02-04-2008, 10:08 PM
In Iron for the Eagles the opinion is that the army carried along iron billets, which were turned into tools, nails and weapons as the need arose. Trying to forge four nails together is a major endeavour, I assure you! I recently tried forgewelding, no easy feat to master (yeh, I botched it, tried to make a gladiator's trident, sparks and molten metal all over the place, no joint 
). It's a VERY fine line between forging temperature and turning your iron into a very large sparkler.
By the way, should you still want to use a Roman nail, just heat the head to yellow and with a few blows reshape it to a point. No point in wasting sweat and iron cutting off heads.
). It's a VERY fine line between forging temperature and turning your iron into a very large sparkler.By the way, should you still want to use a Roman nail, just heat the head to yellow and with a few blows reshape it to a point. No point in wasting sweat and iron cutting off heads.
