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Check out the documentary Secrets of the Viking Sword. Goes into great depth concerning the materials and methods used in creating the Ulfberht blades. Don't re
by joliya65 10y ago
Check out the documentary Secrets of the Viking Sword. Goes into great depth concerning the materials and methods used in creating the Ulfberht blades. Don't remember meteorites being mentioned though. Maybe they simply didn't mention it in this documentary.
- phreeza 10y agoI think Viking swords were made hundreds of years after this, when the basics of iron production were known in most parts of the world?
- colechristensen 10y agoThe Vikings were around a little under 2000 years after Tutankhamun. The Viking swords in question were early examples of steel of some surprising quality. Iron technologies had existed for 1000 years at that point around Europe.
- HillaryBriss 10y agoapparently the Vikings got the steel for their swords from as far away as Central Asia and India. and that steel was critical to the superior performance of those blades. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_sword https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_sword https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucible_steel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucible_steel
- zipwitch 10y agoSomething that is also mentioned in Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle. Which someone already mentioned in reference to gold. In really is an amazing dive into history, even if it's not 100% accurate.
- aminok 10y agoThe famed Ulfberht sword is believed to have used steel forged in northern Iran, and transported through the Volga trade route (that followed the Volga river into the Caspian sea): http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/volga-trade.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/volga-trade.html