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Owen Bush
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 Posted: Sun 30 Oct, 2011 9:56 am Post subject: welding a saxon seax for nat geo. |
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here is a link to a nat geo clip on forging a patternwelded seax.
filmed this spring and narrated by Donald Southerland.........
The program should air soon. I am particularly proud of this blade , a lot of work went into it.
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/pla...sword.html
forging soul into steel .
www.owenbush.co.uk the home of bushfire forge school of smithing .
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Artis Aboltins
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| Posted: Sun 30 Oct, 2011 10:05 am Post subject: |
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Congratulations, Owen! Both on yet another fabulous blade forged and on spreading the word on how blade were made through National Geography channel!
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Jonathan Hopkins
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Fantastic video, Owen. Well done!
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Matt Corbin
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| Posted: Sun 30 Oct, 2011 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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Congrats Owen!!! Great video and great blade.
“This was the age of heroes, some legendary, some historical . . . the misty borderland of history where fact and legend mingle.”
- R. Ewart Oakeshott
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Matthew Stagmer
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| Posted: Tue 01 Nov, 2011 10:01 am Post subject: |
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Yea! Saw this on facebook a few days ago. Awesome job and well done. IMO you are making the best looking seax blades in the world right now and you deserved some TV time.
Matthew Stagmer
Maker of custom and production weaponry
Youtube.com/ThatWorks
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Johan Gemvik
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Excellent presentation Owen!
"The Dwarf sees farther than the Giant when he has the giant's shoulder to mount on" -Coleridge
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| Johan Gemvik wrote: | | Excellent presentation Owen! |
I second this.
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Owen Bush
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| Posted: Wed 09 Nov, 2011 12:50 am Post subject: |
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Thank you for your kind comments, the tv show aired in the USA on monday .
I have not seen it yet?
It was a rare opportunity to be shown as a "modern" sword smith.....
thanks Matthew , I have been embroiled in seax for a while now and I thope it is showing in the work.
forging soul into steel .
www.owenbush.co.uk the home of bushfire forge school of smithing .
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Bryan W.
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Simply amazing Owen. Congratulations!
It astounds me though the amount of time and manpower needed back then to forge just one sword like this especially without all the modern tools.
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David Huggins
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| Posted: Wed 09 Nov, 2011 7:46 am Post subject: Forging a seax |
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Owen
I understand the programme will be aired in the U.K. on the 7th December.
best
Dave
and he who stands and sheds blood with us, shall be as a brother.
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Lloyd Clark
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The program was spectacular and the seax you smithed was fantastic!
Cheers,
Lloyd Clark
2000 World Jousting Champion
2004 World Jousting Bronze Medalist
Swordmaster
Super Proud Husband and Father!
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Jeremy V. Krause
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I loved watching the video Owen. That was really cool. Now the casual TV viewer can see how period weapons, at least seaxes, were put together.
Really great!
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Thomas Peters
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| Posted: Wed 09 Nov, 2011 9:14 pm Post subject: Nat geo program. |
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I watched the Nat Geo program on Monday and I must say I really enjoyed it and even learned something new. I have always believed that our Medieval ancestors were not just some unsophisticated brutes but were in fact intelligent and highly skilled craftsmen.
Owen,
The seax you created is a beautiful piece and worthy of the artifacts that it was patterned after.
Tribe Woden Thor historical re-enactors.
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Addison C. de Lisle
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Thanks for posting; I enjoyed watching the clip and will have to watch the whole show. I especially liked seeing you press the two halves of the blade together prior to welding to make them match. 
www.addisondelisle.com
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Leo Todeschini
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This is a standard topic