The Armour Archive

I am looking for a nice viking or dane axe to go with my persona. Most of the ones I have seen from looking around the net just don't seem right. I have seen on in particular that I liked a lot. A lot of people have seen it. Sir Thorfinn showed me his last year at the Viking feast he attended with my lady and I. The three of us won for the best viking costumes. But he had this beautiful axe.
He told me who it was that made it but I cant remember who it was or just how much it would be to get one kind of similar only with a raven etched on the blade.

Hopefully someone knows. In fact Dimitry you might know. You see him often perhaps you could have him send me an e-mail at the below e-mail address.

ryan.kaono@siab.aorcentaf.af.mil

That is my e-mail here in Bahrain. He knows I'm here. I just don't have his e-mail address or I would ask him myself.

Lodinn Hrafnarsson
Lord of Hus des Silber Rings

Two of the ones I like are:

http://www.highland-arms.com/item30039.ctlg

and

http://www.anshelmarms.com/weapons.html

Garth

Have you seen the ones at www.therionarms.com

Not sure if it's what you're looking for but there are some nice axes in the combat weapons section.

This is not a payed endorsement.

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The budding mid 14th century German Transitional guy.
Mad Matt's Armory

I have two of the ones from Therion, the Mammen axe and the broad axe, and I love them!
John

Garth,

Thanks for the link to Hanwei and van sussen. I actually just got a scamasax from them. From what I have heard it is beautiful. I didn't know about their website from Ebay.

Thanks again,
Lodinn

How tough are the axes and weapons from therion?. Ive been really wanting to buy on but need to know how they are?

Thanks
Christopher

:bump

Did the axe Thorfinn was carrying have a rune serpent in bronze inlay around the shaft end of the blade?

If so, I built it and he borrowed it from Uther.

Then again, I am sure he owns his own axes as well....

Sasha

Sasha,

I think I do remember something about him getting it from Uther. It was a beautiful piece of workmanship. So far I have never seen one to challenge its beauty. Uther is lucky to have a friend such as you who could put such workmanship and art into such as that axe.

Thank you for sharing your skill.

Lodinn

Gosh, thank you for the kind words. But actually the axe was built as a custom job and was a gift from his then Lady (who I am good friends with. The fact they are no longer together does mean that whoever Uther dates next had better
a)not be the jelous type

or

b) Not be able to read elder-futhark runes.



The thing I most remeber about the axe is that as soon as Uther had it in his hands and had finished saying thank you to Meesh, he strode over to stand about 15 feet away form a tree and threw the axe!....And the bastard got it to stick full impact, at face height on his first throw.

One of my personally memorable moments of Rowany Festival....

Sasha
....who needs to get around to finishing 10 more axes that are "nearly done" around the workshop.

Sasha,

What is that about the runes? Hmmm I didn't figure out what they meant either. I wish I could remember what they said. Any idea if you will be doing any more of them that nice? And if so I am looking for one with a raven etched on the face. And the icelandic runes for leggbir which is icelandic for leg biter.

Also how much would something like that go for? I'm not in much of a hurry. I am still stuck in Bahrain for a while.

Lodinn



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Lord Lodinn Hrafnarrson
Lord of Hus des Silber Rings
Currently stuck on a viking that won't end
ryan.kaono@siab.aorcentaf.af.mil

no runes on Thorfinn's ax. It's an Anshelm one http://www.anshelmarms.com/weapons.html

-artos




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Baron Artos Quintus
Marshal, Pincipality of the Mists, West

Artos,

I think the one I saw from him was Uther's. But I'm not sure. I have seen Uther's though and it is really nice. Kara (my lady) sent Jarl Thorfinn a letter via snail mail since neither she nor I have his e-mail. So hopefully I will get an e-mail from him soon.

Lodinn

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Lord Lodinn Hrafnarrson
Lord of Hus des Silber Rings
Currently stuck on a viking that won't end
ryan.kaono@siab.aorcentaf.af.mil

Lodin.
Sent you an email at the addy in your profile.

Sasha

Sasha,

Could you please resend the e-mail to the below address?

ryan.kaono@saib.aorcentaf.af.mil

Lodinn


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Lord Lodinn Hrafnarrson
Lord of Hus des Silber Rings
Currently stuck on a viking that won't end
ryan.kaono@siab.aorcentaf.af.mil