Wrought Iron San-mai Viking Sword - Part 2: Making the handle/hilt

This is the second part of a video series of me making my first big sword! This is my contribution in the UA-cam Knifemakers Challenge: Viking challenge!

[@118blades4]

Beautiful mate.
What’s the weight you ended up with?

[@fagerlund.bladesmith-du8ug]

Thx! 😊 It landed at 1,2 kg completed. And from the little research i did, they where somewhere between 1,0 - 1,5 kg back in the days. So it should be somewhat historical correct. But dont quote me on that 😄

[@118blades4]

@@fagerlund.bladesmith-du8ug mine is a whopping 1.7kg. Never to be wielded anyway haha. So I’m not fussed.