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@@EinDeutscherPatriot620 Lol funny seeing you here!!!! 😂

@@masseyfurguson8871 Yeah, didn't expect to see you here either🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@@EinDeutscherPatriot620 A great Viking video have brought us together!

@@masseyfurguson8871 Hahahahaha! Yup! Heilir Víkingurinn!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Anime is degenerate. Read the sagas.

True, the only whole intact spear find we have measures somewhere between 7 and 8 feet I believe. My point is that the two handed spear they present in the video is really closer to a one handed spear of the time. In fact that same spear has a removable pin we believe was used so you could throw it at the enemy and the shaft would bounce out on impact ao the enemy couldn't throw it back.

True, I suppose both could be true and I dont see why they wouldn't be depending on the shape of the pin or the spear shaft.

Yeah but the pilum is designed to bend on impact (I mean some dont but still) so it achieves a similar effect.

I mean kind of. It did bend just below the tip because below the head the shaft was of softer metal. It's still kind of up for debate whether that was because of design, a design flaw, or because of improper handling. I believe it was just cheaper to make them that way since it can use less pure metal and they figured if it did bend when thrown that's a quick repair so it's effective either way.

We train with 7ft spears as our one handed spears, using 7ft as a minimum length for one hander

Yup

ye same with me

And of course, the highlanders were descended from the Celts, the original INVENTORS of this chainmail as well ;)

Sometimes, but if they had kids, they would’ve probably passed them down (unless their kids had their own sword already)

Their Dane Axe is consistent with typical finds, which ranged between 0.9 - 1.2m in the haft and 20 - 30cm in the arc of the cutting edge. These were field weapons, and indeed were used in formations frequently, particularly well documented by the Byzantines when describing the Varangian mercenaries.

indeed, since most (almost all) period accurate mail was not only riveted, but they were also flat rings so it should be much lighter than modern round butted mail

Armour Class make them. Scottish sword maker

Armour Class, Heron Armouries and Wieland Forge would be a good starting point, also Black Raven Crafts from Ireland👍

@@rickbolt1308 cheers man, very helpful

i dont know if you watched all of it but in the chainmail segment they kinda say that chainmail was very hard to acquire

First lets get that whole "Viking was an occupation not an ethnicity" blah blah thing out of the way, It is generally well known that when someone says Viking they are referring to Germanic raiding culture. What you must understand is that when you say Viking you encompass a very large group of people from a variety of nations and organizations. Early Viking raiders such as those as Lindisfarne in 793 probably did not all have chainmail but thick winter adornment as you have said correctly, although they might have discarded some of this due to the warmth of the southern lands. Those such as the Jomsvikings, who were an elite order of mercenary warriors, deeply devoted to the Norse gods Thor and Odin, during the 11th century most likely all had chainmail equipment as these were professional warriors who demanded large sums of payment for their service.

Yes, it´s from the Vendel Period, but the borders between the Vendel Period and the Viking Age are pretty vague. Furthermore, good pieces of armour were extremely valuable and therefore passed on for generations. At least for the early Viking Age, the usage of helmets crafted during the Vendel Period is plausible.

Wrong Runes for the Viking Age.

There is some speculation about this - sourced from Lotte Hedeager’s Iron Age Myth and Materiality (2011), in which she cites Gansum, Terje. ‘Role the bones - from iron to steel.’ Norwegian Archaeological Review 37 no. 1 (2004): 41-57. However, this is speculative rather than a proven act.

@@JORVIK-Viking-Centre will look into it for a bit, thank you.

@@JORVIK-Viking-Centre We do know that they used bones, But as for using the ancestors bones I kinda think it's a nice story to tell the kids.Yet it's still believed by a lot of people.

Correct, though Anglo Saxon style knives did see use enough for it to considered acceptable kit for a reenactment set. Remember that the Vikings were quite pragmatic, often looting any decent gear they find, and it's not unreasonable for them to pick up a knife in the field and see good use for it.

Definitely some broke back Viking between shield brothers lol

Start digging in York... That's what they did 🤪

Hah!

Sheild Maiden is just the name for female Vikings it does not mean they only use sheilds

The Aztec population of Jorvik was legendary

Well the Normans are Viking descendants. Just later 😆

@@personifiedape5347 How does that justify the use of a post Viking era weapon being used to demonstrate what weapons Vikings used?

@@jimpickens4067 my god. It’s called a tutorial. Chill out!

@@personifiedape5347 I do not think you are familiar with the Jorvik Group at all are you.... or even the word Tutorial... the purpose of the group is for education, non factual statements is not education it is mis information

@@jimpickens4067 considering I’ve lived in York since I was 5 I know very well the Jorvik Group. I think you are nitpicking considering the mace was used albeit not that popular with the Vikings. Trying to make out they are spreading misinformation is utter nonsense, simply because the head of the mace was not a Viking region design. Are you this pedantic about everything in life?

Well they are Across the globe, so they would probably never fight

Samurai never used shields, maybe, but japanese footsoldiers did for some time. Might have something to do with Samurai's primary weapon being a bow, tbh.

There are none. We have the sagas but that's, as Skallagrim would say, viking Hollywood. We also have paintings but they don't talk so it needs to be interpreted. Truly we can only guess on how they used their weapons. The closest we could have in historical manuals is the use of short sword and buckler, except the shield is way bigger. But it can give an idea.

@@nathandebue9209 they wouldn't be clanging there swords like in the demonstration lmao like stupid Hollywood movies

@@Daylon91 oh yeah definitely. I'm aware of that don't worry haha

Also they did use animal bones (not ancestors) to reinforce iron with carbon making primitive steel however it's not known whether or not they did it knowingly probable not as they were wising to enchant the weapon with the animals spirit

I'd say they deliberately made their steel, given the fact that the usage of bones is noted as extremely rare, but most of the steel found in their sites shows sign of good carburisation, as well as them using methods like pattern welding to get the most out of it. Perhaps the usage of bones cones from the animist cults, known to coexist in their society alongside the mainstream belief in the gods. As for maces, we have no real findings that suggest that they made them, and there was not a huge degree of need, given their more nimble style of combat and the fact that they weren't often facing heavily armoured opponents. Even the Varangian mercenaries employed by the Byzantines saw little need for things like maces, finding that their axes and spears were sufficient. Against most opponents, it would be a matter of not going for the head, and watching out for the ones who used maille, going more for known weak points and whatnot. Maces would become much more popular later, as plate started to emerge more frequent, and opponents were much more likely to at the very least be using gambesons and maille. When all oponents are heavily armoured, blunt force weapons become much more appealing, as those can deal directly with that sort of thing.

They may be referencing the Kievan Rus and Varangians who used knobbed bronze/copper alloy maces late in the Viking era.

Where did you get that?

@@nathandebue9209 you hear the accent ? This dude thinks he a viking

@@p.s.5135 oh yeah haha right.

You have spotted a flaw in this pantomime!

Next video they're demonstrating the bloodeagle

Yes. Vikings did also use bows for hunting as well as battle.

Stab city lol

Actually that exact moment is my favorite part. Obviously these are supposed to be very verrrry simple introductions to the weapons themselves to people who don't really know but at 0:35 there's a split sloppy moment of both of them having jittery hands. That's actually real as hell. Without hand protection a knife fight is literally the scariest thing in the damned world to be in. So you see for a split second that 😬 moment in both of their movements towards each other till they realize their blunts and get into playful stage fighting. The short spear one got me pretty good though lol

@@-OokySpooky- that’s why I wear mechanix ruggedized gloves 🧤

As for chainmail most people couldn't afford it in any type. A few extra layers of clothing was what most would have had.

@@thebelfastvikingmartinbrow3603 Not to mention butted mail is not historical... ;P

@@danielgomezmartin6706 butted mail started in India as far as I know. And any that survive is from the age of fire arms

As far as i know there is no evidence for butted mail in europe. The only butted mail that I know of is from asia, for instance japan or as you mentioned india.

@@thebelfastvikingmartinbrow3603 Exactly! Meant not historical for europe, just India, Japan and some others of Asia