Viking Pattern Welded Steel

Constructed with riveted tang.

Viking pattern welded steel.

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. Often mistakenly called damascus steel blades forged in this manner often display bands of slightly different patterning along their entire length. The torsion of different parts and their subsequent union forms the characteristic geometrical pattern and gives the blade an excellent hardness and strength. The swords of the viking age evolved from these with the average blade length remaining relatively constant at about 78 to 81 cm.

Earlier iron and steel. Forging a pattern welded viking sword the complete movie. Mechanical damascus steel pattern welded steel structures from twisted piled rods as seen in a yataghan and a viking sword. Take this sword in hand and lead you viking warriors to victory and conquest.

These bands can be highlighted for. 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. 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. 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. Viking swords were typically meant for single handed use with the other hand holding a shield. 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.