#Viking swords

[kultofathena]

Deepeeka - 11th Century Viking Raider Sword

This replica of the 11th Century Viking Sword has a robust and tempered blade forged from C60 high carbon steel. The crossguard and pommel are crafted from steel and the wooden grip is bound in spiralled leather. A robust peen over the pommel cap keeps the blade quite securely mounted within the hilt in the traditional Viking manner with the iconic 2-part pommel construction. The sword is paired with a wooden scabbard which is overlaid in brown leather and completed with a wooden suspension loop for wear from a baldric or belt. (Baldric / Belt not included).

[merelygifted]

Viking sword pulled from River Cherwell authenticated | Oxford Mail

 An old Viking sword dating back to as early as the year 850 found by an Oxfordshire magnet fisherman has been authenticated this week.

Trevor Penny stumbled upon the sword last November near Enslow, pulling it from the River Cherwell.

 Upon discovery, he reached out to friends and contacts to procure more information on the object.

 Mr Penny said: “I wasn’t entirely sure what it was at first. Others confirmed it was certainly very old. Once I got home I immediately contacted the liaison officer.

 “I subsequently took it to them in Standlake, and it was provisionally dated. It’s currently still in Witney. It really did feel quite amazing – it’s the oldest thing found in this county magnet fishing.

 "The officer said it was archeologically rare to find whole swords and treasure of historical importance still intact. It was a proud moment to find it.”

 The sword has since been authenticated as Viking and dated back to between 850 and 975 CE.  ...

[ithinkwehitametaphor]

Historic Musuem Oslo, 2013, Part 2

Viking Age

Hoard Finds

Silver hoard 11th century A.D. Tråen, Rollag, Buskerud, NO

Hoard find Hon, Øvre Eiker, Buskerud, NO late 9th century

Silver hoard Ringnes, Stange, Hedmark, NO 11th century

Fibulae/Booches, Viking Age, Urnes style, Norway

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Swords, Viking Age, Norway

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Helmet

Man's grave, Gjermundbu, Ringerike k., Buskerud, Norway 10th century

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Wooden Boat Fragments, Viking Age

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[yoshidrawsstuff]

This is a black Viking style broadsword that I drew myself and I'd say I'm happy with how it turned out.

[dfwbwfbbwfbwf]

The handle is supposed to be short. It's a one-handed sword. It's why the pommel is so big as a consequence - longer handle means the pommel doesn't have to be as large to counterbalance the blade. Viking swords are famous for the chonky guards and pommels. :D

Here's a Viking Sverð, from around the turn of the first millennium. This was one of my favorite swords to draw, because of those mother-of-pearl-looking inlays.

This and 124 other swords are being collected in A DREAM OF SWORDS, now on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/schweizer/a-dream-of-swords

[memories-of-ancients]

Collection of swords uncovered in Norway, circa 800-1000 AD

from The Museum of Cultural History, Oslo

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[archerinventive]

"My knife you see... is coated in poison. The smallest cut can be fatal. Take care. My knife... has quite a burn...Oh...Er.. I shouldn't have licked it." - The Hero Yoshihiko and the Devil King's Castle

Happy Faire Friday, my friends!

Wishing all my sword sisters and battle brothers a fantastic weekend filled with friends, laughter, and shenanigans.

Take care of yourselves and those around you.

Best!

With Rae, Liv F.H, & Alexis. :)

[niladhevan]

Valentine, please stop deflecting everything with jokes, I thought we were having a Moment here.

Happy Valentines' Day! Better known as Viking Day in this house ! I love you with the force of a gay berserk and an emotionally repressed heir of King Arthur combined ! <3

[irisharchaeology]

Viking swords which were found alongside warrior burials at Kilmainham/Islandbridge, Dublin, Ireland

[kultofathena]

Langeid Viking Sword – Windlass

The Windlass Steelcrafts Langeid belongs to its MasterCraft Collection of higher quality swords which have elevated detailing and scabbards. The well-tempered blade is crafted from 1080 high carbon steel which has been sharpened. The guard and pommel to replicate the original Viking sword are of iron which is plated in silver and completed with real copper and gold. The grip is wood is bound in intricately braided silver wire. The sword comes with a wood core scabbard which is bound in etched leather and completed with an integrated sword belt and silver plated fittings.

When a new road was being constructed in Langeid in southern Norway’s Setesdal valley in 2011, workers discovered an ancient Viking burial ground. Along with coins and a broadaxe, an archaeological team exhumed a startling, unique sword that hadn’t seen the light of day for over 10 centuries. Thousands of Viking era swords, in various states of completeness, have been discovered in Norway, but not one of them has an elaborately inscribed hilt like the one exhibited by the weapon they found that day.

Whether the sword originated in Norway or is possibly an Anglo-Saxon weapon that was acquired elsewhere is a matter of conjecture, but there’s no doubt this was an expensive example of deadly artistry that was highly prized by the Viking warrior who owned it. The pommel and downsloping guard are emblazoned with gold and copper, displaying a mixture of Latin characters, Christian and runic symbols whose exact meanings are lost to time, with some characters apparently reversed for the sake of symmetry.

The Latin letters are among the hardest to interpret but may be meaningful abbreviations for Christian messages. They could be anything from Bible verses to worship of Christ in Greek or Latin, somewhat equivalent to Christograms. A cross or “X” may represent Xristos (Christ). “R” occurs in several places and may stand for Rex (king). “H” appears once, and its meaning is rather uncertain. The “E” sign is depicted in various orientations, but its meaning is also mysterious. One character that appears to be a rune might be a stylized “S”. The top of the pommel in portrays a hand holding a cross, possibly representing the hand of Jesus or God. The cross in the hand combined with the “S” sign may, if interpreted loosely, be read as Xristos Salvator (Christ the Saviour), but would then represent a mixture of Greek and Latin.

Interestingly, the grip of this sword is one of the shortest known, only a hair over 3-1/2″. Short grips are very common among Viking swords that have severely down-sloped guards like this one. The owner had either to rest his pinky on the pommel or possibly let his index finger and thumb embrace the guard (as an aside, Viking warriors were known for letting the pommel slide into their palms during a swing to extend the effectiveness of a blow).

This faithful replica is a fully functioning sword with a carbon steel blade that’s battle capable like the original. The pommel and guard are made of iron and silver-plated like the original, and the markings are emblazoned in real gold and copper. We’ve widened the grip slightly for the sake of comfort, but the wire-wrapping is twisted in the same patterns that a prominent Viking hand wielded centuries ago.

The original scabbard had long since deteriorated, so we created one of high-quality leather and laser-engraved it with a pattern created from the pommel imagery. The scabbard comes with its own belt.

[blueiscoool]

1,100-Year-Old Viking Sword Found in UK River

A corroded sword pulled from an English river by a magnet fisher is a Viking weapon dating to between A.D. 850 and 975, experts have confirmed.

Trevor Penny was searching for lost and discarded objects in the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire in November 2023 when he made the discovery. The magnet fisher had been down on his luck that day and only pulled scaffolding poles from the water, he said in a message on Facebook. When Penny lugged out the sword, he didn't immediately recognize what it was.

"I was on the side of the bridge and shouted to a friend on the other side of the bridge, 'What is this?'" Penny, who is a member of the Thame Magnet Fishing Facebook group, recalled in the message. "He came running over shouting, 'It looks like a sword!'"

Penny immediately uploaded images of the sword to Google to try to identify it. "Whatever photo angle I tried was coming up with Viking sword," Penny said. The magnet fisher then contacted the Oxfordshire county liaison officer responsible for recording archaeological finds made by the public, and took the sword to be examined by experts.

The sword, only provisionally dated until now, has been authenticated as Viking and estimated to date as far back as 1,200 years ago.

The weapon dates to a period when the Vikings, who were originally pagans from Scandinavia, traveled to the British Isles to plunder, conquer and trade with the ruling Saxons. The Vikings set foot on British soil in the eighth century, having raided a monastery on Lindisfarne, an island off Britain's northeast coast, in 793. Similar raids in Britain occurred for several centuries and escalated after 835, when larger Viking fleets started arriving and fighting royal armies. British kings gradually reconquered territory seized by the Vikings throughout the 10th century and unified what was a patchwork of kingdoms into a new realm called Englalond.

Viking incursions and periods of rule continued until the 11th century, but the Viking Age ended following the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066, with the defeat of the king of Norway, Harald III Sigurdsson, by the Saxons.

The newly discovered Viking sword is in the care of Oxford museum services and may eventually be put on display, the Oxford Mail reported.

"The officer said it was archaeologically rare to find whole swords and treasure of historical importance still intact," Penny told the regional newspaper last week. "There was a little dispute with the landowner and the rivers trust who don't permit magnet fishing. The latter sent a legal document saying they wouldn't take action on the condition that the sword was passed to a museum, which I had done."

By Sascha Pare.

[yeoldegodzilla]

Godzilla etched into ceremonial Viking blades at the Museum of Godzilla in Medieval Art in Ypres.

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Eigg Viking and Frankish Influenced Decorated Sword Hilt, 9th to 11th Century CE, The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

[memories-of-ancients]

Collection of Viking Age sword on display at the Cultural History Museum in Oslo, circa 900-1000 AD