Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Forging of the pattern-welded (Damascus) bloomery iron Viking spear
In this video i show how to forge a replica of an early medieval (Viking Age) spearhead found in Ciepłe in Poland. It is completely made of bloomery iron I smelted myself.
I have used 3 kinds of materials: soft low carbon iron smelted from hematite ore, high carbon steel I made in Aristotle furnace, and high phosphorus low carbon iron smelted from bog ore. The socket is a wrap and welded.
The pattern-welded twist bars are welded on both sides of the spear core. To weld twist pattern billets I used high carbon steel and P-iron, cutting edge is steel, socket and core is soft iron.
Bloomery iron smelting videos:
youtu.be/uO6HXn18x8A
youtu.be/wh_oNh3lxYM
Making steel in Aristotle furnace:
youtu.be/3pa59xpe12c
#officina ferraria
#bloomery iron
Forging of the pattern-welded (Damascus) bloomery iron Viking spear
In this video i show how to forge a replica of an early medieval (Viking Age) spearhead found in Ciepłe in Poland. It is completely made of bloomery iron I smelted myself.
I have used 3 kinds of materials: soft low carbon iron smelted from hematite ore, high carbon steel I made in Aristotle furnace, and high phosphorus low carbon iron smelted from bog ore. The socket is a wrap and welded.
The pattern-welded twist bars are welded on both sides of the spear core. To weld twist pattern billets I used high carbon steel and P-iron, cutting edge is steel, socket and core is soft iron.
Bloomery iron smelting videos:
youtu.be/uO6HXn18x8A
youtu.be/wh_oNh3lxYM
Making steel in Aristotle furnace:
youtu.be/3pa59xpe12c
#officina ferraria
#bloomery iron
