Completed Viking Seax

Making an Antler Handle for a Viking Knife

Today I'm working on fitting a piece of caribou antler to be a knife handle for my Viking-style seax forged from a set of pruning shears. Video soon to come.

Draken Harald Harfagre- Bay City, MI

Draken's specs

Draken Harald Harfagre refueling on the Black River.

The prow-beast

Some of Draken's oars.

A look at the hand-holds on the oars.

The bright colors on the strakes are inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry.

Steer-board, located on the starboard side of the ship.

Detailed carvings near the prow.

First Day of the New Year

Starting off 2017 working on a Viking knife by draw filing the edge bevels in.

Today's Project- Tanning Fur

I'm not always making knives, and today's project was fleshing a deer hide to prepare it for tanning. It's a lot of work, but its worth it if you want to use every part of the animal you harvest.

Homemade Norman Helmet

Handmade helmet and chain mail shirt.
Modified Cold Steel Norse Hawk.
Tinker Pearce Norman sword.
See the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsJGbzymrHU

Artifacts from Lake Lednica, Poland.

I recently built a helmet from raw material, namely sheet metal and carpet tacks, which will be used in my short film "Sons of Romans, Sons of Vikings". The character who will be wearing it is Drogo FitzRolf, a Norman captain who wields a sword and ax in battle.  The photo of the costume was inspired by a picture I found of 10th and 11th centuryartifacts from Poland. The nasal helm, sword, spear, and mail shirt were discovered in the lake of Lednica in Poland.  The armor and weapons are part of a find of medieval settlement and fortification on an island in the lake called Ostrów Lednicki. ('Ostrów' means 'holm' (i.e., river or lake island). 

You can see the video of me making the helmet here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsJGbzymrHU

Modified Cold Steel Viking Axe

To modify the Cold Steel Viking Ax, I soaked the tomahawk head in vinegar for several hours so that it developed a darker patina.  The hickory was stained with some birch oil that I rendered myself so that it took on that darker color. The grooves I also cut into the handle to provide better traction.

The original look of the head and handle.

Viking sword that inspired the "X" pattern on the axe handle.

Carved antlers from the Yorkshire museum.

I used a round file to cut the pattern onto the handle. 

Buy one here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/548210678/modified-cold-steel-viking-hand-ax-w?ref=shop_home_active_9