Friday, October 12, 2012

Rosanna's taking shape....

earlier this week, I watched a NOVA special on a guy that was making Crucible Steel in a makeshift foundry. the object was to try  to re create a Viking Sword called +VLFBERH+T seen here.

After he had smelted his iron, he ended up with a small puck of pure steel the size of lets say a softball. After heating and pounding on it for days, he ended up with a fantastic weapon that was very close to the original that had been lost so many centuries ago....

So What does that have to do with Ukuleles? not sure, all I know is that over the last week, I bent over heat, sanded, formed and cajoled several pieces of wood into the body of Rosanna...

Check her out below.