I think he’s the first guy I’ve seen rock a neckerchief I honestly like the style just never seen em in real life

Always great to see Hector Cole, made me a very nice Frankish axehead a few years ago which I still have.

Love English Heritage, love the work you do for our historical sites and now I get to watch videos about it all as well! great stuff!

The sets of tongs along the front of the forge were astonishing! Most smiths make their own tongs, this represents a colossal amount of work. Very impressive!

Excellent insight into the process. I remember seeing Hector Cole make a replica Saxon sword on Meet the Ancestors many years ago and being totally blown away. It's still one of the most beautiful blades I've ever seen.

Great work Hector and the English Heritage team

This was fascinating to watch! Thank you for sharing.

@NorthworthySagasStories

6 жыл бұрын

always a pleasure to watch hector at work

Hector dos great work and great guy to talk too ask well love to watching him work

This is the best channel on youtube

beautiful video and very informative Thank you sir

I love these videos

HECTOR. I'VE GOT MY EYE ON YOU. HAVE FUN GARE

@NorthworthySagasStories

6 жыл бұрын

And a nice stout red shield. Waes hael

Nicely done, best regards from a smith in Canada.

I now feel so honoured that I have the chance to come and forge with him at the age of 15, he truly is amazing

Very enjoyable video.

this has always been amazing to me

@NorthworthySagasStories

6 жыл бұрын

amazing craft is smithying

One of the coolest jobs. i admire this guy.

Very interesting and impressive

Good stuff!

Lovely absolutely lovely

Nice work!

@NorthworthySagasStories

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed

What a job to have! Brilliant stuff! A lost art!

@hamzatahtac6637

7 жыл бұрын

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@MedievalRichard

7 жыл бұрын

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Watching this on the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings

fascinating

@NorthworthySagasStories

6 жыл бұрын

sure is

I love the smell of hot metal when smithing. I could almost smell the iron. Ahhh, gotta get back into it.

@MedievalGenie

5 жыл бұрын

So... Did you get back into it?

Is there a noticeable difference between spears from the Dark ages and spears from the 1000s?

@jeandoilu2185

8 жыл бұрын

+Ho_Chi_Minty Yeah, it's wasn't made by the same blacksmith. No, seriously, I don't think so. Maybe the shape of the blade, it may have evolved with certain cultures, but it was mostly the same. Maybe they didn't do sandwich anymore ? At least for spears.They may had more steel ? So they could be able to make them from one piece of steel without being too cost effective ? But in the general, no. But wait for the 14th century, add an axe and a hammer to it and BAM ; a pollaxe.

@deeznutshahaha

8 жыл бұрын

Jean doilu ah interesting, thanks for the answer!

@NorthworthySagasStories

6 жыл бұрын

well certain types of spear like the angon stopped being used after the migration period

But I want to know how it would be done from the 1065 era!

@mondriaa

5 жыл бұрын

the same only with some kids turning a stone grinding wheel and working the bulge

Coal will work great but personally bellows are a pain to use.

Honestly, the only things that have changed are the steels used, the strikers were replaced with power hammers, there are new methods of heating (induction being the newest) and the scale of forging has been increased to an industrial degree. I'm talking pylon hammers. So, basically, while the concept of "heat metal and hit metal" is the same, its changed. Now, the vast majority of blacksmiths are what you'd find in the past. They still employ the forge and hammer, but the power hammer is becoming more and more common place (along with the hydraulic press)

I'm wanting to do my own custom hunting spear for hogs

@NorthworthySagasStories

6 жыл бұрын

Big wings on your spear is what you want for hogs

I love the Normans. They kicked butt and had a good time everywhere they went. Didn't they once beat fire out of the Pope's army so badly they had to apologize?

The steel you use should also be 1066 hign carbon steel ;)

Watch thru once and listen to the narration. Watch thru 2x? ANVIL OF CROM!

@sigrid129

7 жыл бұрын

IamTenzin cone, he is forming the cone where the spear shaft go into

Cool video but it looked like he was using coal, not charcoal.

Nice, but to be honest tools and materials where different back then. Great skill nevertheless!

everytime i see blacksmiths they hammer with their thums along the handle...you guys are destroying your carpal bones! if you keep your thumbs up . all the enrgy dispenced into the hammer on impact is now coursing to your thumb instead of letting the hammer bounce back and have the energy going trough your arm instead. your carpals are bound to be hurt sometime but you dont have to make it go bad sooner lol

@EnglishHeritage

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comments Hero Legion.

Burning spear😀😀😯😉😈😈😈

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