Rautasulka - Iron Feather (image intensive)

[JVoutilainen]

Mead?

Leave that (and safety glasses) to swedes, our beloved neighbors. I mean why would anyone want to drink something that has so much water in it...

 

[wheelgunslinger]

*raises hand* Mead and cider maker here.
I got a sweet tooth that's unquenchable, that's why.


Amazing photographs. This is how you do a report of an event like this. No unnecessary prose. Just lots of great images for a group upon whom the details are not lost.

Fantastic. I really appreciate that you've shared this with us.

 

[788Ham]

Don't know about making skillets with explosives, but there used to be a company here in town that made tank ends for underground storage. They used the same technique and TNT and C-4 for the shaping of the ends. Thanks for sharing the pictures and story, very interesting.

 

[Big Bill]

I take it that mead isn't a diet drink?

 

[JVoutilainen]

Thank you all for your comments!

Actually, I have never even tasted real mead, only non-alcoholic stuff that is typically served during may 1st celebrations.

Bill,

It is. The trick is a strict high carbohydrate no fat diet with maximized use of artificial sweeteners - preferably aspartame. Granted, first you will gain a stone or two, but once you get cancer things really change!

 

[SDC]

Very nice, thanks for sharing. I'm amazed at the artistry being shown here, and it would be nice to have even one of those shawl pins; do any of these blacksmiths sell on-line?

 

[JVoutilainen]

Not to my knowledge, no. Some of them do have web pages... in Finnish only, with poor pictures and last updated in 2005. I have been working with Vesa Nopanen to change that, actually. It is a slooooowwww process.

Probably the fastest way for you to get one is to order it from a local blacksmith. Ancient items such as this one do not have copyright protection.

 

[wheelgunslinger]

If you can get to a Highland Games of any size, there's generally a blacksmith at one of those selling stuff.
There's a guy who self describes as a Tinker who makes it to Grandfather Mtn games. He makes some very cool stuff, including his hand built Tinker/Romani wagon.

 

[Deltaboy1984]

Very Nice metal Work!