Posts: 61 Location: Drammen, Norway
Tue 15 Nov, 2011 8:49 am
Nice to help you out :)
The scabbard was made from 2.5 - 3 mm thick spruce wood. This was probably made flat, then pressed around the the blade (wet?). The skin around it was probably calf 1.5 mm thick with stitches 5-7 mm apart.
It was decorated with simple patterns which can be seen here.
http://www.unimus.no/foto/#/I=214887KHM
The piece in the right bottom corner has a "cross" pattern. This is from the front side of the scabbard covering the width together with some smaller circular patterns inside the crosses. This can also be barely seen on the piece to the top right. There is probably also some lines following the outline of the scabbard.
The same circular patterns is also used on the back side and can be seen on the piece to the left of the picture, second row. There is also one in the third row, second from the left.
This is by the way fragments of the buckler found with the sword:
http://www.unimus.no/foto/#/I=203495KHM
Here is what is reported about the findings in the museums database:
http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/arkeologi/viset...3495%40=on
You can try to get google to translate it, but it might turn out wierd since it is fairly old norwegian. Can also try to translate it from danish (as the languages where fairly close at that point).