Darrell Markewitz is your guide to 'the Art and Mystery of the Blacksmith'. He has been working with forged steel, and producing historic reproductions, since the late 70's. His five years at Black Creek Pioneer Village, three as primary blacksmith, has led to a deep understanding of historic styles and techniques. An area of personal interest and study has been the Early Mediaeval period, especially the Norse, resulting in work that truly spans the ages. Over the years he has visited most of the major museums and living history sites in Central and Eastern Canada, the Northeastern United Sates, and several in England and Ireland. As well as the literally millions of people who have seen him demonstrate at museums and historic events, he has held dozens of workshops on Blacksmithing and other historic metalworking techniques.
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Prefect for the beginner smith - this DVD will help you get started! Even just the information contained on tools and how to pick them could save you $$$! This three hour program contains a wealth of information, including what to look for in used tools, building a home shop, and demonstrations of a number of basic forming techniques. The first part covers TOOLS, including : forges / lighting a fire / coal / anvils / hammers / vices / safety / the home forge. The second half illustrates TECHNIQUES, demonstrating : hammer use / 'S' hooks / tent peg / fire poker /twists / toasting fork. |
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Ideal for the beginner to intermeadiate level blacksmith or knifemaker! This two and three quarter hour program deals with the historic development of cutting edges and forging technology, as well as demonstrating the methods of producing three reproduction blades. Lecture topics include : introduction to iron and its alloys / evolution of foundry furnaces and forges / basics of heat treating / historic blade patterns. The demonstrations show : heat treating / as well as the forging of : Romano-British table knife / Norse small seax / 1800's patch knife. |
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A special combination of practical work and historical background that will be of interest to historic blacksmiths and those involved in Early Medieval living history. This 2 1/2 hour program documents the creation of a number of the forged metal objects created for the 1997 'Viking Encampment' Program at L'Anse aux Meadows NHSC for Parks Canada. The program contains commentary on objects from the Viking Age, details on how the pieces were produced and forging sequences. |
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ISBN 978-0-9783284-3-6 Of interest to working blacksmiths, the student of history or those attempting to re-create the Early Medieval period. Experimental IRON SMELTING in the Viking Age - is a multi-platform CD-ROM documenting ongoing experiments re-creating both SMELTING and FORGING of the Norse metalsmiths. The greatly expanded version 2 now contains almost 2000 images, working plans, experiment notes and articles. |
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