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If I don't hear from him/her in 7 days, I will pick another winner.

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So nice to watch someone create a piece of art for half an hour with no loud music or jumpcuts every few minutes, that makes me really cross, great content.

Cross , beautiful work. It is refreshing to watch a true smith instead of all the grinders on Youtube . Thank you.

I really enjoy how everything in the process of creating this Viking Cross Axe was done by hand. No power hammers or presses just good old fashioned craftsmanship. You created an amazing axe! Well done.

This cross comment will axe my chances of winning.

That “cross” axe is absolutely stunning

The sheer skill you showed in forging the cross blew me away.

I've always wondered how these types of cross axes were made. It's such a cool design.

I would gladly trade my firstborn son for the chance to own an axe like this.

You certainly are the master of forge welding. It seems like alot people avoid it for fear of failure. You make it look so easy and unique. It is odd to have a cross on a weapon.

I think my favorite thing about this channel is that a video like this really shows what you can do with an anvil and hammer, and not all the new machines like power hammers. Granted - those new machines probably save a lot of time / energy it's still pretty cool watching a process start to finish the "old ways"

As a viking age re-enactor (living history enthousiast) and blacksmith, this is the best of two worlds for me! I forged some simple carving knifes and seaxes last september on Wilde Furda, an event dedicated to portraying life in the viking age! Given how difficult it was to forge using only a small anvil, charcoal and a pair of bellows as portrayed on the Sigurdstone, I can't imagine how skilled you had to be to make this in the viking age!

Expecially when you realize that every single forge weld is a potential weak spot, forging welding the cross into this specific axe must have been a hugely risky way of going about it. In metallurgical research on the tools found in the Mastermyr chest we see they definetly knew how to do this well. I wonder how the vikings themselves viewed those who mastered the art of metalworking...

Those berzerkers were really cross!

Very, very impressive! This might be the most impressive axe build video I've seen on YouTube! It was amazing seeing someone do traditional blacksmith Forging instead of cutting, milling and grinding!

I don't have anything against those types of builds, I actually really enjoyed watching them, but it's a completely different thing watching this masterpiece be truly forged!

Thanks for taking the time to teach! No doubt it slows you down, but so appreciated by those of us who are trying to learn. The cross axe is a special piece of art!

Nils, it's so rare to run a "cross" your level of talent, would be an honor to own a piece of your work

26:50 Damascus had gotten way too out of hand.  Love the CROSS axe just the way it is.  But, I love the simple Damascus patterns.  Now its 2500 layer mosaic pattern flowery dinosaur blade, tripple etched and bleud with sapphire inlays into the meterorite pommel. Yes that went off the rails......

i really appreciate doing this the old way. no power tools, no temperature controlled ovens, just pure skill and love for the craft. Awesome Cross axe !

Alright, this is super cool work. When you folded the eye on itself, that was such an awesome reveal.

I like the complexity including the "CROSS" but most of all I thoroughly appreciate you not using any power tools very impressive I am an aspiring blacksmith and to see someone accomplish something beautiful and not use power tools was very inspiring!!! Well done sir!!!

Nils, it is genuinely nice seeing a craftsman, like yourself, using traditional hand forging techniques when designing and reproducing this "Viking Cross Axe" period piece. Too many Blacksmith forgers rely too heavily on modern hydraulic presses for the quicker finished product. Which to me, doesn't accurately represent a traditional style reproduction of any period items.