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Title: Sniger's Corner®
Post by: Sniger on March 17, 2013, 03:32:11 am
http://www.warehamforge.ca/ironsmelting/ (http://www.warehamforge.ca/ironsmelting/)
Title: Re: Blacksmithing
Post by: Sniger on March 17, 2013, 05:49:27 pm
Title: Re: Blacksmithing
Post by: Sniger on March 25, 2013, 03:55:21 pm
Title: Re: Blacksmithing
Post by: Tibe on March 25, 2013, 05:48:43 pm
Quote from: Sniger on March 17, 2013, 05:49:27 pm
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Ahh Kratos. The most complicated, fucked up in the head, murderous videogamecharacter who ever exsisted. My favorite character of all. Cause he is evil...well....not completely, his good...well no.....favk.
Title: Re: Blacksmithing
Post by: the real god emperor on March 25, 2013, 06:16:26 pm
Quote from: TiberiusX on March 25, 2013, 05:48:43 pm
Ahh Kratos. The most complicated, fucked up in the head, murderous videogamecharacter who ever exsisted. My favorite character of all. Cause he is evil...well....not completely, his good...well no.....favk.

He is just like meh
Title: Re: Blacksmithing
Post by: Sniger on March 25, 2013, 06:53:46 pm
what is this useless crap trollin in my thread?
Title: Re: Blacksmithing
Post by: Joseph Porta on March 25, 2013, 06:59:05 pm
I actually have a furnace(my dad but hey) and an anvil and all the tools to do this shit! It's heavy work but rewarding aswell, if it wasn't such a hassle rigging it up and shit I mightve done it some more, didn't get any further then making a small curved knife. (curve was accident but decided to keep it) ribonnet(i think it's the word? Those bolts they use on say titanic and other ships) a wooden handle on it and boom, knife! Was rewarding after a few hours of heating - hammering - heathing- hammering - heathing etc to finally have your product in your hands.

Manly man work aswell!
Title: Re: Blacksmithing
Post by: Sniger on March 25, 2013, 07:09:19 pm
its just sooo primal: forging a steel weapon out of dirt.

as far as I understand, the secret is the materials used, the amount of them materials and how the materials are mixed or joined together. I find it incredible fascinating even though im no smith, can watch it for hours.

and yes I don't think it can get any more manly :D
Title: Re: Blacksmithing
Post by: Joseph Porta on March 26, 2013, 12:08:44 am
Quote from: Sniger on March 25, 2013, 07:09:19 pm
its just sooo primal: forging a steel weapon out of dirt.

as far as I understand, the secret is the materials used, the amount of them materials and how the materials are mixed or joined together. I find it incredible fascinating even though im no smith, can watch it for hours.

and yes I don't think it can get any more manly :D
Its crazy, I saw a docu about it once, the vikings had no mines so they just pulled some dirt out of the marshy ground and put it in the furnace and voila! A big chunk of metal, ofcourse still fairly raw but the amount  that came out of only say a hand full was enormous! My face literwlly went like  :shock: wot!

I just used iron plates though, actually making the materials from scratch is way above my capabilities!, heated it up, cut it with some sort of hydrolic press cutter my dad uses for god knows what, and had the rough shape, then its just hammering away, allthough neither of us knew how to properly forge I later checked vids, also this thread I probably have watched every vid :lol:, and learned about folding and all those techniques to make it harder and less brittle. Havent had the chance, or time, to put it to the test though.
but my knife still stands, it still cuts aswell(just checked it lol) allthough it looks a bit wonky it's sturdy!  :D

Thinking back on this makes the fingers itch  :twisted:
Title: Re: Blacksmithing
Post by: Christo on March 26, 2013, 12:21:44 am
Yeah, creating a metal bar out from dirt is just amazing.

But all the work with it, especially using traditional methods. Sheesh, even thinking about it gives me a feel I'm sweating.
Title: Re: Blacksmithing
Post by: Joseph Porta on March 26, 2013, 12:27:30 am
Quote from: Christo on March 26, 2013, 12:21:44 am
Yeah, creating a metal bar out from dirt is just amazing.

But all the work with it, especially using traditional methods. Sheesh, even thinking about it gives me a feel I'm sweating.

No doubt, but I also think that that is a part of the satisfaction doing these things, doing something that hundreds of years ago was a common thing!, and as you don't do it for a living but rather as a hobby makes it enjoyable!
I for one had a lot of fun, even though it mainly consists of heating up to the right color, hammering- rinse and repeat. It just has a feeling to it, seeing an item being made from raw material!


Ps: sry im bad at splitting my WoT's up in smaler pieces :P
Title: Re: Blacksmithing
Post by: Christo on March 26, 2013, 12:31:25 am
Yeah I know the feeling, I always wanted to create a bow for myself, and learn fletching but never really got around it, I even remember having a topic about it here somewhere.


Would love to do that but yeah, Either I'm lazy or I dunno  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Blacksmithing
Post by: Joseph Porta on March 26, 2013, 12:35:06 am
I guess it's mainly setting it up and having the tools at hand to get started, for me its way more likely to start something if you can just hop on the wagon, instead of having to spend countless hours preparing.

Its like having bought a game but rather playing an other game because you can't be arsed to install it.  :lol:
Title: Re: Blacksmithing
Post by: Christo on March 26, 2013, 12:37:02 am
Quote from: Joseph_Porta on March 26, 2013, 12:35:06 am
Its like having bought a game but rather playing an other game because you can't be arsed to install it.  :lol:

Oh but thanks to install wizards that's no problem at all since.. decades?  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Blacksmithing
Post by: Joseph Porta on March 26, 2013, 12:40:51 am
Quote from: Christo on March 26, 2013, 12:37:02 am
Oh but thanks to install wizards that's no problem at all since.. decades?  :mrgreen:

It's not that it's more of a situation like "hmm, Gonna play some games" "hmm, i also have this new game! But i dont have an aweful lot of time!" "hmm! *launches c-rpg*"  :lol:
Title: Re: Blacksmithing
Post by: Sniger on March 26, 2013, 04:54:49 am
i know a guy whos completely lost in stone age and helped a Danish university with studies. he can make Flintstone axe heads exactly like they did back then. he also did some studies in some bows and made an ashwood bow with arrow fittet with flintstone arrowhead. when I was younger I use to sit with him while he was crafting and I was all fascinated every single time... some raw ugly flintstone and then he hammers it with another stone and voila axe-head. not all stones can be used. most is damaged by frost and will crack just hitting it once or twice. searching for a suitable stone can take hours or days. when you find one of suitable size - take another stone and knock it once and the sound will tell if its damaged or not. I don't know how sound is but that's how they do it.
the bow turned out to be not so good. he made it too thick and lacked spring effect. but the arrow was really epic. made exactly how we belive they did back then and with the same tools they could have at their disposal. wish I could show some pictures :/ he sat for hours and using a tool he made from antlers he pinned (lack correct term lol) the arrowhead out from a very flat piece of flint from the axehead making. if you haven't watched the creation of stoneage tools and weapons you should go ahead and watch it some day you are in the mood :) its incredible fascinating. its like the blacksmithing, sooo primal and manly :)
Title: Re: Blacksmithing
Post by: Sniger on March 26, 2013, 05:07:50 am
haha, maybe we should rename this thread to "forgotten art" or something :p

lol
Title: Re: Blacksmithing
Post by: Sniger on March 26, 2013, 05:28:47 am
Quote from: Christo on March 26, 2013, 12:21:44 am
Yeah, creating a metal bar out from dirt is just amazing.

But all the work with it, especially using traditional methods. Sheesh, even thinking about it gives me a feel I'm sweating.

aye blacksmiths back in the day must have been huge brutes not someone you would jump on for a fistfight for the lols he would break you in two
Title: Re: Blacksmithing
Post by: Sniger on April 09, 2013, 12:53:06 am
Title: Re: Blacksmithing
Post by: Joseph Porta on April 09, 2013, 01:00:12 am
Quote from: Sniger on April 09, 2013, 12:53:06 am
Sick, that red hot metal is so pretty  :lol: allthough I have always been more of a fan of plain handles, no snazzy dragon head shit  :mrgreen: but the possibilities are endless, just make a bloody mould and whoop! :D
Title: Re: Blacksmithing
Post by: Sniger on April 09, 2013, 01:07:15 am
yeah me too, I still prefer the ulfberth. however I still think that this blade finish, despite the fantasy crap you mention, is pretty awesome anyway. I wouldn't mind if someone gave it to me, it would be a keeper but not in a zillion years would I pay for one :p
Title: Re: Blacksmithing
Post by: Joseph Porta on April 09, 2013, 04:25:18 am
For free no doubt, have you seen Everkistus' sword? He linked photos once onirc, that thing is beautifull!
Title: Re: Blacksmithing
Post by: Sniger on April 09, 2013, 11:58:50 am
no please do link!!! :O
Title: Re: Blacksmithing
Post by: Sniger on April 16, 2013, 11:46:59 pm

not really medieval but the blacksmithing, the material used and the finish is hardcore imo
Title: Re: Blacksmithing
Post by: Sniger on April 18, 2013, 11:40:36 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seax_of_Beagnoth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seax_of_Beagnoth)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A6b%C3%B8_sword (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A6b%C3%B8_sword)
Title: Re: Sniger's Corner®
Post by: Sniger on April 20, 2013, 04:05:32 am

Title: Re: Sniger's Corner®
Post by: Anal Bleeding on April 20, 2013, 05:18:02 am
woodworking is better.
Title: Re: Sniger's Corner®
Post by: zagibu on April 20, 2013, 07:28:10 am
Bah, have you ever applied wooden horseshoes to a horse?
Title: Re: Sniger's Corner®
Post by: Sniger on April 20, 2013, 12:38:17 pm
Title: Re: Blacksmithing
Post by: Kafein on April 20, 2013, 12:56:31 pm
Quote from: TiberiusX on March 25, 2013, 05:48:43 pm
Ahh Kratos. The most complicated, fucked up in the head, murderous videogamecharacter who ever exsisted. My favorite character of all. Cause he is evil...well....not completely, his good...well no.....favk.

Kratos, although complicated is hardly the most complicated of them all.
Title: Re: Sniger's Corner®
Post by: Sniger on April 20, 2013, 02:01:37 pm
a must watch

Title: Re: Sniger's Corner®
Post by: Sniger on April 20, 2013, 11:41:33 pm
!

http://www.gamebreaker.tv/esports/other-esports/mind-sports-category-one-south-africa/ (http://www.gamebreaker.tv/esports/other-esports/mind-sports-category-one-south-africa/)
Title: Re: Sniger's Corner®
Post by: Sniger on April 21, 2013, 10:57:03 am

Title: Re: Sniger's Corner®
Post by: Sniger on January 29, 2020, 07:22:57 pm
https://youtu.be/KqKE8ezQ_d8
Title: Re: Sniger's Corner®
Post by: Golem on January 29, 2020, 07:35:50 pm
sick