In this video, we are forging a traditional Shamshir sword from a piece of rusty railway track. This project showcases the ...

In "Secrets Of The Viking Sword," NOVA and National Geographic follow ... The film demonstrates the dramatic and extremely challenging forging process as it unfolds, step-by-step, and illustrates ...

There’s no point in forging a sword with modern technology and calling it a “Viking blade” just because. Without authenticity, the entire endeavor becomes worthless. “There’s always room ...

Handing the sword over to researchers ... Some of the earliest Viking blades were created using a technique known as pattern-welding, which involved forging wrought iron and mild steel.

Another possible bit of Viking trivia: The Vikings must have been ridiculously fit. The steel sword Mikkelsen uses in stage battles weighs about 5 pounds, his shield weighs 7 or 8, and his helmet ...

The incredibly well-preserved Viking sword was found by a reindeer hunter on a remote mountain in Southern Norway. The Glacier Archaeology Program at Oppland County Council was recently notified ...

Here’s how it works. While clearing a field on his farm, a Norwegian man discovered a rare Viking Age sword that's thought to be 1,000 years old. "We were about to start sowing grass on a field ...

Amateur detectives have uncovered remnants of a Viking-era sword that shows intricate and spectacular workmanship of a millennium ago. Two enthusiasts found, independently of each other ...

Trevor Penny was magnet fishing in an English waterway near Oxford when he pulled out a rusty sword. Experts say it’s a Viking sword that is probably more than 1,000 years old. By Isabella Kwai ...

Research is underway to learn more about the origins of medieval sword found earlier this month at the bottom of a Polish river, which some experts believe may have belonged to the Vikings.

But his find that day was much more dramatic: a rusty Viking sword that had been there for more than 1,000 years. The sword, found in the River Cherwell and identified by an archaeological group ...