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The Viking Age sword (also Viking sword) or Carolingian sword is the type of sword prevalent in Western and Northern Europe during the Early Middle Ages.. The Viking Age or Carolingian-era sword developed in the 8th century from the Merovingian sword more specifically, the Frankish production of swords in the 6th to 7th century and during the 11th to 12th century in turn gave rise to the ...
Ulfberht swords were made during a period when European swords were still predominantly pattern welded ("false Damascus"), [7] [8] but with larger blooms of steel gradually becoming available, so that higher quality swords made after AD 1000 are increasingly likely to have crucible steel blades. The group of Ulfberht swords includes a wide ...
Viking swords, the type of sword prevalent in Western Europe and Northern Europe during the Early Middle Ages Wikimedia Commons has media related to Viking swords . Pages in category "Viking swords"
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The Ballinderry Sword is an iron Viking-style weapon found in a bog on the site of a crannog (lake dwelling) in Ballinderry, in Rosemount, County Westmeath, Ireland in 1928. It is No. 36 in A History of Ireland in 100 Objects. [1] It was found along with other Viking objects: a longbow, two spearheads, an axe head and a gaming board.
Museum Replicas Ltd. (MRL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlanta Cutlery Corp. (ACC) designing, replicating, manufacturing, reselling arms, armor and period clothing for men and women. It features swords , daggers , helmets , suits of armor , accessories, costumes and home accents with the historical themes of Greek , Roman , Viking ...
The sword weighs 1.214 kg (2.68 lb), at a total length of 91.5 cm (36.0 in). [2] Peirce (1990) makes special mention of this sword as "breath-taking", "one of the most splendid Viking swords extant". [3] The River Witham knightly sword, BM PE 1858,1116.5 was found in 1825 in the River Witham near Lincoln. [4] [5] is dated to the later 13th century.
A newspaper article displaying the Sword. The Ulen Sword is an artifact which was unearthed in a field 3.25 miles (5.23 km) west of Ulen in Clay County, Minnesota.It is currently on display in the Ulen Museum (formerly the Viking Sword Museum) which is operated by the Ulen Historical Society.