A Registered Charity 1175475 reconstructing the Sutton Hoo Ship
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, emailed me out of the blue this was especially true. Not only have I had a fascination with all things ‘Viking’ since a very young…
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 of choice for ship-building from the earliest times right up until the beginning of the nineteenth century when traditional wooden hulls were gradually replaced with…
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 branch growth of a holly tree. When making a Holly mallet the tree is chosen because of the way it grows. The thing to look…