Casting a Bronze Age winged axe

[@Atanar89]

Nice, I currently also working on the very same thing. Winged axe but with the wings a lot more towards the back. What material did you use for the mould? I tried using fine sandstone but it is horrible to work with, the deep, narrow grooves just refuse to be worked on with simple tools.

[@ulfr23]

I know :-) We used flint tools, very thin burins, and it is a matter of endureance and diligence to work with them, very time consuming, but in the end it works. The mould was made from very fine, but not too hard sandstone.

[@egordo2]

Good video and even better work!!

[@metaldiver]

Nice work. I found bronze flat axe, and i think is the shaft made same ways as that winged axe shaft?

[@ulfr23]

Yep, it is. Example is the copper axe of "Ötzi the Ice Man"

[@h2o270]

That is some awesome work!!!

[@johntuffield1457]

What is your mold made out of?

[@ulfr23]

Made out of soapstone - BA people mostly used sandstone, but in this case soapstone was more reliable for the video takes, as sandstone sometimes cracks.

[@jakob4644]

Great video

[@astorniit7524]

Fantastic video! What did you make the crucible from? If clay, what did you dp with it to make it wothstand the temperatures?

[@ulfr23]

Thx! The crucible was made from soapstone in order to guarantee the result for the movie. Originally, Bronze Age people used sandstone

[@astorniit7524]

@@ulfr23 Soapstone for the crucible? How could it withstand the temperatures of the furnace? Very cool!

[@ulfr23]

@@astorniit7524Oh sorry, I got you wrong. The crucible (vessel to melt the bronze) was made from special clay

[@astorniit7524]

@@ulfr23 ah, yes, that was exactly what I was wondering. I've had a hard time getting the composition right for such clay. Would you mind sharing some insight or the composition? Unless it is a secret recipe of course, haha.

[@ulfr23]

@@astorniit7524 As I didn´t make them, I can´t share the receipt, I´m sorry, but I think it was some kind of fireclay (Schamotte) tempered with special sand

[@MatiasDelera]

Amazing

[@f.n.schlub]

@ulfr23 -- (👁👃👁) -- why didn't you forge the bronze ?

[@runrob1]

Er cool Thanks

[@blattspitze]

Without words ... very nice!!!