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Post by durinnmcfurren on Sept 14, 2021 4:04:35 GMT
I recently acquired a viking axe, type B according to Petersen (600 AD to 840 AD or so). From an odd source: an etsy shop, Northern Traders ES.
I got it because it was a reasonable price and also very historically accurate in design. The only downside that I can see so far: it came blunt. And I mean BLUNT. Like, 2-3 mm thick. Now, this is not an issue for me to grind down, but it could be annoying for some people. Otherwise, great axe, and great service (I asked if they would include a haft and put the axe on the haft for me; they did so, and even did it in an historically plausible way! Vikings did not use metal wedges on the head of the haft. They might have used wooden ones, or they might have slid the head on from the bottom, which is how this axe head has been mounted).
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Sept 14, 2021 5:41:12 GMT
Cool! You could name the axe: "Mjölnir"!
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Post by durinnmcfurren on Sept 14, 2021 14:33:15 GMT
Cool! You could name the axe: "Mjölnir"! Well, I could, but mjölnir was a hammer...
I need to come up with a good name for it, though. 'Storm of the troll woman' is not its name, it's just a poetic way to refer to axes in general in Norse poetry.
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Sept 14, 2021 14:43:26 GMT
You was the one who said "BLUNT"!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2021 0:01:30 GMT
Cool! You could name the axe: "Mjölnir"! Well, I could, but mjölnir was a hammer...
I need to come up with a good name for it, though. 'Storm of the troll woman' is not its name, it's just a poetic way to refer to axes in general in Norse poetry.
How about Head Taker, Beheader or Decapitator? 😹😹😹😹
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Post by Zen_Hydra on Sept 17, 2021 2:26:47 GMT
If really want to flex on us, the weapon's name has to be in Proto-Indo-European (PIE).
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Post by durinnmcfurren on Sept 17, 2021 4:20:09 GMT
If really want to flex on us, the weapon's name has to be in Proto-Indo-European (PIE). Well, since this is 600-840 AD, I think it would be most likely to be in proto Germanic or early Norse!
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Sept 17, 2021 5:33:32 GMT
Early Bavarian: "Schädlschpoita" (shaedlshpoita - Skullsplitter!) ((when it is sharpened))
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Post by Kane Shen on Sept 26, 2021 0:21:58 GMT
Nice axe! "No woman, no soup!"
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