Jeremy Blohm Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 The seax of the viking king Eric Haraldsson (Eric Bloodaxe). The seax wes forged of the best bloomery iron and the steel for the cutting edge is extremely tough. King Eric Bloodaxe collected the eitr from Jörmungandr himself. The blade was quenched in the eitr and it is embedded in the steel. The slightest nick from this blade is lethal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Blohm Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 (edited) I got started on this project today and came up with a little story line to it but i dont have much of an imagination but i wanted to include norway somehow because it is a big part of my lineage. So i did some research on Norwegian kings and included King Eric Bloodaxe. I have the wrought iron drawn down and have been working on the steel for the cutting edge. This will be a multi bar construction of twisted wrought-mascus for the spine and 1060 for the cutting edge. I might use something a little higher in carbon but i want something really tough for the cutting edge. I will get some pictures of everything soon. Edited July 16, 2018 by Jeremy Blohm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Blohm Posted July 18, 2018 Author Share Posted July 18, 2018 3 bars of wrought iron (possibly shear steel) And 3 more bars of different wrought ironand the one big bar is 1060 and the smaller one on top of it is some 1095 i might incorporate into the blade somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conner Michaux Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 What is eitr if I may ask? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Blohm Posted July 18, 2018 Author Share Posted July 18, 2018 16 minutes ago, Conner Michaux said: What is eitr if I may ask? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eitr Eitr is a mythical substance in Norse mythology. This liquid substance is the origin of all living things: the first giant Ymir was conceived from eitr. The substance is supposed to be very poisonous and is also produced by Jörmungandr (the Midgard serpent) and other serpents. Wikipedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeb Camper Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 I was jammin Metallica earlier after I read this and this popped in my head lol. Enter Bloodaxe: Say your prayers, Haraldson For it must be done To include everyone Crafts of war Serpent's eyes Blade from venom's life Jörmangandr's suprise! (Yeah) Sleep with both eyes open Unless you wish to die! Eitr knife! Bane of life! Bloodaxe blade! From serpent venom it was made! I just thought I'd share my enthusiasm for the concept I like it! Look in forward to see what you do. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Blohm Posted July 18, 2018 Author Share Posted July 18, 2018 Very creative. Thanks for sharing! Metallica has always been one of my favorites! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Blohm Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share Posted July 24, 2018 The handle will be ipe and black locust and some copper fittings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clifford Brewer Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 1 If ya can't be good don't git caught !! People who say stuff can't be done need to git the hell outta the way of people who do stuff !!! Show me a man who is called an expert by his peers And I will show you a good man to listen to ...... Show me a man who calls himself an expert and I will show you an egotistical asshole...............!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Blohm Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 Well i ha e to weld this up with a hillbilly forge. Actually it is the first forge i built. I used this thing for about a year before i switched to propane. But with the motor on my solid fuel forge taking a crap this it what i will use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Blohm Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 I knew there was a reason i didnt scrap this thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Blohm Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 False alarm with the coal forge. I oiled everything up and cleaned all the borax from around the grate and everythung is working fine. Hopefully everything welds up good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jeremy Blohm Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 There is one delam on one side in the middle and the other delamination in the "white" iron is the wrought itself not a weld. I quenched it in water and it didnt fall apart so it should work out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeb Camper Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 This delam looks like the result of uneven hammering when setting the weld. I say this just because the layers look so wavy. I like to use the heaviest hammer with the biggest face I have when I weld. Overlap your blows and work from one end to the other. The first heat is crucial, because after that flux squirts out; oxygen tries to get in there. And so does scale. Remember light firm blows first. Imagine you are pushing the steel together. Take your time in a hurry. Note how the delam happened on the steel to steel weld. Wrought iron loves to weld to steel. More so than steel to steel I believe. Lookin good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Blohm Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 The steel is wrought with some carbon or possibly shear steel. So it still has the all the same properties as wrought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Blohm Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 This is the material i used for the dark stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Blohm Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) There wavy also because none of the layers were forged equal and i ground deeper into parts of them tryimg to get all the scale and hammer marks out and the billet started off with some gaps between layers I should have gotten a picture of the starting billet. You guys would have laughed. Edited July 26, 2018 by Jeremy Blohm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Blohm Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 Maybe this will give you an idea how ugly it was. Im curious if the longer pieces on the left welded because if it did it was from grabbing it with the tongs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Blohm Posted July 26, 2018 Author Share Posted July 26, 2018 After trying to grind the hammer mark out and already having a taper it developed a major taper. So i left this one out. So this is the reason why i had the 2 dark pieces in the center. Im definitely investing in a surface grinder in the future to make perfectly flat pieces of steel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Blohm Posted July 26, 2018 Author Share Posted July 26, 2018 I am dedicating tomorrow to finishing my power hammer. I physically cannot hammer this much material out. Everyone i know that would work as a striker is too busy to help. I think me and my friend can get the hammer finished tomorrow. Then its game on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Blohm Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 Can i ask for another week or so? With a little fore time i can get this thing done. I would understand if you guys want to move forward with this though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Middleton Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 I'm up for it. I'll offer a final hard deadline of August 12th. Zeb, Wesley, what do you guys think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeb Camper Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Alex Middleton said: I'm up for it. I'll offer a final hard deadline of August 12th. Zeb, Wesley, what do you guys think? I'm down for whatever. I can wait however long you guys would like I'm a very patient dude. @Wesley Alberson what do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Alberson Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 I really don't want Jeremy to rush his power hammer build, making a power hammer is more important to a bladesmith than any KITH. Lets set the deadline to the 12th, but don't break your back trying to finish everything on time. KITH isn't supposed to be stressful, and there is always the next one. "Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man" -The Dude, Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rougemont_forge/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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