Posts: 793 Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Sun 05 Feb, 2012 3:42 pm
Petr, that's a sweet viking knife!
Since there were questions about the pin holding the pull ring, I though it would be a good time to post a photo of a find with one from the same time period.
This one is from viking age, found at a place called Grötinge, Norrvike on the island of Gotland, Sweden. State histrical museum item # 27778
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Link to the Kringla.nu site:
http://www.kringla.nu/kringla/objekt?text=vik...ect/450127
Only the handle remains of this find but it shows the pull ring, the back plate and the pin going all the way through the handle. I've also seen other finds where it's hidden and the back plate is nailed in place and I'm making one of those myself right now.
Here's another pull ring assembly for those who're interested. Very neat design really.
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