Forging a Damascus Viking sword part 1.

[@tyramid]

He got everything - forging skill, powerful new machine, shiny long hair - except the larger plastic milk carton.

[@jedahaw]

The sound of you hammering away feels so therapeutic...

[@dasschadenfreude7333]

Finally, a smith who tigs their damascus billets. I've never understood using stick or mig, it just adds so much extra material.

[@deaddoll1361]

It's nice to see a metal working shop that is clean, organised and well-lit, unlike another sword making channel which uses the dark, dirty, medieval scrap yard aesthetic. Tidy shop, tidy mind.

[@RJ-oo3vf]

Another master piece! Can't wait to see the finished product.

[@KowboyUSA]

Superb blade profile, light but sturdy.

[@4040211]

I could fall asleep listening to this guy work, its like music to my ears.

[@bradleyporter6091]

Beautiful blade. Absolutely remarkable craftsmanship!

[@davidrobinson7667]

Visually Stunning ! Amazing Craftsmanship !

[@victorchikito618]

Buen trabajo de herrreria

[@markbeltz24]

You are a gifted artist. Beautiful sword

[@KevinAugustijn]

Cool how you can see the power hammer marks in the fuller. You've got a very steady hand!

[@MegaIndow]

I can watch this for hours. Gives you a good idea how much effort it must have cost then. to forge a really good sword.

[@jrjubach]

This is so fitting because you look like a Viking.

[@journey7813]

This is a cool video, I just bought a sharpened Damascus steel Viking sword, its had crafted in Georgia, I love it. I'm Swedish and Norwegian, 6'5" tall and 270 lbs.,so I can do some wild things with this sword! You have to be careful though, this sword is razor sharp, do the wrong move with it and and you can slice you arm off, or your head, Lol.

[@zakariafarah]

من وجهة نظرى انت افضل وامهر صانع سيوف فى العالم♥

[@klausreichert4139]

echt klasse was der typ so drauf hat.......aber wäre echt interessant zusehen wie ein solches schwert von hand entsteht......und welche möglichkeiten die damaligen schmiede hatten. trotzdem ist klinge ein echtes meisterwerk das seines gleichen sucht.....echt genial.

[@inkslinger6156]

I enjoyed this video. I just started making knives. But I want to make a sword when I get better. Thank you for sharing and showing us how to be a better blacksmith. I love that sword. Great job

[@ptitmalouin910]

Each of those in these videos are masterpieces... and they all are so different. Need to use them. Nice job ever

[@roddglocs6231]

Вот так на глазок.. создают шедевры.

[@Blackwolf-of5kx]

Everything you’re about to see is authenticated 700 year old techniques most importantly the massive beard

[@MsNicoleLeo]

And, the story goes, he so brave and pure of heart, reached into the mouth of the fire spitting dragon and yanked out its tooth made of ore. While covered in dragons blood and the knights it devoured, he melded it into the sword of lost souls. Excellent craftsmanship!

[@khalifa5756]

Nothing much to see here, just a modern day Viking making a beautiful Ulfberht! Amazing Work! The finest sword to date #Viking

[@OzzieWozzieOriginal]

At least hammering and lots of heavy works are done by modern equipment, in viking times they would have to use muscles for that

[@guydives1246]

so

[@OzzieWozzieOriginal]

So??? they should be stronger and 10 times more quality than Viking sword, you nincompoop

[@ЯрославКоровин-э7ы]

Отличная работа. Завидую Вашим навыкам

[@dhanyfirmansyah6917]

I'm from indonesia, your work so well,and thanks for your knowlege to shared, like pomor in keris👍

[@guitarlawyer75]

This is ART! Congratulations!

[@echoinwind1467]

Boy he really dose look like a Viking blacksmith!

[@Dimitris4110]

Dude has an exoskeleton sitting around his workshop. Probably building a Fallout power armour on his free time.

[@julianoalberto6582]

Otmo trabalho ! Muito bom 👍🏻o que sao aqueles líquidos que mergulhou a lamina por ultimo e pra que serve ? Para nao enferrujar?

[@c0nnys1]

Awesome job with the finished patterns!! What was that machine called that you flattened and put the fuller in please?

[@freerkwieringa275]

c0nnys1 surface grinder

[@plot267]

Surely the advantage of Damascus steel comes from the bending part rather than the actual layering of it, wouldn't it make more sense to bend/roll a single peice?

[@mikeblackford994]

Beautiful work!

[@elbiorosales5301]

Very good work friend ,,, a luxury to see you elaborate the back ,,, cordial greetings from Buenos Aires Argentina

[@CZOV]

I really hate it when fakes are called Damascus. Aldo this is a very nicely done and looks extremely nice, it has nothing to do with real Damascus wootz steel blades.

[@coffeesstudios2122]

Looks great can't wait for the finish.

[@JKCDLT]

When I saw the precision grinder I was impressed

[@НикПрот-я1й]

Руки на МЕСТЕ!!! Very good!!!!!!!!!

[@leoads]

Wow, impressive work! Gorgeous pattern.

[@sarthurocks]

Excellent craftsmanship .. can we place order somewhere ?? I am an Rajput from India, professionally an industrial designer but as traditional we carry Tulwar swords during our wedding ceremonies. Would be be interested in such a project??

[@jerrellkull5347]

First time viewer here. You Sir, have talent beyond words that would describe.

[@RobertSmith-lm3wt]

Absolutely Amazing! You are quite the Artist, Sir.

[@antoniopoydras57]

you forge weld alot.have you had any bad bilits you make it look so easy also you are an excellent blacksmith

[@ksatriagembluuung1309]

Very Nice n Beautiful SWORD... If you can teach me, I am very Happy. God Bless You Forever. Success Forever...

[@Scottwhittysydney]

Smoke a j and a capt n coke and what a relaxing show!

[@darkovilos]

Looking forward for part 2.

[@freerkwieringa275]

darkovilos working on it

[@luisvicentemontesinosbeltr2662]

from Chile le falta rock a tus vídeos, good work.

[@briandunstan3503]

That is lovely work, I really admire your skill,,I was born in a house next door to a farriers yard ,and I used to go round every chance I had to watch him shoeing cart horses,,my first painfully memory was dropping a horse shoe on my foot,,I was three at the time,,I always wanted to be a blacksmith,,but never got round to it,,,thanks for the video ,,🤗,,

[@TheFrog767]

Mate if l knew you I'd PAY you well for that craftsmenship it's crazy beautiful.👏🏻👏🏻👋👍

[@mbryan2010]

I did not see the part where heat treating occured. Did you just make it for looks? Its beautiful no matter, but will it kill a saxon?

[@T-WJ]

Amazing Blade !!! 😍 But i miss some Information about the work progres in your Videos.

[@Bathin1944]

Nice Viking's tools :)

[@60ancka45]

Qu'elle est belle ! Très beau travail.

[@coldnorwegian4716]

Is there an advantage of hammering the tang out in this manner compared to just cutting away the excess material? I know it was probably done this way historically, im just wondering.

[@OddnormalStudios]

Hi I'm new to blacksmithing and I wanted to know what why you sprinkle powder on the metal and why?

[@daveprototype6079]

Amazing build Great work

[@izoyt]

this middle section of the blade - shouldn't be forged instead of grinded in, so it get more strength in the core of the blade? just asking, i'm completely noob about this. very nice craftsmanship.

[@jovanradojkovic5167]

Masterwork, honestly a real masterpiece. Wieringa your skills are brutal. I would love to have one of those artworks in my home.

[@Rashadrus]

Реально викинги не умели делать дамасскую сталь, лишь небольшая часть свеев умела работать с металлом, делая настоящие шедевры из стали, в основном благодаря редкоземельным металлам и очень аккуратной работе. Но ни когда не делали многослойную сталь - это исторический факт, им просто делать это было не за чем - получалось и-так отлично!

[@donarmando916]

Wow, very cool. Congrats!

[@staccio80]

very cool!u are an artist!

[@lukeelliott6666]

That billet weld is as pretty as a picture

[@joejones8810]

Some people are really good at what they do.

[@nigel900]

Beautiful work.

[@shoulderbone3899]

How did you stack the billet such that the lines near the edge of the bevel are much much closer to each other than the lines going up the rest of the bevel are?

[@markspc1]

Great work !

[@AlekseyCamodelkin]

Beautiful work, especially simple equipment.

[@chinsuphut1472]

1000 like. Good job. I like it

[@zackgeorgly5099]

Amazing work. How much real time did this actually take?

[@poniastykuzyk8478]

You are the best man!

[@darklighter8968]

What a beautiful blade, damnit!

[@onetimeoutdoorsdj1394]

Very nice thank you for the video

[@ducvu5116]

14:20 What fluid . Please, I am Vietnamese love to forge weapons

[@neronah7349]

Probably oil or acid

[@多々良長幸]

Very beautiful!

[@martinds93]

Hello, what is that white liquid that you use at the beginning? Great video!!!

[@freerkwieringa275]

borax solution

[@kimalfa1596]

hi which is in your point of view difficult to realize a Damascus Viking sword or a katana one ? thanks

[@archibaldc.1833]

I was hoping to find a vid where they make it old fashioned style, but unfortunately it wasn't so. I don't know what any of these strange tools are nor where to find them or anything, but I would like to try to make replicas as accurate as I can some day.

[@joelonderee2872]

simply beautiful! Thanks for the excellent video.

[@AJCsr]

Beautiful !

[@arturjewtuszek145]

Hi , Greate tallent and this is a piece of art. Can you try to forga catana ?

[@eriktegnander6329]

i love the fact that he is using a tig welder to make the holding welds for the damascus

[@archibaldc.1833]

Okay, I commented before finishing the vid, and I gotta say: love the part where you stop to open a book and measure the fuller. I read about Damascus steel, and based on what I've seen it looked like how it did due to a particular process, so seeing this going through similar processes as from prev. vids, I'm wondering what you did to give it that trade mark wood like grain. Did those tubes you stuck the blade in near the end have anything to do with it?Also, the sword looks finished, but the title is only part 1? does the next one show you swinging it and testing it?

[@АлександрДизер]

Шикарно!!!

[@gomo200]

2:05 looks like the old "slag in the glove" shake.

[@freerkwieringa275]

S34WOLF it was

[@henriencoreplusperversquel4360]

yes of course

[@ogmius2001]

haha im not the only one who caught that

[@pantherplatform]

*_#FAGINTHEGLOVE_*

[@Tigerfire75]

I could think of several other place that it would be worse to get slag.

[@ljubanesic369]

Ti si doktor.!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@kiksforge]

What type of steel was used for the contrast?, it looked like 15n20 and 1070. Beautiful work as always.

[@HoutmeyersP]

The black steel is 1.2842 ( aisi O2 steel , 90MnCrV8)....the white steel is 1.2767 ( aisi 6F7 , 45NiCrMo16). The 1.2767 steel has about 3.8-4.3% Nickel....that almost double the amount of nickel 15n20 or 75ni8 has. The 4% Nickel content makes it a very high contrast damascus.....but it also makes the billet harder to squash at welding heat.The nickel makes it a very tough steel. If you dunk this damascus steel for a night in a strong soluble coffee and water mixture after the etch....you get a very black and white damascus. Much more contrast than just an ordinary etch.

[@kiksforge]

Hey, thanks for the detailed reply

[@lanceburke6236]

Beautiful Blade!

[@Shadoweddusk]

Hey I noticed that when you fold the steel you let it cool first then saw the material in half, weld it, then heat it again. Most of the other videos I've seen has them fold steel while its still hot; are there advantages and disadvantages to these methods or are they just a preference?

[@kyuubikid7971]

Y'know... when I saw the title "viking sword" and then saw the blacksmith, I was like "Yea, that's about right" Also can I buy these things?

[@gustavoaffonso6397]

Very cool.

[@МаратШамсутдинов-и8к]

Наковальня огонь а звук металла просто песня молодчина молот бы еще помощнее и тогда бы оркестр был бы впол ном составе

[@TheWolfgangfritz]

You can be proud of your skills! By the way, how would a 12th century Viking have made that center groove? Or would they have even bothered with the difficult multi layer process?

[@CCRUEnthusist]

Traditional blacksmiths forged their fullers with a special tool. If you look at 8:47 in the video you'll see he has two flat pieces of wood that evenly flatten the steel when placed in the power hammer. The tool used to Create fullers is like that but have a cylindrical hump that evenly distributes the metal out. Of course back in the day they would have used a team of apprentices with big hammers instead of a power hammer. Fullers were used to decrease the weight while retaining the same strength and using less steel. Today steel is cheap and figuring out exactly how large your sword will be after forging the fuller is difficult so most modern blacksmiths simply grind them out.

[@BDR1420]

Another great project! Would it be possible to give more info about your forges? Keep up the beautiful work.

[@freerkwieringa275]

BDR1420 I will make a forge and film it this year I think

[@BDR1420]

That would be great. Thanx

[@suwadjisuwadji9648]

Bagus banget tuh kreaitipnya waji pt essi jakarta jos

[@johnrambo7897]

Well i love blacksmith, they are really do a great job...

[@vbone25]

what type of metals do you work with when you make damascus?

[@bobbob-nn2sn]

what is the processe to have this kind of pattern on a damascus blade? pls someone responde thx

[@koryh9802]

Say, what's that chemical you're dipping your damascus into?

[@杨安静-j7j]

Excuse me, what is that liquid?What kind of liquid is the white one?

[@paulwharton3488]

A great video once again, you are a true artist. Two questions, why use the angle grinder before going to the belt grinder for the bevels and why stock removal for the centre fuller rather than one of your spring fullers to forge it and reduce metal loss?

[@HoutmeyersP]

I think he uses an angle grinder disk to first remove the hard oxidation scale before using a belt....an angle grinder disk is far less expensive than a belt.

[@JeepXLC]

the stock removal brings out the damascus pattern. If you forged it all to shape, you would only be able to see the outer most layers and there would be no pattern.

[@marioyonov4246]

Master class !