Post by Noriko on Oct 11, 2012 19:12:46 GMT -5
From PBS:
The Vikings were among the fiercest warriors of all time. Yet only a select few carried the ultimate weapon of their era: the feared Ulfberht sword. [... ] But how did Viking sword makers design and build the Ulfberht, and what was its role in history? Now, NOVA uses cutting edge science and old-fashioned detective work to reconstruct the Ulfberht and finally unravel the "Secrets of the Viking Sword."
Even though it's about Viking weapons, not medieval Japanese ones, I thought that this documentary might be of interest to some folks here.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/secrets-viking-sword.html
The Vikings were among the fiercest warriors of all time. Yet only a select few carried the ultimate weapon of their era: the feared Ulfberht sword. [... ] But how did Viking sword makers design and build the Ulfberht, and what was its role in history? Now, NOVA uses cutting edge science and old-fashioned detective work to reconstruct the Ulfberht and finally unravel the "Secrets of the Viking Sword."
Even though it's about Viking weapons, not medieval Japanese ones, I thought that this documentary might be of interest to some folks here.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/secrets-viking-sword.html
