Not just interested in viking shields, but all scandinavian shields pre and post viking age. Isn't there a Heater-like shield that the scandinavians used? I remember reading about it on another forum a year or more ago. Can't remember any details, all I remember is that it had a long scandinavian ty...

Anders Thanks for the post and sorry for not responding sooner. Have there been any other finds in Scandinavia of Buklari or are the Gimsoy Buklari the only ones? Are the Gimsoy Buklari on display at a museum or they locked away somewhere? I don't suppose any full colour digital quality pictures of ...

Dave / Felix In the original post Vegard Vike calls the buckler a "Gims?kler", yet I'm guessing the question mark shouldn't be there. Also in the same post Ny Bjorn writes, "So Vegard has made himself a Grims?span style="color:#000080">buckler huh!?" It appears that the words have become corrupted a...

Felix / Dave In the original post Vegard Vike posts the buckler is called a "Gims?kler", yet I'm guessing the question mark shouldn't be there. Also Ny Bjorn posts, "So Vegard has made himself a Grims?span style="color:#000080">buckler huh!?". It looks like both posts have been corrupted or the form...

Dave

Thanks for that information. Do you have pictures or these Buklari (museum / originals / illustrations / replicas etc)??

Does anyone know if the normal viking shield (round wooden) would be called Törgu-buklari or Türgu-skjüldr as per the following webpage?

http://penguin.pearson.swarthmore.edu/~ ... b0625.html

Danny

I'm writing in relation to the following post / threat regarding Norwegian bucklers - m 1) Does anyone know the actual name for this type of shield / buckler as the post doesn't make it clear? 2) Were they used by the Vikings or they are dated to pre / post Viking periods? 3) Were these types of shi...