In this video we will make a Viking wootz sword with an amazing pattern on the blade. We smelted this wootz ingot in our furnace in the last video, in which we showed how we make our crucibles for ...

Niels Provos forges a sword at a blacksmith's workshop in Silicon Valley, welding together three separate pieces of iron. Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired Niels Provos is a Google software engineer who ...

If you're keen to live out your own "Game of Thrones" battle fantasy (ahem, good luck), see Richard Furrer. The Wisconsin-based blacksmith forges Ulfberht style swords, the name given to a group of ...

A sword from the early Middle Ages, after preservation, on display at the Bialystok Army Museum in Bialystok. The sword was found by an employee of the Bialystok Army Museum in Bialystok, Podlaskie ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

A hiker taking an old route across central southern Norway has stumbled across an ancient sword dating back to the Viking Age. The wrought iron weapon was partially buried beneath rocks on a walking ...

Medieval Viking Ulfberht swords are some of the most famous swords in history because they were so obscenely strong that it’s almost unbelievable that bladesmiths in the 9th century were even able to ...

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