viking brooch tranby

viking brooch tranbyThe Viking brooch is a replica of a 10th century original excavated in Tranby, Norway. Crafted during the transitional period between the Jellingen and Borre art styles, it faithfully reproduces a form worn by the Vikings as a brooch. Originally, such decorations were employed by the early Franks as sword scabbard and shield ornaments.

and the rapier is supplied complete with a leather scabbard

The kettle hat is a replica of a 15th-century example depicted in various Spanish manuscripts

We immediately reuse a large part of the material without the intervention of a recycling process

Measured from ear to ear

The sword is based on a late 10th–early 11th century original discovered in Vammala

Spartans often employed short swords in place of the longer xiphos

The total length is 195 cm

It has been designed for the starting LARPer or young LARPer

On the inside the visor is covered with leather

Several similar originals are nowadays part of the collection of the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin

It is painted dark brown and subsequently lacquered

and it is likely that the bearers of the Cinqueda were aware of this