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Patrick Kelly
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 Posted: Mon 29 Nov, 2004 6:23 pm Post subject: Pics of Viking stuff............ |
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I was surfing around the web and found these interesting pics.
courtesy of: http://www.vikingsofkyrbyr.gbtllc.com/
Museum of National Antiquities, Stockholm Sweden
National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen
Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo
"In valor there is hope.".................. Tacitus
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Steve Grisetti
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Neat stuff. Some of the blades appear (from a distance) to be in very good condition.
Images to the left of the last pic look strange. Any idea what they are? Large rings = Shackles from a dungeon/jail?
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Alex Oster
Location: Washington and Yokohama Joined: 01 Mar 2004
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| Steve Grisetti wrote: | | Images to the left of the last pic look strange. Any idea what they are? Large rings = Shackles from a dungeon/jail? |
well I dont know about the doll, but the rings might be torques (sp?) and there seems to be a horse bit near the bottom...
personally I dig the prince valiant cut on the maniquin... 
The pen is mightier than the sword, especially since it can get past security and be stabbed it into a jugular.
This site would be better if everytime I clicked submit... I got to hear a whip crack!
My collection: Various Blades & Conan related
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Einar Drønnesund
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Whoa, look at the size of those spearheads in the second pic.
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Patrick Kelly
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| Steve Grisetti wrote: | Neat stuff. Some of the blades appear (from a distance) to be in very good condition.
Images to the left of the last pic look strange. Any idea what they are? Large rings = Shackles from a dungeon/jail? |
I really have no idea what those things are. I agree with Alex that the one in the lower part of the photo appears to be a horse bit. Hard to tell what the other ones are. Some kind of horse tack as well? They're probably something as pedestrian as pot hangers
"In valor there is hope.".................. Tacitus
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Patrick Kelly
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| Einar Drønnesund wrote: | | Whoa, look at the size of those spearheads in the second pic. |
Yes, those really caught my eye as well. It would be nice to see spears of that size replicated. Pattern welded examples would be neat too!
"In valor there is hope.".................. Tacitus
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Sean Flynt
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Björn Hellqvist
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| Sean Flynt wrote: | | Steve Grisetti wrote: | | Images to the left of the last pic look strange. Any idea what they are? Large rings = Shackles from a dungeon/jail? |
Puppet clamps, or, in Swedish, "pøpenvisen"
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That's Norwegian (at best)!
My sword site
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Douglas S
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Are these finds from Valsgarde/Vendel?
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Patrick Kelly
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| Douglas S wrote: | | Are these finds from Valsgarde/Vendel? |
The top photo with the sword and shield bears the caption "Vendel arms, ca. 7th - 8th Century AD".
It doesn't specify whether this is the exact find place or if they are sipnly Vendel period items.
"In valor there is hope.".................. Tacitus
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Matt Corbin
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In the top picture, the sword is Vendel-I don't remember the find place off hand. The helmet is appears to be a Vendel/Valsgarde(sp) item and I don't believe I have seen the shield before although the design certainly fits the period and area.
Here is a replica made by Patrick Barta:
“This was the age of heroes, some legendary, some historical . . . the misty borderland of history where fact and legend mingle.”
- R. Ewart Oakeshott
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Russ Ellis
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What is that sword to the right in the last picture? It almost looks like a keris?
TRITONWORKS Custom Scabbards
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Patrick Kelly
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| Russ Ellis wrote: | | What is that sword to the right in the last picture? It almost looks like a keris? |
It's a standard Viking sword with a bent (unintentionaly) upper and lower guard.
"In valor there is hope.".................. Tacitus
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Russ Ellis
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| Patrick Kelly wrote: | | Russ Ellis wrote: | | What is that sword to the right in the last picture? It almost looks like a keris? |
It's a standard Viking sword with a bent (unintentionaly) upper and lower guard. |
Is it just a shadow or something I'm seeing that makes the base of the blade look as wide as the cross and give it that weird profile?
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Nathan Robinson
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Patrick Kelly
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| Russ Ellis wrote: | | Patrick Kelly wrote: | | Russ Ellis wrote: | | What is that sword to the right in the last picture? It almost looks like a keris? |
It's a standard Viking sword with a bent (unintentionaly) upper and lower guard. |
Is it just a shadow or something I'm seeing that makes the base of the blade look as wide as the cross and give it that weird profile? |
It's just a shadow. That sword is pictured in a couple of books I have around here.
"In valor there is hope.".................. Tacitus
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Russ Ellis
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Kirk Lee Spencer
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| Russ Ellis wrote: | Sigh... oh well there goes my Phillipino viking theory....  |
Hey Russ...
I like the theory!
If the Vikings sailed to America then they could just as easily passed through the Panama Canal and made their way across the Pacific.
What there was no Canal then!!!  Well... they carried their long boat across the isthmus... yeah that's what they did! I can see old Barefoot Magnus standing proud at the rudder as they cross the new world  
ks
Two swords
Lit in Eden’s flame
One of iron and one of ink
To place within a bloody hand
One of God or one of man
Our souls to one of
Two eternities
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Russ Ellis
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Lol I was thinking more along the lines of:
They sailed across the North Sea, plundered and pillaged across northern Europe and France to Paris, hopped the Orient Express to India, rode elephants down the peninsula, built new longboats out teak logs and sailed the southern seas!
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Kirk Lee Spencer
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Russ... You're right, that is a much more exciting route... So many more people to plunder. But it is along way to carry a longboat and I am not sure that the orient express was running in the 10th century... 
ks
Two swords
Lit in Eden’s flame
One of iron and one of ink
To place within a bloody hand
One of God or one of man
Our souls to one of
Two eternities
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