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  1. 12-18-2013 #1
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    Default VIKING swordmaking

    Came across this guy making viking swords

    when people say what is a craftsman? I think this sums it up nicely



    it would be awesome to have skills like this
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    beyond bad ass
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    Default Re: VIKING swordmaking

    Quote Originally Posted by rphetteplace View Post
    beyond bad ass
    I don't have much of an attention span these days and I managed to sit through all the videos. So cool.
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    This is pretty much the coolest thing ever. If I could have another pass at life I would end up bladesmithing.
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    Wow, watched that with my jaw on the floor the whole time. And now my evening is done for as I find more.
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    Quote Originally Posted by musgravecycles View Post
    This is pretty much the coolest thing ever. If I could have another pass at life I would end up bladesmithing.
    Take a look for community education classes at a local vocational school. The one near me offers blacksmithing classes. It'd probably be worth it to take one, just for the fun factor of trying something new.

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    Quote Originally Posted by G-reg View Post
    Wow, watched that with my jaw on the floor the whole time. And now my evening is done for as I find more.
    I got sucked in and ended up watching them all...loved the way he actually explained the process to the layman like me as he went along
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    Seems like a lot of work to make something that will never be used for its actual purpose.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Kelly View Post
    Seems like a lot of work to make something that will never be used for its actual purpose.
    Sounds like a whole lot of super fancy bikes.
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    i would think that the actual purpose is 'art'.

    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Kelly View Post
    Seems like a lot of work to make something that will never be used for its actual purpose.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Kelly View Post
    Seems like a lot of work to make something that will never be used for its actual purpose.
    A bit like S119 both deadly in their relevant era's but I'm very hopeful at least one will never be used for its actual purpose
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    Yeah, my arms look just like that when I'm done forging a carbon bike.

    Trip hammers- so awesome.
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    That was amazing. I feel like listening to metal and slaying a few heathen.
    Geoff used to race around on a Brodie Sovereign
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