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Jun
30

Shamshir

admin on June 30th, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Hello All, I am Ric Furrer of www.doorcountyforgeworks.com Here is a series of photos showing how a pattern welded (damascus) steel sword is made. Note the double fuller (grooves) and the interplay of the pattern and the shape of the blade. I make damascus steel (pattern-welded) as well as wootz swords and [...]

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Jun
20

Multi bar composite sword

admin on June 20th, 2010

Hello All, I am Ric Furrer of www.doorcountyforgeworks.com Here is a series of photos showing how a very complex sword blade is forged. If you research early European swords you will find multi-bar swords with two,three and four bars in many cultures, but rarely will you find higher bar numbers. recently there have been a [...]

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Nov
7

Crafting Vinwid – Forging a tool steel knife

admin on November 7th, 2009

The process of the forging and crafting of Vinwid, tri layer blade by David DelaGardelle of the MAD Dwarf Workshop. The awesome bladesmith/blacksmith Ric Furrer showed us how to correctly weld the billet together which was used for the blade. Check out Ric’s site at: doorcountyforgeworks.com The blade consists of a tool steel cutting edge [...]

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