparable to todays ones.
Title: Re: Ulfberht
Post by: Christo on January 26, 2014, 04:49:22 am
... and they didn't play around with it. :)
Title: Re: Ulfberht
Post by: Lamk on January 26, 2014, 05:15:26 am
Thank you for sharing the video. I watched it all and I really enjoyed the information they gave about vikings. Do you have other videos like this because I would be interested
Title: Re: Ulfberht
Post by: Kafein on January 26, 2014, 06:50:37 pm
Randomly stumbled across this watching tv, I expected to see "KATANA FOLDED 1000000000000 TIMES CAN CUT THROUGH DIAMONDS" at some point but hey, this was pretty decent.
Title: Re: Ulfberht
Post by: Torost on January 28, 2014, 03:34:33 am
Notice that the expert swordsmith eventually made a replica of a counterfeit +ULFBERHT+?
The ones with +ULFBERH+T were probably made by illiterate counterfeiters trying to cash in on the +ULFBERHT+ fame.
Title: Re: Ulfberht
Post by: Osiris on January 28, 2014, 12:01:50 pm
nice docu. Didn't worship katana as best ever weapon made by god that cuts planets! :P
Title: Re: Ulfberht
Post by: Kafein on January 28, 2014, 04:44:57 pm