Sven Skildbiter

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The videos on this channel cover a wide range of topics from arrow making, wood and metal work, military architecture, stage combat to re-enactment combat. I...

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Attaching the front of pouch, Duc de Berry, 15th century replica.

The flap strap.

Adding a belt buckle to a leather strap.

Leather strap cutting with strap cutter.

Fittings for Mary Rose chest (81A0917) - flaring ends of hinges.

Unboxing video for Viking Volume 3 and box set for all three Viking volumes.

Sven the Merchant December 2025 update.

Christmas 2024 update

Using fire and elbow grease to un-bend horn. Part 3.

Using fire and elbow grease to un-bend horn. Part 1.

Vlachernai Gear Talks. The Gokstad backpack by Brodie.

Attaching the lock to a replica of chest

Attaching the hasp for the lock on a replica of a chest.

Dictionary of Military Architecture unboxing video.

Attaching a turn key lock to the Cantigas Chest - starting the chiselling.

13th century Cantigas Chest lock - riveting the lug

Lock Symposium, Easter Gathering, Armidale NSW, 2024.

Chest lock spring shaping and hardening (1)

Unboxing video for Historical Replica Constructions - 14th century Volume 1.

Glass bead maker's bellows. Attaching the leather skirt.

Arrows, and the parts of an arrow, medieval and modern.

Glass bead maker's bellows. Drill the pipe hole in the pipe block.

Glass bead maker's bellows. Cutting the (brass) pipe for the bellows.

Glass bead maker's bellows. Nailing the top piece to the pipe block.

Glass bead maker's bellows. Attaching the vent hole leather flap.

Glass bead maker's bellows. Drilling the vent hole.

Glass bead maker's bellows. Hinge block cutting.

Drilling the vent hole for the Glass bead maker's bellows but the battery is flat on the drill...

Bellows template for glass bead making display.

Varangian shield referbishment - Sanding the handle.