Bloomery iron spear head forging process.

Recreation of the spear head from Ostrów Lednicki (Poland), cat. no. 51. Original find is partly corroded, welding lines are well visible, it was made using at least 4 pieces. To forge it i used 3 types of bloomery iron, low carbon, high phosforus and high carbon. Leaf surfaces are polished and etched. Low C and high C material were smelted by me, high P was smelted by Adam Thiele: @adamthiele703
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