The Creation of a Pattern Welded Blade Resources and Bibliography
By Robert P. Shyan-Norwalt
https://manyeats.com Very well illustrated article by Gerard Paul.
www.texasknife.com Stateside blade maker’s site.
www.dfoggknives.com Great pattern welder and overall blade-smith.
www.jensenknives.com Stateside blade maker’s site.
www.powning.com Jake Powning, maker of hand forged swords and knives.
www.powning.com Jake Powning’s swords
www.powning.com Artist Peter Powning, writer photographer Beth Powning and swordsmith Jake Powning
www.myarmoury.com Great site from beginner to advanced. Bladesmiths of all kind can learn from these guys.
www.myarmoury.com Antique sword / smallsword photo
www.myarmoury.com Can’t go wrong with Pat Kelly.
www.myarmoury.com Oakeshott Type X Swords
www.myarmoury.com Nice little summary for beginners.
www.vikingsword.com One of the best period sites around. Wonderful documentation.
www.deltin.net Swords and Daggers until the Eighteenth Century
forums.swordforum.com One of my threads. Seax pics.
forums.swordforum.com My new Byzantine pauldron and armoured sleeve
forums.swordforum.com Links for Reenactors and other Viking/Saxon enthusiasts.
forums.swordforum.com Mokume Gane Patterns
forums.swordforum.com Attention Glen C. and Patrick Hastings
forums.swordforum.com Godfred Destructive Testing
forums.swordforum.com Pattern welded lang seax
forums.armourarchive.org Medieval Combat and Weapons : Another blade close up
www.atrimasa.com Western and Japanese Swords
www.geocities.com Damascus Steel Rings
damascus.free.fr Sites about Damascus Steel, forge and knives.
damascus.free.fr Wootz Steel: An advanced material of the ancient world.
www.oakeshott.org Pioneer on level with Jan Peterson.
www.vikingsword.com Mechanical Damascus: Pattern Welding
www.vikingsword.com Mediæval Sword Virtual Museum
www.ssdamascus.com The only factory authorized dealer of Damasteel in the United States.
www.medievalwares.com Dark Ages Metalwork
www.silversmithing.com Society of American Silversmiths : Wood Grained Metal: Mokume-Gane
www.devinthomas.com Devin Thomas Damascus: All Stainless Damascus
www.hayesknives.com Performance Bladeware by Master Bladesmith Wally Hayes
www.kaincustomknives.com Great folder-fantasy maker, with a few period pieces. Highly recommended.
www.ancientarms.biz Ancient Arms Store
www.dfoggknives.com Mosaic pattern Damascus
www.dfoggknives.com Hy Alloy Steels
en.wikipedia.org Types of swords.
en.wikipedia.org Fair definition of Pattern welding.
www.thomasnet.com Quebec Metal Powders (QMP) : Iron & Steel Powders
www.hardnesstesters.com ME-2 Digital or Analog Rockwell Hardness Tester
www.customflix.com Film: The Birth of a Sword
www.ezop.wz.cz Stories of hand -made artifacts: Stories of the disappearing world of traditional hand crafts.
www.cashenblades.com Matherton Forge
www.raven-armoury.co.uk Raven Armoury
www.amazon.com Book: Swords of the Viking Age
www.amazon.com Book: The Archaeology of Weapons: Arms and Armour from Prehistory to the Age of Chivalry
www.historicgames.com Early Wood Lathes
www.thearma.org Interview with Ewart Oakeshott: “Dean of Swords”
www.armart.antiquanova.com ArmArt: pattern-welded swords specialist : forged replicas of fully functional swords and edged weapons
www.wuffings.co.uk The Royal Sword Blade
www.tf.uni-kiel.de Damascene Technique in Metal Working
www.clemusart.com Cleveland Museum of Art – Single-Edged Knife (Scramasax)
www.damascususa.com Damascus USA: The world leader in forged to shape Damascus
www.knife-making-supplies.net Welcome to Knife Making Supplies
www.wholesalesword.com Wholesalesword: Great Quality Daggers,Knives,Swords, etc.
jakeknife.com Frank Jacobs: Millwright / Welder
entertainment.howstuffworks.com How Sword Making Works
www.armae.com How to make an helmet wearable?
fenrisforge.com Fenris Forge: Blades & Blacksmithing
www.vicus.org.uk Modifying the TimeTarts British Sword
www.ironagearmoury.com Iron Age Armoury
www.frojel.com Working With Bone
www.manningimperial.com Manning Imperial is a premier manufacturer of historical reproductions.
www.knifeart.com Interview with Bill Moran by Larry Connelley
bjorn.foxtail.nu Peter Johnsson – smith and sword-maker
octavia.net Nice lady. Set me straight on a few issues. You’ll like her.
www.brad.ac.uk University of Bradford – Making Knowledge Work
technicalvideorental.com Knifemaking instruction videos on DVD : Learn Knifemaking
www.angelsword.com Dan Watson, Steel: The Spirit of the Blade
www.weaponmasters.com Swords and weapons of all types
www.weaponmasters.com Viking Swords
www.tms.org The Key Role of Impurities in Ancient Damascus Steel Blades
www.armourclass.co.uk Viking sword 10th-11th Century with five lobed pommel
www.bladeforums.com The Leading Edge of Knife Discussion
www.briley.com Nice article on “damascus” shotgun barrels.
www.scblades.com Southern California Knife Collector’s Club
ivoryworksltd.net Fossile Ivory for Artisans and Craftsmen
www.lloydstudios.com The Chiseler’s Art
www.condortk.com Condor Tools & Knives: Knives
www.revaforge.com Welcome to Reva Forge – Home of Red St. Cyr, ABS Mastersmith
www.atlantacutlery.com This is Hank Reinhart’s outfit.
www.museumreplicas.com Swords and Knives – Swords from Museum Replicas
www.stingrayproducts.com Comes in handy for japanese and scottish grips.
www.exoticleather.biz For those going the extra mile in sheaths, and scabbards.
www.albion-swords.com Albion is a leader in high carbon period swords and Armour.
www.admiralsteel.com Admiral Steel – Product Catalogs
www.swords.org SWORDS.ORG: The web of the SWORDS
www.bigbluhammer.com Power hammers.
Text copyright Robert P. Shyan-Norwalt 2006
