Viking Pattern Welded Steel

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Viking pattern welded steel.

Mechanical damascus steel pattern welded steel structures from twisted piled rods as seen in a yataghan and a viking sword. Pattern welding is the practice in sword and knife making of forming a blade of several metal pieces of differing composition that are forge welded together and twisted and manipulated to form a pattern. The faces of the blade are often flat and the central flat portion is pattern welded with the edges and tip being of non patterned steel. Pattern welded steel blade often called damascus steel made with an antique technique which welds different layers of steel by the forge process.

The torsion of different parts and their subsequent union forms the characteristic geometrical pattern and gives the blade an excellent hardness and strength. Together with weapons such as the battle axe and the spear the sword was one of the most useful offensive tools for a viking warrior. Often mistakenly called damascus steel blades forged in this manner often display bands of slightly different patterning along their entire length. When we look at modern industrially produced iron and steel little or no texture is readily apparent without magnification even when the objects have been corroded.

These bands can be highlighted for. The blade of this sword is forged from a blend of 1095 15n20 steel and tempered to create this gorgeous pattern welded damascus steel you see here. The swords of the viking age evolved from these with the average blade length remaining relatively constant at about 78 to 81 cm. Viking swords were typically meant for single handed use with the other hand holding a shield.

Take this sword in hand and lead you viking warriors to victory and conquest. The viking age sword also viking sword or carolingian sword is the type of sword prevalent in western and northern europe during the early middle ages. Forging a pattern welded viking sword the complete movie.