Forging a Viking Broad Sword: from start to finish

I started making this sword in 2017 and now it's finally complete. This video will show how to make a viking broad sword or seax since it's a single edged sword in this case.

The seax was a weapon common during Anglo-Saxon times but was also in use during the early Viking-age. While mostly a simple weapon produced locally by many blacksmiths, more elaborate pattern-welded seaxes have been found as well. You will see how I am forging a Viking pattern-welded broad seax. I am showing all the necessary steps from preparing the material, to drawing out the bevel on the anvil to heat treating and polishing it.

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Filmed on a Sony PXW‑FS7. Color grading in DaVinci Resolve.

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