Maciek Tomaszczyk 156 Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 Hi. I just finished my latest project. It is a replica of an early medieval (Viking Age) spearhead. It is a reconstruction of the find from Ciepłe (Poland). It is completely made of bloomery iron. 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. 24 Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Longmire 3,386 Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 Absolutely perfect! One of the loveliest pieces of work I've seen in a long time. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Dougherty 1,307 Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 Very impressive 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jake pogrebinsky 149 Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 I agree with Alan,it's beautiful,and i think you've Really captured the "spirit" of the objects from those times,far out! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Bruno 93 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 That's one Good Looking spearhead. Great work! Link to post Share on other sites
Gerhard Gerber 404 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 The fact that you produced that from basically nothing is truly fascinating......... Link to post Share on other sites
Maciek Tomaszczyk 156 Posted November 6, 2020 Author Share Posted November 6, 2020 I plan to publish tutorial video soon. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua States 2,279 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 I saw this on the Iron Smelters Page on FB. It was wicked then, and it is even better today with the bigger pics! Truly an an admirable and impressive piece of work. Link to post Share on other sites
Maciek Tomaszczyk 156 Posted November 10, 2020 Author Share Posted November 10, 2020 Hi, i just upload video with tutorial about how to forge it. Enjoy watching. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Longmire 3,386 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Just watched the video, and it is now pinned! Link to post Share on other sites
Maciek Tomaszczyk 156 Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 Thank you Alan :-). Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua States 2,279 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Well deserved. Not only was the tutorial great, the music was awesome! Link to post Share on other sites
Charles dP 553 Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Thanks for posting the video. Very informative. Also, that is a huge swage-block. Link to post Share on other sites
peter fontenla 99 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 incredible work and very well documented! Thank you very much for sharing! Link to post Share on other sites
Oberu 87 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Thanks for sharing both your work and your video! Very good work Sir! Link to post Share on other sites
Maciek Tomaszczyk 156 Posted February 4, 2021 Author Share Posted February 4, 2021 (edited) Hi, i started new huge project. The aim of this project is to forge at least 5 replicas of earlymedieval spearheads from Lednickie lake. I am going to use only bloomery iron and charcoal as a fuel. This project is realized in collaboration with archaeometallurgist, the results will be published. link to the catalog below. http://studialednickie.pl/pobierzpdf,bron-drzewcowa-i-uzbrojenie-ochronne-z-ostrowa-lednickiego-giecza-i.pdf some examples of spearheads: The first one i forged is spear catalog number 15. It has been forged of 5 elements. To forge it i used low carbon iron (smelted from hematite ore), high phosphorus and arsenic iron smelted from bog ore and medium C iron/steel i made in Aristotle furnace. The tutorial is available on my YT channel Edited February 4, 2021 by Maciek Tomaszczyk 7 Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Longmire 3,386 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 What a wonderful project! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Dougherty 1,307 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Good lord man, that is beautiful. The steel in the socket is amazing. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jeremy Duncan 1 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 (edited) It's a great job, looks like something out of a fantasy world. Edited February 4, 2021 by Jeremy Duncan 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua States 2,279 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 I saw that on FB. It's gorgeous man. What an awesome project. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Gerhard Gerber 404 Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 I'm repeating myself, but watching that last video made me want to run out and light the forge, but then I remember it's just you that makes forge welding look so easy 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Maciek Tomaszczyk 156 Posted February 5, 2021 Author Share Posted February 5, 2021 9 hours ago, Gerhard Gerber said: I'm repeating myself, but watching that last video made me want to run out and light the forge, but then I remember it's just you that makes forge welding look so easy Forge welding is easy, if not, start to use smaller hammer:-). 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Francis Gastellu 200 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for posting the video as well! Link to post Share on other sites
Kris Lipinski 156 Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Wonderful! The video and all You works! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jaro Petrina 192 Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Maciek, do you go to Wolin? Link to post Share on other sites
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