Vegard Vike

I'm an archaeological conservator with a predominant interest in weapons and tools of the Viking Age. My professional work involves the cleaning, stabilisation and study of such objects. I occasionally craft replicas.

Inscribed sword blades – Lorange 1889

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This book by archaeologist Anders Lorange titled ‘Den Yngre Jernalders Sværd’ is an old classic from 1889 in a large scale folio format. The topic is inscribed and pattern welded sword blades from the Viking Age with a main focus on Ulfberht inscriptions. The text may not be immediately accessible as it’s written in archaic […]

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Ring Weave – an analysis of mail armour

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This old thesis of mine is a metallographic analysis of rings from three mail armours found in Norway. One is from the famous Viking Age grave at Gjermundbu – yes the one with the helmet. The other two are a medieval mail shirt and a mail hosen, probably from the 15th century. The full english

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