I am sharing the process of hand forging Medieval Times inspired Penannular Brooch / Viking Fibula / Medieval Cloak Pin / Celtic Brooch, using traditional methods of blacksmithing, side draft forge and stone coal.
A piece of metal I used is a round bar 6,5 mm. I reforged it to a square bar 5,5mm x 5,5mm, so if you have similar square bar available - feel free to skip the squaring part! This little project consists of forging two pieces: horse shoe shape brooch or fibula or sakta as we call it here in Latvia and a needle. For forging the needle I used the same material.
Blacksmithing techniques: drawing, twisting, scrolling, shaping the circle, hot cutting.
The tools are: anvil, rounding hammer, blacksmith's tongs, pliers, blacksmith's vise, wire brush, rasp for finishing. No power hammer needed for this project.
Hope that this video could be helpful for blacksmith enthusiasts as well as for craft loving community or just any person interested in how metal craft is made! If you are inspired to forge such type of brooch, please let us know about your results!
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