Searching for pictures of viking type AE -- myArmoury.com

Tim Lison

Does anyone have pictures of original swords with type AE hilts? I have very few and it's a type that has captured my interest... Please post any you have in this thread. Thanks!

Tim Lison · Posted: Mon 04 Oct, 2010 7:28 pm Post subject:

Here's one from the Albion website...anyone else?

Tim Lison · Posted: Mon 04 Oct, 2010 7:30 pm Post subject:

Here's another from Petersen's book...

J.D. Crawford · Posted: Tue 05 Oct, 2010 5:43 am Post subject:

And there's this famous one from Finland you already know: http://www.myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?p=101107

Otherwise they are hard to find - at least on google images etc. I've also been searching!

I'm not sure, there might be some more pictures in Lech Marek's thesis, but I've mispaced my copy.

Paul Hansen · Posted: Tue 05 Oct, 2010 8:10 am Post subject:

Here's another one:

Tim Lison · Posted: Tue 05 Oct, 2010 8:58 am Post subject:

J.D. Crawford · Posted: Wed 06 Oct, 2010 2:22 pm Post subject:

Not too many commercially available ones either, besides the Albion Knud, but check these out:

http://www.macdonaldarms.com/armoury/SuontakaSword.php

http://www.castlekeep.co.uk/gallery.asp?galleryid=206

A while back 'Red Gur' had a simple sharp AE on his site that looked better than his usual reenactment stuff. I tried to buy it, but could never get a response. That site seems to have died.

Tim Lison · Posted: Wed 06 Oct, 2010 9:24 pm Post subject:

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Joel Chesser · Posted: Wed 06 Oct, 2010 10:43 pm Post subject:

I was wondering that myself. Maybe some organic piece that rotted away? Nothing like that is coming to memory, especially from this period, but you never know.

Tim Lison · Posted: Wed 06 Oct, 2010 11:19 pm Post subject:

I always thought they were made that way... I haven't seen one up close so I really don't know. It seems that there are enough that have that feature that they were made that way but now I'm not so sure...

Tim Lison · Posted: Wed 06 Oct, 2010 11:25 pm Post subject:

More pics. Hard to tell with my crappy pics if they are made to have the U shaped pommel or if something should be there. Wish I could read my PDF of Petersen's book...

Tim Lison · Posted: Wed 06 Oct, 2010 11:26 pm Post subject:

More. The one on it's own is shown in the other photo.

Nathan Robinson · myArmoury Admin

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J.D. Crawford · Posted: Thu 07 Oct, 2010 5:20 am Post subject:

Tim Lison · Posted: Thu 07 Oct, 2010 7:54 am Post subject:

Peter Johnsson · Industry Professional

I have not myself seen any of the AE swords with U shaped pommel, unfortunately. I think they are made like this and not intended to have a pommel inserted in the U. It may be that they are a Norwegian version of a style that was in vogue all around the Baltic sea. You see the familiar guard shape with different types of pommels.
In Latvia there are these single edged swords with scrolled antennae pommels and guards of this very style. Posted in this thread are already examples with D shaped pommels.

Imagine these U-shaped pommels (or upper guards) as a mirror shape of the lower guard: they are canoe shaped in plane with bulging sides. Very nice shaping going on.

I think this is a very striking design. A good choice for a project.

Tim Lison · Posted: Sat 09 Oct, 2010 12:49 pm Post subject:

Thanks for your response Peter! I think I'll chance it and have one made as we see them today, with no upper pommel. Here's a pic of one of the Latvian swords Peter mentioned.