I really love this black and white movies… Take a look at this blacksmit’s forging this huge chunk of iron under this earth shaking steam power hammer 100 years ago. I wonder how much the iron weights, i think a few hundred kilos or maybe a ton, and this guys are moving it just using some chains and the muscles. I know this day’s there is an iron manipulator, a feeder that’s moving the iron under the power hammer taking the heavy loads from the hands of the blacksmits and mimimizingi the risks of enjury. The blacksmiths in this movie are cutting the material using a special power hammer chiesel, you can see two of them are handeling the big chisels from the sides of the steam power hammer
Have you ever asked yourself how an armor is done ? Well… not easy that’s for sure. Look at this movie and learn the basic of how to make one. Over 45 measurments needed just to get the right dimension for the iron sheets that will be transforming into the armor. I love the chest protection the one made out of 2 peaces riveted at the midel to become mobile. Actually all of the articulations are riveted. I think that the long gone blacksmiths had the chance to perfect they er style and experiment a lot more than a modern blacksmith that rarely has the chance to make an armor… and keep in mind that the ones made today are mostly decorative items. Well the old blacksmith never had all this new tools and an electric power hammer so all of the pounding was probably done by hand. So was the grinding… not having the electrical motor .
Extraordinary well put together this glove. So flexible and such a nice detail into the finishing touches .
The explosion or the fireball how it is often called can be seen somewhere around he middle of the clip. What takes a good few hours to be machined can me done faster and cheaper by forging with a drop hammer. This process is also resulting into less wasted material. Very impressive working with so much power. The fireball is formed on purpose …the forger throws forging oil over the iron for two reasons. To remove the scale that is forming during the heating process with the blast and to prevent the iron from sticking to the dies. Very impressive movie i hope you like it to.
A different kind of fire balls can be seen here :<a href=”http://www.webworks.ro/scamatorie-cu-focul/”>Blogul lui Zalog C</a>
