tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post5236435496665679115..comments2024-03-29T03:57:26.974-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: A Reality Show for the HallGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-18930736895582599592015-07-12T17:52:44.222-04:002015-07-12T17:52:44.222-04:00I'll have to carve out some time to watch the ...I'll have to carve out some time to watch the Viking axe episode.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-7800548300284225452015-07-12T15:54:59.950-04:002015-07-12T15:54:59.950-04:00Facebook and other Leftist controlled mouth pieces...Facebook and other Leftist controlled mouth pieces, are banning advertisement for swords, it being under "weapons".<br /><br />Something that happened before the Left ordered the banning of the General Lee's flag.Ymar Sakarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-532171021134563642015-07-11T21:31:13.630-04:002015-07-11T21:31:13.630-04:00I watched the Viking Battle Axe episode on my DVR....I watched the Viking Battle Axe episode on my DVR. It was interesting, but three hours to forge a blade seems to me not enough time to really test their forging skills. It was almost completely a race against the clock. I don't think they are really looking for historical accuracy per se either- I think it's only in so far as what you make qualifies as being a legitimate interpretation of that weapon, so in the case of the Viking battle axe, that it be long handled, have a broad blade and a hook. The guy that lost basically lost because he apparently didn't know much about using an axe- round handle makes indexing the blade to your hand a visual exercise, and he put pigskin wraps on the handle which inhibited the natural hand slide in the downswing. I think I'll try another episode and see if I still think it's worth watching- I learned a lot about forging by seeing the kinds of mistakes they made, as opposed to the usual reading or watching something that tells you the right way to do it.douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241790925053112959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-65032295647407869122015-07-11T15:00:04.225-04:002015-07-11T15:00:04.225-04:00SBG often links history and other videos about ste...SBG often links history and other videos about steel work and weapons. Not always useful or accurate, but entertaining at least.<br /><br />Differentially hardened steel doesn't seem as stable compared to mono steel hardened versions. I haven't done a 1 to 1 comparison, it's more like a 50% comparison, but the harmonics from the force feedback takes more techniques to sink and bleed off in the blades hardened with different HRC components.Ymar Sakarnoreply@blogger.com