Forging Swedish axes completely by hand (1924 film)

[Steve Tall]

8-minute film from the National Library of Sweden:

http://www.euscreen.eu/play.jsp?id=EUS_8B1F3CDB5EF343C9A2706E846AE0628E

 

[Alocksly]

Great video. Thanks for posting.

No dies cast there.

 

[Barbarossa]

Nice find. Those guys sure knew it like an art form back then.

 

[Bo T]

Great video.

 

[Irongun324]

Gone?

 

[Steve Tall]

Gone?

That's strange. It was just there a half hour ago.

 

[droohmakov]

Thanks for link.

 

[Steve Tall]

The availability of the video seems to be sporadic. This time, I got no further than the thumbnail photo while searching the site:

 

[Square_peg]

Very impressive smith work! Thanks for sharing that.

 

[300Six]

Thanks for sharing that link. Would be interesting to find one of those oldies and have a go with it. Also interesting to see how close the rapport is between the smith and the sledgehammer assistant. Also not difficult to appreciate that an axe head such as that could not realistically be retailed for $19.95 due to the inordinate amount of time and effort went into it.

 

[rjdankert]

Love those old films, thanks for the post.

 

[rjdankert]

. . . . Also interesting to see how close the rapport is between the smith and the sledgehammer assistant. . .

Assistant to smith: "nod your head when you're ready and I'll hit it"

 

[Bawanna]

Very fun to watch, got lucky and the video worked for me. Have to share that with my Swedish wife.

 

[hutchinsonkw]

I love videos like that. Thank you for sharing.

 

[Bucknaked]

Thanks for sharing, no school like old school

 

[Steve Tall]

These same Swedish blacksmiths are shown making a scythe blade in a film discussed in this thread:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/884115-Who-else-uses-a-scythe?p=13360189#post13360189