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David Huggins




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PostPosted: Tue 13 May, 2008 10:20 pm    Post subject: Viking age 'sword' find         Reply with quote

Hi guys,
Check out this link for a look at a cast pommel and guard recently discovered on Man http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk:80/nwh_gfx_en/ART57124.html
best
Dave

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Lawrence Parramore





Joined: 24 Nov 2006

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PostPosted: Wed 14 May, 2008 7:46 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Very nice,

it would be good to see the other parts too.

Lawrence
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Tim May




Location: Annapolis, MD
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PostPosted: Wed 14 May, 2008 8:03 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Very Cool! I wish I had Peirce's book on me, but its very reminiscent, if I remember correctly, of one in there that Windlass did a replica of a while back, though a little more Celtic looking in decoration.
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Dan Dickinson
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Location: Michigan
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PostPosted: Wed 14 May, 2008 8:17 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Petersen illustrated a similar type O hilt in his De Norske Vikingsverd
Dan


And maybe I'm just missing it, but what's going on with the cross of their reconstruction?



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