Goldeneye Forge

A new cutlass made by my student Stephan over three days of private tuition. We made a 17th century style single edged, fullered blade with a formed steel and cast bronze hilt and pommel and a ray skin grip.

Another summer, another succesful Gladius making course.
The guys made some great swords in only four days, including our Will, 16 year old Ben's first sword and Helen's 17th century version (with a small bit of help).
Well done all and my thanks, as always to Wez, Charlotte and Francis and the kind staff keeping me supplied with ice cream.

Happy Client, with the latest from the Goldeneye House of Cutlasses. Three days, flat out hard work but such a great result. Well done Stephan and thanks for the curry and sharpener.

Just recorded a new episode of 'History in the Making' program for Discovery Channel. It was a mammoth 16 hour shoot, effectively showing the making of a fantasy cutlass from scratch, finishing at midnight. The crew got some great shots and that program should be out in the Autumn.

Here is a great collaboration with Alec Steele who came down to vist my forge all the way from Norfolk to cast bronze skulls. Look out for the next video which will show the skull used to forge a new Pirate cutlass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JAZ_W-oH 3Q&t=1s

Whilst not totally period, bladesmith Rod Hughes' forge enables him to use a mixture of old and new techniques to create historically accurate weapons

The Saxon/Viking seax was underrated in battle but would have been very effective in the shield wall

Sneak peek! In the making...skull sword handle

Explaining a bit about how the pattern is achieved on the blade