Just gonna leave this comment here because it seems like some people didn't see what I wrote at the end of the video. This is not a historically accurate shield: Steel boss is too wide, wood is too thick, there is not evidence that they used double layers of wood, shield is too heavy. And probably a bunch of other stuff. *I knew all of this when I was making the shield* however the thing is, when you are making something for the first time (in this case a viking shield) you are most likely not going to get it right in the first place. So with that in mind I just made a cool looking shield, with a mix of historically accurate and non-historically accurate techniques. *Everything I learned during this project I'm gonna add onto the next shield I make which is gonna be more historically accurate*. Cheers!

"Eh, got a couple pallets, some twine, a spring, an old bed sheet, a cooking pot, and a giant dog treat... I guess I'll make a shield!" Beautiful work! Not many people could see anything being made from the materials you used, much less a shield. Quite impressive.

Now test it against a dragon’s fiery breathe

After watching practically all of your videos I’ve decided that I really like this kind of content. I’d love to see more from all different kinds of creators but no one else really makes content like you do. You’re so unique and cool and I really appreciate you.🙂

You absolute madman, you made your own nails... That's awesome, time consuming, but awesome!

Me: Oh great, it‘s gonna be tested. Also me: Pleez, stahp! 😭😭😭

8:44. The Japanese aluminum foil ball IS useful for something...

I fell asleep ten times during this, awesome but too relaxing. Omg, I can't belive I got one like, thanx

I really wanted to see a viking wooden shield being made and i watched several videos, but this one just captivated me immensley! You are such a talented young man! I wish i could be your apprentice! Been working with computers for many years, but for a few years now i have a yearning to learn a practical profession with my hands. I guess i'll go into wood working. TY for making this beautiful shield! Crafting your own nails was above and beyond anything i have seen in a crafting video. You are truly an artist in many forms and materials. PS: i played Skyrim soundtrack music in the background because it seemed appropriate.

Historical or not I am sure you had a great time building the shield. You applied skills not everyone has and did a fine job! Well done sir!

Du bist der erste den ich sehe, der ein bisschen historischen Charakter einbringt. Super Sache 🤜🖤🤛

I'm not sure what I loved more- Watching you smith your own pieces, that you used a giant rawhide for leather, or the way all the noises turned into cute sounds when you sped up the video.

I love viking and Norse style metalworking and woodworking and leather working. Some because most of my family was Vikings in scotland long ago but mainly because it looks awesome and works. I got really excited when you posted the picture. Thank you for your hard work, inspiration, and ability to put smiles on people's faces

I cried a little when you started beating it up

first class workmanship.faith in your own work.was part of your life back then.not just a lump of wood.some armmour was made this way many years ago.trust in your workmanship is all..... thankyou for this demonstration my friend.

Along with our typical hammer strikes and the rasp rasping, we also get some _moist_ meaty slaps.

13:46 haha cats being cats :) love the work, looks awesome!

Wow,it came out real good,good work...👍

your comment at the end was apt about making a more historically accurate one since these were designed to trap weapons by failing in predictable ways instead of repelling them! Great work!

You have no idea how pleased I am that you aligned the faces properly.

I'm crying. It's beautiful.

i love the way you edit your videos. it makes them even more entertaining. It also shows your sense of humor with out you saying any words.

goddam it was satisfying when you took apart the pallet

I do not have the kind of patience like this man right here

It's good to see the woodprix has new instructions to save my money and energy to build it.

Well, I learn from you how to make a cool shooting target for my future archery hobby. I know how to make a shield which will protect me from random axe throwing lunatics. Cool job for a first time. I would really like to see historically correct one though. From start to finish with ancient/old tools. Did you see that silent guy building mud houses? I wish to see you in action like him, more work but even cooler finish. Testing was the best. Couse I don't know if used not historically correct replica is valued less after being through a battle or is worth more.

Tank you. Really nice piece of film. I enjoyed it very much. You show every step, without get boring, no music (thx god for that), make amusement shortcuts and, most important of all, you seemed to have fun. Jag ser fram emot nästa film. Tack

Just confirms how much craftmanship goes in to making shields,even in modern times its hard,but back then it was so much harder

You didn't need to cut the entire thing in half and rotate it. The reason there's an edge to the shield is to hide where the grain runs, the chance of the grain being your biggest concern with a shield is near zero. You'll wreck the thing before it'll ever start to split.

next do a Finnish seax called "Väkipuukko"!

Your editing skills get better with every video! You are getting better and better at your craft. Hats off to you!

I've made about 40+ Roundshields and I have gotten alot of new ideas! thank you for the vid!

Very nice Hobbit door:-)) and very resistant. If you are interested look for the book " viking weapons and warfair" They show tables with original mesurements. Realy interesting . Nice job. Will it ever see a shild wall?

can you make a roman shield the roman shield looks so cool

You've done it. You have made the perfect video, i love having all these crafting elements in one video. The artistry and the testing were both very entertaining. Yet again raising the bar, another best video.

This was an absolutely beautiful video to watch. I can't even imagine how much something like this would cost to buy. The work you put into this was great! I really enjoyed watching this video thank you!

Why you damage it after the beautiful work?? 😱😨

I'd like to lodge a complaint about the historical accuracy, No one was holding the shield while testing. Other than that great build

All my respect is yous , the more i watched the more amazed i was. Great job !!!

Das war ausgezeichnet Handwerker! Sehr gut Gemacht!Absolutely fantastic - almost therapeutic to watch.Gruss von Van Diemens Land

how to basic productive edition

Put it on 2x speed and you got a video of flash making a viking shield

Those were anyway heavy as shields. The purpose is to block the hit by absorbing the force too, so you need it a bit heavy. I made a couple of heater shields, the heavies is around 3kg. So a round one with the same height is obviously more heavy, then you have the metal plate at the center. Said that, what you did wrong is the central metallic plate, too thick, it looks 3mm thick, 1.5-2mm max would lighten your shield greatly and due to its shape, still able to sustain great hits. Historically not everybody had access to the best dried seasoned hardwood, so the wood is fine. Great work, especially the painting job.

Impressive work! I love the use of recycled materials...It shows the importance of well thought construction, and a few good tools over pricey stuff.

To think people had to make these without power tools.

My tipe of ASMR

I watched the entire video and let the ads play all the way through because you are awesome!

Amazing attention to detail best I have seen ever!

me after watching this video: *smithing 100*

2:23 Emergency alert spotted

This is the most Entertaining and somehow emotionally satisfying video I have ever seen on You Tube. I am...Impressed!

Watching this video, I was just so impressed with how resourceful you were, especially using a dog chew for scrap leather!! And making your own nails... now you're just showing off lol. This was such a satisfying thing to watch.

5:30 how does it sound when a shield laughs?

OMG YOU HAVE CET CEN I SEE YOU CET PLS? JUST 1 VID FOR CET PLS

All I can say is wow!! He has major skills. I believe if we went back in the days without power, he would be one of the few that would actually survive. Again, amazing!!

I was so satisfied while watching you crafting your own nails, pretty good job !

8:45 haha! c'est quoi cette méthode ?!

Why spend all that time making it just to beat it up? I'm genuinely curious what your opinion is on it.

This man is a man among men, treating full planks of wood like legos

I love that he speeds everything up EXCEPT the last sound in any of the processes.

Det er da nok sejt

Needs less wood, more leather, and a smaller boss. Might also want to heat treat and temper the boss. A leather covering for the sheild was rarer among the vikings, but tooled leather shield coverings were used to such terrifying effect by the Scottish that the English attempted to ban the ownership of Scottish Targe shields, which are essentially just a viking round shield with a spike screwed into the boss.

Gotta say, of all your projects this is probably my favorite... Just watched it again... Here's hoping you do make another one sometime...

Awww Man, this was such a pleasure to watch :) Your casual detail & editing style with woodpecker sound was just sublime :) Subscribed!

Five seconds in........ Build a pallet breaker tool! Forty seconds in ... prybar. Use the prybar for the nails. Three minutes in... Dowels. It's a shield and the glue isn't going to hold up to the punishment. Four minutes in ... ah, you alternated direction of the boards thus the wood fibers. That will give the strength glue alone would have given. Nine minutes in... A hardy. a Hardy fits into the square peg hole on the anvil and helps you xut off metals. Ten minutes in... Shape the nail heads in a former (swage) then forge the points. You will be happier with the results. Nail formers are still available for sale. Seventeen minutes in........ Drill holes for the nails. You're making and using them as rivets. Make a small bowl shaped former (10 mill) heat the rivets up to straw color. Drop them through the hole in the boss and the shied together. The pointed end into the former and hammer same with the rounded head of the ball peen hammer. Alternatively, drop the rivet through hole into the former, the position a second former built like a chisel with a concave (bowel) tip. This will give you round heads on both sides. Eighteen minutes in ..... Mark your spacing and use your drill. A drill bit for wood will zip right through that rawhide. Nineteen minutes in ... saddlemakers stitch. I like it! Wrap the cord around some dowels to give yourself some good grip the pull them tight. Twenty one minutes in... Field testing! Brilliant! Twenty four minutes in... Great video, Great build. Well done!

Now we know that painting is not your forte lol

I think this was my favorite project, looks great.

...after he was done destroying the shield, he went into the trailer and wrecked up the place. He is a true mad man.

I just love watching you make something!!

Shield maiden! Bring me my shield!.... No not the oaken one the one forged from pallet wood !! Only teasing! Looks cool!😎

Good stuff sir. From craftsmanship to video edit/style I liked it a lot. Thanks

Woah! That ain't no shield... That is a table! So cool

Amazing work. As you were creating the shield I literately felt the soul of Scandinavia, its craftsmanship and blacksmithing. I've been specially fascinated when you used Runic inscription "The Mask Stone". Bravo !

U must have the patience of a god. For the making & also the editing. Sick video .

Regnar was proud of you

Loved the video! Thanks so much for sharing all that detail.

you never cease to amaze me absolutely fantastic

Pretty awesome video, I do recommend that you update the audience on what you are doing. A quick explanation for each part of the build would be great. Thx for the cool content

ur edits make this way more enjoyable

It's amazing how such basic materials applied the right way can render such a tough product,thank you for sharing all of your work,you never disappoint with every episode,all the best to you and yours

Wow. Just wow. Great work. You really took a lot of time in making this and i congratulate you man.

And this right here is why a viking shield wall was so effective

This is so cool! My dad and I made our own shield much like this and it was cool to see how something like it would hold up

Thanks for the vídeo, helped me a lot. I started make my Shield today. Save from Brasil!!

So much work just to show us how its made. Thank you!

Well done - looks absolutely epic!

this was great! Im not sure if it was just me, but that boss was huge!

Love watching you make this (hated to see it tested) I neither have the tools, skill or patients to do something like this...amazing

Sensacional, irmão! Fiquei maravilhado. Só doeu no meu coração no final, com o teste. Que dó. Adorei isso. Parabéns!

Terrific craftsmanship, historical or not! Well done!

Very satisfying video to watch, well done.

So awesome man! I made one of my own awhile back. You did a killer job

100% Amazing!!! Loved your skills. A+ I really liked it and learned a lot!!! Watched all your videos!

While not an authentic build it looked fun and doable for most people.

Love the editing style and of course the shield👌

bloody brilliant mate. like just wow. editing was spot on the whole way through, 15:09 was cool and you even tested it to show how it was used to protect. definitely my favourite video of yours so far and would love to see the historically accurate one in the future. keep up the skilled work mate

Well done young man people who gave it a thumbs down should have stood behind it then would have given it a thumbs up I`m sure. Everyone is a critic but carry on young sir

Tip for forging nails. The effective way is to cut almost through the iron bar and then stick it in the nail iron, break of and forge the head. You should be able to make one nail in one heat but i never got further than needing two.

Amazing video, I love your creations

Nice work...I like that you actually tested it out.👍