Work in progress of a sword

 

I present you some examples of making of a sword "from the ingot to the finished object".

 

Making of a Type XII sword made with modern homogeneous steel
Making of a sword from the Cluny Museum (France) with laminated steel/multilayered steel
Making of an +VLFBERHT+ viking sword made with bloomery iron/steel
Making of a Late La Tène sword (IVth/IIIrd century B.C.) with a home made steel from a bloomery furnace (from the iron ore)