Jan Sigurd Olsson

Armourer, Blacksmith

As so many others, lord of the rings released during my formative years and enamored me with the medieval-esque fantasy genre. Since then I have had a strong interest for the fantasy world. I have always built and tinkered with things, I do sewing, shoemaking, armour, blacksmithing, woodworking and more. During 2015-2017 I studied two years of “forntida smide och metallhantverk” (traditional forging and metal crafts) at Bäckedals folkhögskola where I truely learned the basis for a lot of my philosophy when creating. Due to fatigue and aching tendons I stopped crafting most entirely during early 2019 to late 2020. The summer of 2021 I moved back to Värmland and somehow ended up back where I left, at the forge.

Mostly I do reconstructions and historical objects which I use myself, either for bushcraft or reenactment. From time to time I do sell things and this site is meant to service as a humble platform where you can easily purchase from me and I can easily upload what is in stock. I prefer to do batches of things and I plan to have certain objects as a series that will be available. Examples are historical axes, viking, roman, medieval, buckles, hooks etc.

Custom orders such as a armour is a very complicated and costly venture, I charge 500 sek an hour, it requires fitting, consultation and research. It is expensive and I always try to keep down costs without risking quality.

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Jan Sigurd Olsson