http://www.vikingsword.com/petersen/

found this lil site on the web.

is there a book out there much like oakeshotts that gives all of the type petersen catargoized?

http://www.vikingsword.com/vmframe.html nice little virtual tour

I surely do not know Chuck, but thank you so much for the websites, I bookmarked both of them, looks to be a lot for me to learn from both of them. Thank you very much!

Bob

Jap Petersens typology is published in his original work:
"De Norske Vikingesverd" printed in 1919
As far as I know there has been no reprint of this work, nor has it been translated to English.

It covers axes, spear heads, swords and "ringers", outlining development and contemporarity. A solid good work, even if his classification at times is a bit limiting when applied to the whole international material of viking swords as it is written from a strickly Norwegian perspective.

Petersen only classifies hilts, not blades; This because a large portion of the swords found have missing or damaged blades...

hey thanks guys, good to know. i was just wondering since i hear so much about the guy. thought i'd like to have a reference book myself.

sigh, 1919 eh? and norwegian. ug.

Yes, Petersen's Typology is explained in Swords of the Viking Age, along with Oakeshot's Typology of the Viking Swords. There's also some examples of Petersen's Typologies not only of the sword but also of the axe and spear in the Osprey book Viking Hersir.

Let's also not forget that our good friends of Albion have some amazing online resources for Viking Sword Typologies

Geibig: http://www.albion-swords.com/swords/geibig.htm

Wheeler: http://www.albion-swords.com/swords/wheeler.htm

Check out this thread for a link to a downloadable pdf of this work (not translated, but still phenomenal):

http://www.myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=5544