Ibor Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 The longest is 43 cm and weighs 300 gram.Replica of Illerup Adal.Zero electric welding & zero power hammer. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEzell Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Beautifully forged sir! Very impressive. George Ezell, bladesmith" How much useful knowledge is lost by the scattered forms in which it is ushered to the world! How many solitary students spend half their lives in making discoveries which had been perfected a century before their time, for want of a condensed exhibition of what is known."Buffonview some of my work RelicForge on facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C-S Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Lovely forging. Well done, and thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibor Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share Posted August 29, 2017 Thanks! And a few more ..... Wavy Celtic spear, total length 30 cm, maximum width of 5.5 cm, hole 23 mm, weight 325 gram. Central spear,Przeworsk culture, total length 34.5 cm, maximum width of 5.3 cm, hole 20 mm, weight 370 gram. Last spear,iron age, length 29.5 cm, max width 5.2 cm.hole 23 mm, weight 421 gram. Spear, Carolingians, length 49.5 cm, max width 48 mm, hole 22 mm, weight 690 gram. Longer Angon 49 cm, max width 45 mm, hole18 mm, weight 360 gram. Shorter 38 cm, max width 40 mm,hole 17 mm, weight 290 gram. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Beautiful work, Ibor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibor Posted August 30, 2017 Author Share Posted August 30, 2017 Thanks Alan! ...more.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert D. Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Those are awesome....... Adding these to the list of things to try to make when my skills get better. http://robertjamescustoms.tumblr.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibor Posted August 31, 2017 Author Share Posted August 31, 2017 And a few more from the winter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Green Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 These are awesome... Mark Green I have a way? Is that better then a plan? (cptn. Mal) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck C Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Quote nice work Chuck c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibor Posted September 3, 2017 Author Share Posted September 3, 2017 Thanks! ..and...Celtic javelin 2-1 B.C Overall length 30 cm, maximum width 4 cm, hole 19 mm, weight 300 grams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibor Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 Spear and eye ... what can they have in common? Symbolism. This symbolism is present on many iron spears, especially on sleeves spears, in the Przeworsk culture. Interestingly, Dr. Bartosz Kontny writes, from which I drew the picture. The spear has a length of 36.5 cm, a hole of 21 mm, weight 300 grams. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibor Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 ...and more .... Vimose two spears. The length is 44.5 cm,hole 20 mm,weight 320 gram. The shorter is 38 cm,hole 19 mm, weight 260 gram. ..and,early medieval spear. Length 42 cm,hole 25 mm, weight 395 gram. ...and ancient Germanic two spears,longer is 46 cm, hole 22 mm, weight 530 gram. The second one is 41 cm, hole 20 mm, weight 415 gram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 This is all just too cool, Ibor! You are a spearmaking machine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibor Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 Fact ... I did a couple of them ... hahahaha ...And another ..... Longer, early medieval, 42 cm long, 20 mm hole, weight 500 grams. Hexagonal sleeve, decorated. The second is 34 cm, hole 18 mm, weight 300 grams. The longest 54 cm, hole 19 mm, weight 585 grams. Center 48 cm, hole 18 mm, weight 340 grams, The shortest 43 cm, the hole 17 mm, the weight 315 grams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Most impressive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Detrick Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 You do impressive work Ibor; those spears are super badass! “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer." -Albert Camus http://www.krakenforge.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibor Posted October 16, 2017 Author Share Posted October 16, 2017 Thanks Gentlemen.Several more.The dark ones are welded, fibrous iron... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake pogrebinsky Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Beautiful work,Ibor,simply incredible. A couple of questions,if it's ok:Whence such cool-looking "fibrous" steel?(incredibly good-looking stuff!:)...Homemade?Old industrial stuff?... Also:You seem to like that bright finish on most,if not all,of your stuff.Is there much historic evidence that it was normally done so in the past,or is it your own interpretation/preference? Thanks,and keep up that great work!(And a Tremendous output!) Respect,Jake God is in his heaven,and Czar is far away... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles dP Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Good work Ibor. If you don’t mind me asking, how do you create/maintain the ridge in the middle of the blade? Thanks. "The way we win matters" (Ender Wiggins) Orson Scott Card Nos, qui libertate donati sumus, nes cimus quid constet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibor Posted October 28, 2017 Author Share Posted October 28, 2017 Jake welded pieces of old, fibrous iron into a rod and forge out of it, or if I have some bigger piece of it out of it.I find them on the scrap.As for finishing (shine or mat) I do it as iron tells me .... because it wants it anyway or maybe .... maybe it's stupid but many times i did something like i put it on but it was different ... just the material he wants is a spear from him it will be a spear and not an ax ....Charlez spear forge on the side of the anvil and every now and then I put into the mold and hammer 5 kilos of wale..hahahah .... Recipe for a spear with a "ridge" after the old. 1.Clean the hearth 2.Make a fire 3. Iron the 2.2 cm thick iron rod to flatness at one end 4.This flat end is formed in the sleeve 5. Move the rod under the "leaf" of the spear 6.Profile the leaf on the anvil 7. Apply the leaf in the form of a 5-kilogram hammer 8.During some time profiling on the anvil Give your neighbor a sharp wooden pole. Bon Appetit! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles dP Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 Thanks Ibor "The way we win matters" (Ender Wiggins) Orson Scott Card Nos, qui libertate donati sumus, nes cimus quid constet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake pogrebinsky Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Thanks,Ibor,so,ye olde Artistic license!:)Well,right on! Keep up the great work!(and a beautiful shop-space and tools). All the very best. God is in his heaven,and Czar is far away... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua States Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 I do not know what to say that has not already been said. Your work is very impressive, especially when you consider: On 8/20/2017 at 3:50 AM, Ibor said: Zero electric welding & zero power hammer. I love the spears, and the fact that you do a lot of historical replicas is wonderful. “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibor Posted October 31, 2017 Author Share Posted October 31, 2017 Thanks gentlemen!Old iron, fibrous, is a fairly difficult material for forging due to contamination and frequent delamination of the material.It is necessary to weld and weld it in high temperature, and therefore it must be brewed to not burn it.I do not always like this, I often do the old iron, when it is warm in the cherry color, I calmly do not delicately ..... but unfortunately when the iron I want to pick up after acid picking "fiber bands" do not see them too well.I do not use borax when I weld it and not once it happens that I burn ... it is difficult to do and I continue to do .....I try to operate as easily as possible the tools and techniques that blacksmiths could use hundreds of years ago.It gives me great pleasure and satisfaction ... and some financial income .... hahahah ....... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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