Spoon Augers
Well first, let’s make it clear what an auger isn’t. It’s all down to the critical vowel. In ancient Rome, we know of course that an augur was a religious…
Ancient Tools and Techniques
The making of the ship’s axes
There is always a slight mix of both excitement and apprehension when I am asked to forge a new style of axe, so when David Pryor, of the ship’s company,…
Axe’s
The Anglo Saxon ship that was buried at Sutton Hoo was of course made out of wood, a widely available, buoyant, and relatively easily worked substance that was the material…
Holly Mallets
We were introduced to working with a Holly Mallet by Damian Goodburn some time ago and have been using them ever since. A holly mallet is made from the natural…
Experiments in Anglo Saxon Carving
This is the first experiment in carving Anglo-Saxon artwork in green oak, as potential decoration for our reconstruction of the Sutton Hoo Ship. Known as Style II, or specifically, late…