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Beneath the beams of the super moon a few nights ago, my Muse stirred within me to forge a seax. The idea was to make a mid-sized knife, mabey 14" long in the blade, composed of many strands, forged in the old way, with the teeth of wolves, and eddies of swirling life-blood.
I was reminded of Professor Tolkien's borrowed word "Warg" meaning wolf, in Old Norse. This was not the common word for "wolf" (ulfr), but a special word, with demonic connotations, often reserved for outlaws.
So My friend, Ryan Stevens and I forged out some bars, patterned them, and have begun to weld them together....
Twisting up a core
billets...
To forge in the teeth, I mark out every centimeter with an angle grinder, and then we use a special fullering tool to forge them in. (Turns out the tool was too sharp and we sliced through a few of the layers instead of compressing them...)
Grrrr!
Meticulously fitting up the teeth. Its easy to make flaws if this is not done correctly.
We decided to weld it up in two separate billets initially, one with the twists framed by wrought iron, and one for the wolf tooth, so we could keep an eye on it and give it special treatment if needed.
I was reminded of Professor Tolkien's borrowed word "Warg" meaning wolf, in Old Norse. This was not the common word for "wolf" (ulfr), but a special word, with demonic connotations, often reserved for outlaws.
So My friend, Ryan Stevens and I forged out some bars, patterned them, and have begun to weld them together....
Twisting up a core
billets...
To forge in the teeth, I mark out every centimeter with an angle grinder, and then we use a special fullering tool to forge them in. (Turns out the tool was too sharp and we sliced through a few of the layers instead of compressing them...)
Grrrr!
Meticulously fitting up the teeth. Its easy to make flaws if this is not done correctly.
We decided to weld it up in two separate billets initially, one with the twists framed by wrought iron, and one for the wolf tooth, so we could keep an eye on it and give it special treatment if needed.
