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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2009 14:50:59 GMT
Thank you for clearing that up, Tom. I have been reading a thread on myarmoury about how to grip viking swords. To me it sounds like the large pommel on the Tinker viking could make gripping it uncomfortable. Luka, Brissybeater, and anyone else with viking swords, can you tell me if gripping the Hanwei viking will be more difficult than a sword with a round pommel? It's not difficult, you just can't grip it in a dead tight hammer grip. Your grip should change during the cut spontaneously from hammer grip to handshake or you could just use handshake all the time. With hammer grip it surely will dig into your wrist.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2009 19:52:08 GMT
I find that I can hold it in a hammer grip most of the time. Perhaps this is because I have abnormally large hands (size XXXL)? The pommel and cross of my Hanwei Practical are always crushing my hand, no matter how I hold it, and the grip is too small to hold it in the handshake position. The pommel doesn't even reach my wrist. Does anyone know if there are viking swords with extra long hilts, or am I doing something wrong?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2009 23:07:53 GMT
As far as I know (this is from a thread on myarmoury, by the way), the average length for viking grips was between 3.7 and 3.9 inches. KOA has the grip listed as 4 inches, so it's close to being accurate. I don't know if there were viking sword with longer grips or not, but I imagine that if a man had very large hands and needed a longer grip he would get one.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2009 22:38:09 GMT
Ultimate Viking thread
Three great Norse inspired books which, I found to be absolutely fantastic are:
Viking – Odinn’s Child by Tim Severin Viking – Sworn brother by Tim Severin Viking – King’s Man by Tim Severin
The three novels are period actuate fictional tales of the people of the north.
The Norse people interpreted the term Viking as a verb not as a noun. A man might need to go Viking in order to increase his wealth or his all-important reputation to be worthy of Valhalla.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2009 22:44:08 GMT
Thanks for the informative post, clanhydra. Welcome to the forum, by the way. I hate the term "viking" and prefer to use "norseman", but occasionally I will say viking because that is the term familiar with most people.
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