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How do they forge swords in the olden times?

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free2fly asked:

and is there any site that would help me on this topic?

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This entry was posted on Saturday, January 31st, 2009 at 4:22 pm and is filed under History. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “How do they forge swords in the olden times?”

  1. thedavecorp Says:
    January 31st, 2009 at 4:24 pm

    Alloys were weak back then, so to strengthen the materials the metal would be folded.

    The metal would be heated, folded in half, hammered together, then folded again, hammered together and hammered to make it thinner again, and on and on. Look closely at some swords, and you’ll see tiny little lines not in the cutting portion, but on the rest of the blade – that’s because it was folded.

    Finally it was sharpened and a handle put on, and that was a sword.

  2. itsmyitch Says:
    February 2nd, 2009 at 3:38 pm

    Google “sword making”.

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