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Halvgrimr

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Swordsmith: It sure does interest me! Thanks for the lead. Is it safe to assume that the Antiquaries Journal is a professional journal not a general periodical? I'll have to...

Halvgrimr

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Squatch: Does this article focus on the Doncaster(sp) shield? Shane<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> sorry Shane, I dont know. I realised the article didnt have any relevancy to ...

Halvgrimr

WOW Russ That is amazing looking! I am curious though, why this method vs Peter Beaton's or Tim Dawson's method? (you probably already know this but Peters theory can be seen here http://members.ozemail.com.au/~chrisandpeter/lamellar/lamellar.html and Tim's can be seen here http://www.levantia.com.a...

Halvgrimr

Hmmmmm the more I think about this the more I am beginining to wonder if this isnt a anachronism used by the author (due to the reference to the kettle hat.) I guess to disprove this creeping sensation we could determine a few things. First Hakons saga describes the feud between Hakon Sigurdson and ...

Halvgrimr

its way early stuff
i guess it all depends on your time frame
none of these were round
they were all the squares with roundish sides type with a oval boss

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Halvgrimr

Iron Age Shields from Britain Will tracking down an article today at the library, I ran across this article. "Iron Age Shields from Britain" by I.M. Stead Its in Antiquaries Journal, Volume 71 from 1991, pages 1-35 It isn't of any use to my current research but I thought it might interest someone he...

Halvgrimr

on another list greenshield was asking about tooled designs on saex sheaths. i put these two scanned articles up for him and thought they may be of interest to some of you all too: http://www.missouri.edu/~winsloww/archives/leather_stuff/Late_Saxon_leather_sheaths_from_Gloucester_and_York/ http://ww...

Halvgrimr

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Russ Mitchell: This is my first armour, Halvgrim, and your post is unclear to me: is your lacing rawhide, or leather?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> --sorry to be unclear, for...

Halvgrimr

I get This album is currently empty. when trying to view the pics also, as for rawhide being stiff and not flexible, oil the leather before using it (ie let is soak in) all of the leather lacings in the lamellar vest (from the birka plate order) i made using this method held up well but the few piec...

Halvgrimr

I got to disagree with you on this one Bob. If he is in such bad shape (and I realise life deals some pretty shitty cards sometimes) and such a good person why is he still selling things on ebay (and god knows where else)? There is no excuse for this IMO. And like Jareth said earlier, IF I knew the ...

Halvgrimr

This came from antother list and I was wondering what some of you thought about it: The (relatively) recent posts about the Birka Lamillar and the raindeer hide shirts got me thinking about another pussling armour reference I ran across, the word "spangabrynju". As neer as my poor understanding of o...

Halvgrimr

ok
i am fairly sure this is the pic NB was refering to:

http://www.missouri.edu/~winsloww/archives/Oseberg_stuff/wovenbasket/114.JPG

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Halvgrimr

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Rizzo: Hmm. Strange. I found this from Batemans summary report: "...and on the crown of the helmet is an elliptical bronze plate supporting the figure of an animal carved in...

Halvgrimr

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Ny BjÃ¶rn: I think there's a good photo of a basket's bottom from Oseberg in Christensen's book as well, just to illustrate the craft for you(-Robb do you have it readily a...

Halvgrimr

There is a similar pic in Tweddle's book IIRC but not this exact one.

Halvgrimr
getting in on this one late

so Wil are you going to cast the cross on the front in real silver?

Halvgrimr

Originally posted by Halvgrim: ...again no pic of the sword but some nice pics of the lamellar found in the grave H --------------------------------------------- then Maelgwyn said: Post those Pics!!!!!!! I'd like to see the spearhead too if you have it. i am still a bit leary to post much m...

Halvgrimr

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Kasimir:
[B]For the record, I'd just like to state here that I a very VERY envious of Ny Bjorn and his day job.

--join the club!

Halvgrimr

Halvgrimr

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Ny BjÃ¶rn: There is a good picture of one of the boxes in question in "Osebergdronningens grav : vÃ¥r arkeologiske nasjonalskatt i nytt lys" edited by A. E. Christensen (1992, ...

Halvgrimr

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Ny BjÃ¶rn: Nope - the pictures show stave buckets, not lath-walled boxes. /N B<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> /N B --i guess your right if i look real hard i can see the joints...

Halvgrimr

Ok I just got done zipping thru all the available Oseberg Fundets. I am sorry to say that I dont have much for you at this time. Here are a couple pics of things that MAY BE bentwood boxes: http://www.missouri.edu/~winsloww/archives/bentwood_boxes/maybe%3f/fig125.jpg http://www.missouri.edu/~winslow...

Halvgrimr

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Sergei: Do you have more information directly on Oseberg box find? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> --still searching for the Oseberg stuff here is a bentwood box from Hedeby (its in V...

Halvgrimr

Sergei Here is one of the articles I promised. I think I have another article on the subject but I cant find it at this time, I will continue to look for it) The article is "GokstadhÃ¸vdingens Jaktransel." I think its in Norwegian (I have a hard time telling the difference between some of the 'Norse...

Halvgrimr

thanks to NB i have collected several articles on the basket/backpack from Gokstad. if your interested i can post the scans for dowloading. i also collected an article from Fine Wood Working magazine about similar "bentwood" boxes found in the Oseberg burial It can be seen here http://www.missouri.e...

Halvgrimr

[QUOTE]Originally posted by lacheadon: Nice. Did he take any liberty with the pin and the brass edging/strips? I didn't know the actual plates had pressablachs on them. --cant answer that lach, iirc (i am not at home, so dont have my resources) the state of the remains in awefully corroded so it mig...

Halvgrimr

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Bran Mac Scandlan: I can't get the page to open for some reason :/ This subject has always interested me, but I have one more question. The region where the discovery was ma...

Halvgrimr

sorry it took me so long to get to this here are some pics of a good reconstruction, they might help: http://www.ulfhednar.org/arriannuh/hp/grafiken/hintergrund1.jpg http://www.ulfhednar.org/arriannuh/hp/vendelzeit.html http://www.zeughaus-wiking.de/replh1.html http://www.ulfhednar.org/German/bonifa...

Halvgrimr

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Alcyoneus: Sell it to a WWII collector, or a WWII museum. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> a conversational piece ashtray? http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif kidding of course, ...

Halvgrimr

btw Sasa has all this webbed (in Russian) here http://www.badaew.narod.ru/goldina.htm beware the pics are big and load slow (even one a T1 line) i do have a translation but i havent heard if i am suppose to share the entire thing. As he was kind enough to share this info with me i dont want to share...

Halvgrimr

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Vladimir: Halvgrim, I plugged in info on that dig you refered to on a google search and came up with nothing. What book or site did you find your information on. <HR></B...

Halvgrimr

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by lacheadon: That said, I would want to se the pic before makeing one... <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> i have some limited pics but unfortunately none of the sword as i read t...

Halvgrimr

the contents of burial graves and the determination of the sex of the occupant is (or has been in the past) speculative at times.

for a real interesting article of this (from Viking Heritage Magazine) go here http://viking.hgo.se/Topic/may-03.html

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Halvgrimr

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Egfroth: I seem to recall enormous copper rivets being used as well, at least on some pre-Viking bosses. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> --Eggie If you are refering to the Val...

Halvgrimr

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Rizzo: Birka is exceptional as a dig, but not as a site, and partly the result of an ambition to make it an educational/tourist site. Keep in mind though, thats its basical...

Halvgrimr

I have very little info at this time, but Sasa (from the archive) has sent me some info on the helmet finds from the Tarasovsky burial grounds. here is part of a translation: In Volga basin â€“ middle Kama basin (mazuninskaya culture) and in Vyatka basin (azelinskaya culture) in 8 burial grounds wer...

Halvgrimr

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Kasimir: I have been having some difficulty finding much information regarding Vendel period armour. This has been one of the better ones I have been able to find. http://ww...

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