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thanks a lot folks...

Here is a little skinner 5" over all forged from 1084





And a video showing me forging a punched eye tomahawk....


http://youtu.be/pzSJBpompA0

Sorry for the delay on this... lots of shop innovations. It is now a 4 bar composite spine.. with two individual wrought iron bars welded together welded to two individually twisted bars that were welded together and then twisted again. And then welded to a bar of W2 tool steel. Here is where it is ...

Thanks folks... Interesting seeing my earlier work! So the seax I'm making for Margly is something new for me... it's an attempt at a multi-bar composite construction. This is an ancient way of making blades. During much of the early Iron Age the steel required for the edges of swords and knives was...