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Over the years, a wide range of historic objects have been
created by the Wareham Forge. The objects shown in this gallery
of past work mark a number of differing time periods,
and include both forge work and sheet forming techniques. |
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The Wareham Forge primarily produces custom ordered
replicas of a range of objects from the Viking Age from
the Viking Age. |
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A wide range of historically accurate Viking Age cookware and
tools were produced for the 2008 film OUTLANDER.
This is a commentary on the work undertaken, and the process of
coverting artifacts to working replicas. |
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The Wareham Forge produces a number of replicas of specific
artifact cookware items. This includes several different pots
and cauldrons in both steel, copper and brass |
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an 'Iron' Cauldron
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Under Preparation |
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The Wareham Forge produces layered steel blades using both
the 'Damascus' (flat stack) and 'Pattern Weld' (twisted cores)
methods. Primarily undertaken as custom commissions, past work
has included a wide range of styles and sizes - from replica
Norse carving knives through to fantasy great swords. |
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Replicas of specific small artifacts. Forged steel broaches,
cast bronze and pewter pendants, pins and strap ends. All made
by the Wareham Forge, many using 1000 year old production methods! |
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Sea Chest Hinges, Ship Rivets, small Knives...
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Replica solid sterling silver coins, struck by hand using
coin dies reproducing those found in York, England circa 950
AD!
The page also provides some information on coins and coinage
during the Viking Age. |
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The most popular game of the Viking Age was hnefatafl.
It is a game with simple rules, but when it is combined with cunning
minds, can become a battle of strategy!
A modern version of the Norse game from the Wareham Forge. |
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A commentary describing the process of researching and designing
Viking Game.
How were the rules developed? Details how individual source artifacts
served as the starting point to develop the graphic design for
this modern version of an ancient game. |
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This 2 1/2 hour program documents the creation of a number of
the forged metal objects created for the 1997 'Viking Encampment'
Program at L'Anse aux Meadows NHSC for Parks Canada. It contains
commentary on objects from the Viking Age, details on how the
pieces were produced and forging sequences. |
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This disk contains over 400 large format images, each with notes.
The publication also contains many commentaries on the individual
museums and also travel around Denmark in general. The overall
stress is on materials related to the Viking Age. |
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This disk is a collection of materials related to an ongoing
experiments by the Dark Ages Re-creation Company concerned with
Iron in the Viking Age. There are also a series of illustrated
articles outlining the work and equipment of the Norse Blacksmith,
plus others related metalworking and smelting. The collection
contains over 2000 images, working drawings and plans. |
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The most popular game of the Viking Age was hnefatafl.
It is a game with simple rules, but when it is combined with cunning
minds, can become a battle of strategy!
A modern version of the Norse game from the Wareham Forge. |