Absolutely beautiful job on what is one of my personal favorite types. I enjoy making axes more than anything and the goal for me is to one day get close to the quality of your axes. Really appreciate the videos.
Greetings from Australia, I enjoyed watching the video and I have to say this is a work of art. I have bought several hand-forged laminated knife blades from Sweden, Finland and Norway and enjoyed making handles for them and use them for hunting and other activities. The closest I have to a forged axe is the Gransfors Bruks small forest axe but not a proper hand forged like the one you make. Maybe one day I will buy one from you. Cheers
I do enjoy seeing you make axes, i'd also love to see you make other weapons, like maces, daggers or maybe just a more elaborate axe with maybe some leatherwork or carvings or something, decorated perhaps.
Beautiful craftsmanship. An amazing piece and I love that design. Doing some design for the handle would be perfect in my opinion. But overall, just terrific
Blacksmiths back then, would I suspect, have been keen to make the job easier and the use of multiple forge welds certainly cuts down on the effort involved. It is also more conservative in terms of forge fuel and the iron and steel, which were commodities hard won from the ore. These days metals are very much cheaper and taken for granted.
Good build, I think the lugs only going down looks fine, nice build. Clear hickory is my favorite for my grandpa said hickory is the best ( his favorite). Sir a fine video
Hickory is a great choice. However, hickory does not grow naturaly in Sweden, Ash however does and was something that they used back in the days, alongside birch and other woods.
Hello nice videos nice channel!! may be a strange question because I just started getting interested to forging so i wonder what is the white powder you put to the iron when you weld it? Thanks
Hey Nils, nice work. One thing I would say is that it has a very modern eye. Eyes in the period had more sort of rounded rectangular eyes rather than the narrow oval style. There are some examples in the mastermyr book. The handles also didn't have as much shaping as you have given it and were approximately the length of the user's arm from armpit to hand. Otherwise, you're still not committing the big cardinal sins of recreating viking axes, and it looks good :) Adam Gutowski on facebook has some good examples. A really good smith from Poland
Yeah i know! I say it very often "my take on" . Ill probably make a drift like that some day, however its only based on the historical finds. Its not my intention to claim that its made like the original finds. Thanks for pointing it out, you have a keen eye ;)
@@nilsogren you can get a very nice friction fit with no need for even a wedge with the period ones :) I have quite a few that are friction fitted. Worth a go if you want to try a new method
Sjuuukt vacker yxa!! Kan du inte göra en video där du går igenom dina mest använda verktyg, hur de används och vad man kan få tag på dem? Skulle vilja börja själv men vet inte vart jag ska börja!😅
Hi Nils, commenting on an old video so you may well not see this but I am interested to know if the “lugs” you refer to have an official name? I cannot find anything in print or online. Maybe they should be called “eyelids” given they are right next to and part of the eye 😊
2500kr fick jag ge. Har stått i ett hörn av en mekanisk verkstad och kanter samt bana är helt i nyskick, bortsett från lite ytrost. 😊 så jag är jättenöjd👌
Hej Nils! Superkul att jag upptäckte en ny å duktig svensk smed på youtube:) jag är nog igång själv om 10-15 månader förhoppningsvis med smide så riktigt kul med inspiration från dig:) Min fråga är var du designade och beställde din smed stämpel? Eller har du gjort den?? Mvh Petter broberg!
Interestingly enough very similar patters have been found in Russia all across the Volga trade route. And Norse axe patterns are very close to Slavic patterns. Even the amulets pattern the axe of Perun are very similar to Norse patterns. Slavic, Baltic and Norse mythology obviously have a common predecessor before the Migration Period. the Russian Rurik dynasty the founders of Kievan Rus' the first Russian state are of Norse origin. The Rurik dynasty is the longest ruling dynasty of the Russian states. They ruled for almost 8 centuries.
Would love to learn to forge, am moving to norway so maybe ill buy a cabin in the woods and live out my dreams there in the winter😂
I hope he’s loving his dream 🥹
Killed it as usual! Well done
Thanks man!
Absolutely beautiful job on what is one of my personal favorite types. I enjoy making axes more than anything and the goal for me is to one day get close to the quality of your axes. Really appreciate the videos.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts! If you want to share your pics, contact me via instagram!
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Your inside corner building is magnificent!
Absolutely awesome
Beautiful axe... need one...
Beautiful work! fun to watch!
Great Outcome! I love it and your touchmark is pretty cool👌
Great axe and great job.
Very nice Axe thanks for sharing blessings to you and yours 🙏 stay safe
Great job Nils, I really enjoyed watching!
Nice man, really nice. Great job.
Awesome work.
Very nice bow tie axe... really liked the bearded modification 👍 beautiful piece of work, cheers Hugh
Amazing work!
Nice one ! As always. Congrats!
Very nice work. thanks for the video!
Greetings from Australia, I enjoyed watching the video and I have to say this is a work of art.
I have bought several hand-forged laminated knife blades from Sweden, Finland and Norway and enjoyed making handles for them and use them for hunting and other activities.
The closest I have to a forged axe is the Gransfors Bruks small forest axe but not a proper hand forged like the one you make. Maybe one day I will buy one from you.
Cheers
That's really nice.
Wow men, love your work, congratulations from Colombia
Thank you!!
I do enjoy seeing you make axes, i'd also love to see you make other weapons, like maces, daggers or maybe just a more elaborate axe with maybe some leatherwork or carvings or something, decorated perhaps.
Good work!!
Beautiful craftsmanship. An amazing piece and I love that design. Doing some design for the handle would be perfect in my opinion. But overall, just terrific
Wow! What an awesome axe! The wood grain of that handle is gorgeous! I really enjoy your videos. Thanks again Nils!
Amazing!!!
Great video, like this style of axe. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for watching+
Love your videos you're a ture Craftsman keep up the awesome work from Colorado 🇺🇸
Nice work.
Very beautiful work son👍👍🤠🤠🎯🎯
Very nice job on the axe Nils! Well done sir!!!!
You do awesome work Nils, Ave
Well done
Nils, fantastic job! I particularly liked your description at the end.
Thank you very much!
Hi there, have you though potentially about using a D shaped axe eye for your historical inspired builds?
Your observations @ the end are greatly enjoyed
Thank you kindly!
Very nice.
Great job! I absolutely love this axe!! Great approach on the Type C axe! ⚡️⚡️
Thank you so much!
@@nilsogrenWill you ever offer these on your website? I for one would buy it.
Ønsker meg akkurat ei sånn øks. Perfekt til tømring. Great job👍💪
Really good looking axe I'd like to own one.
Nils Great video Thanks for the inspiration just starting out I hope to one day make an ax as quality as that one.
Thank you very much!
Very nice axe
looks beautiful .subscribed
Så snygg yxa! 🪓🙏
Great job you did congrats.
Are your axes just for decoration or can they be used for working?
Nice 😎🍻
I absolutely love your videos. Also where do people get those wire brushes
i love type c axe
Very Nice..
Fantastiskt hantverk!
Tack!
Good job!!! Which steel grades are used in axe forging?
Excellent Axe sir! Great forging. Subed for sure, can't wait to see more, man. Have a great weekend!
Thank you very much!
Nice!
Thanks!
Oj, otroligt snyggt
do you sell axe-eye drifts here in sweden? :) what would the cost be at aprox do you think?
That thing looked tough on the anvil. Is this high carbon steel?
Blacksmiths back then, would I suspect, have been keen to make the job easier and the use of multiple forge welds certainly cuts down on the effort involved. It is also more conservative in terms of forge fuel and the iron and steel, which were commodities hard won from the ore. These days metals are very much cheaper and taken for granted.
collaboration to make overstrike guard, axe hanger and sheath
This one looks great Nils!! Great job, as expected. Im sure the Dane axe is going to be awesome!! I miss the beard though...
Thought no one would notice :) it will grow back soon, dont worry!
Good build, I think the lugs only going down looks fine, nice build.
Clear hickory is my favorite for my grandpa said hickory is the best ( his favorite).
Sir a fine video
Hickory is a great choice. However, hickory does not grow naturaly in Sweden, Ash however does and was something that they used back in the days, alongside birch and other woods.
Absolutely stunning, a work of art and a pleasure to watch. thanks for sharing ATB
أعمالك جميلة
14 people aint got no soul. This was an amazing build.
Vacker yxa👍
Nice job, interesting process with all the forge welding and pre-assembling the cutting edge. What is the main use of this type of axe? Thank you.
Tree felling, hewing, general cabin making work overall. Its a very useful axe type.
Its commonly called a bearded axe. If you search Google I'm sure there's many articles and videos about Scandinavian wood workers using them
I want to buy this one!
Beautiful axe! Great job as always!
mom : my son maybe have hard study
me at 6 AM : **this video**
Looks like an axe used in the series Vikings
The brown color comes from heartwood, the prefered section of wood.
What kind of forge do you use Coal or gas
Wonderful! Say, these are weapon-axes, or for all kind of uses? And - no borax?? And let me know - your power-hammer, is it DIY?
Hello nice videos nice channel!!
may be a strange question because I just started getting interested to forging so i wonder what is the white powder you put to the iron when you weld it? Thanks
Its called "flux" or "borax"
Hey Nils, nice work.
One thing I would say is that it has a very modern eye. Eyes in the period had more sort of rounded rectangular eyes rather than the narrow oval style. There are some examples in the mastermyr book. The handles also didn't have as much shaping as you have given it and were approximately the length of the user's arm from armpit to hand.
Otherwise, you're still not committing the big cardinal sins of recreating viking axes, and it looks good :)
Adam Gutowski on facebook has some good examples. A really good smith from Poland
Yeah i know! I say it very often "my take on" . Ill probably make a drift like that some day, however its only based on the historical finds. Its not my intention to claim that its made like the original finds. Thanks for pointing it out, you have a keen eye ;)
@@nilsogren of course. You're honest about what you make and it's nice to see :)
Tbh i really like modern eyes.
@@nilsogren you can get a very nice friction fit with no need for even a wedge with the period ones :) I have quite a few that are friction fitted. Worth a go if you want to try a new method
Can you do bearded axe but double edge?
Great video! What are the dimensions and thickness of the piece of steel you start out with?
20x 4 x 1,5 cm
i am forging axes now and i am looking at your videos for inspiration and i love them
Thats awesome! Best feeling ever, when you can help inspire others to make axes and tools!
@@nilsogren do you sell your axes to people?
when you put the splint thing in to hold the axehead in place, does the split go to the top of the axe or through the axe head? :)
The wedge goes down aprox half throught the head
@@nilsogren Ah good to know! Thanks for the reply! :)
Sjuuukt vacker yxa!!
Kan du inte göra en video där du går igenom dina mest använda verktyg, hur de används och vad man kan få tag på dem? Skulle vilja börja själv men vet inte vart jag ska börja!😅
Tack för tipset, mycket bra förslag! Ska se om jag kan göra en video om det!
At 5:58 you're cutting away unwanted material. Is it easier so than inserting immediately the beard without that protruding part?
Hi Nils, commenting on an old video so you may well not see this but I am interested to know if the “lugs” you refer to have an official name? I cannot find anything in print or online. Maybe they should be called “eyelids” given they are right next to and part of the eye 😊
Lugs are the common word for them. Personally I call them ”ears” because they kinda looks like ears ;)
Nice, I’ll call them ears as well. Keep up the great videos. Thanks
Question, was it period to forge weld a taco for the beard piece separately or would the whole beard just be high carbon steel?
The idea was that carbon steel was alot more expensive than iron. So they did not use more than they needed.
Saw you on someone's else's channel did comment
Hi nils, you can tell me please when the type c axes are available to sell on website?
Hopefully in the begining of 2021
@@nilsogren okay thanx
Jag köpte ett exakt likadant städ som ditt i förrgår! Nohab storlek 18, 89 kg! Kul att se att du använder ett sånt 😊👍
Älskar det. Vet vart det står ett exakt likadant till. Blev precis med ett kohlswa som jag gör iordning. Vad kostade det?
2500kr fick jag ge. Har stått i ett hörn av en mekanisk verkstad och kanter samt bana är helt i nyskick, bortsett från lite ytrost. 😊 så jag är jättenöjd👌
Hoppas det blir video på restaureringen av ditt kohlswa-städ då?😊
Det blir det!
Very fascinating. How many working hours does it take to make the axe?
It takes me roughly 3 days, i do other stuff during that time aswell, so its hard to count the hours
Nils Ögren thanks Nils. Enjoying the content and the progression of your venture. Just putting ideas out there but how about forging a helmet.
price for a Viking axe like that
Hur gör man egentligen när man svetsar? När jag försökte göra det så smälte yxbladet.
Väller säger vi på Svenska. Fömodligen har du värmt för högt. Det gäller att verkligen hålla koll på tempen, strax innan smältpunkt funkar att välla
@@nilsogren Tack! går det att göra utan flussmedel?
Ja men det är mycket enklare med.
can u make a crossbow
weren't viking axes pressure fit without wedges?
No. Im sure there were some like that. Who knows. However most of the finds that i heard of, had wedged eyes.
I bet quarantine isn't so bad at your house lol
Hej Nils! Superkul att jag upptäckte en ny å duktig svensk smed på youtube:) jag är nog igång själv om 10-15 månader förhoppningsvis med smide så riktigt kul med inspiration från dig:)
Min fråga är var du designade och beställde din smed stämpel? Eller har du gjort den??
Mvh Petter broberg!
Tjena! Designade den själv. Beställde den sedan från "jerametalart" på instagram.
Ok! Tack så mkt för snabbt svar👊! Ha det fint:)
DU ÄR så bra nils i från leo
7:43 wake up alarm
How much would that axe cost?? Do you sell them??
I take buissness via email, info@nilsogren.com
what wood is the handle
Ash
Is it just me or does the transition between the iron and the steel blade looks more rough then usual this time?
Over all or a specific time in the video?
@@nilsogren over all...
It might be just my imagination
Interestingly enough very similar patters have been found in Russia all across the Volga trade route. And Norse axe patterns are very close to Slavic patterns. Even the amulets pattern the axe of Perun are very similar to Norse patterns. Slavic, Baltic and Norse mythology obviously have a common predecessor before the Migration Period. the Russian Rurik dynasty the founders of Kievan Rus' the first Russian state are of Norse origin. The Rurik dynasty is the longest ruling dynasty of the Russian states. They ruled for almost 8 centuries.
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I’m working on my Viking axe I’d love to meet up and we can test them together
Sure thing!
What do you mean by "Type C"?
There is a typeology of the old viking axes. Search for "viking axe typeology" on google to see them
@@nilsogren Thanks for your kindess! Have a great day!
No Borax?
Lots of borax, it didnt end up in the video due to the angle