[MR] MORE Secrets of The Viking Sword.

[Roy B. Scherer]

Good gentles -
         And do not neglect this fascinating 
piece on the PRACTICAL side of some swords:
http://xkcd.com/1114/
-- Yours in Service.
-- (and with tongue in cheek),
-- Britton

At 03:07 PM 10/13/2012, you wrote:
>Here's the 
>link.  http://video.pbs.org/video/2284159044 
>Mariana Francisco -----Original Message----- 
>From: atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org 
>[mailto:atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] 
>On Behalf Of Jeff Harold Sent: Saturday, October 
>13, 2012 2:49 PM To: Merry Rose Cc: Highland 
>Foorde Subject: [MR] Secrets of The Viking 
>Sword. This was sent to me on a 18th Century 
>list.  The video should also be available 
>online. Geoffrey of Doune Highland Foorde ----- 
>Forwarded Message ----- From: Kevin Riley 
><lindo745 at yahoo.com> To: Appins List Email 
><Appin_List at yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, 
>October 13, 2012 11:50 AM Subject: [Appin_List] 
>Secrets of The Viking Sword.   This was this 
>weeks' episode of PBS's NOVA. If you can find it 
>to watch I highly recommend it.  It's the story 
>of unlocking the secrets of the Viking  sword 
>with a great sidebar on Damascus steel. Turns 
>out the steel is almost identical in both. An 
>Ulfberht sword is made from ingot to finish in 
>the episode. Kevin www.krwoodworks.com 
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