Mystery damascus
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Knowing Hellize the wood is likely to be salvaged from the remnants of a pirate's peg leg and charred in wyvern fire with a pommel made of auroch bone stolen from among the grave goods of a viking barrow. It's only a mystery because the blade is cursed and he's trying to palm it off onto some poor unsuspecting bushcrafter who will forever be haunted by hopping pirate ghosts.
Hehehe, no it is not. I really have no idea, what kind of wood it is
I received it without a name.
Stained Romanian walnut burl?
Plus a bit of horn.
Did I win it?
It definitely isn't, so you haven't win anything
. It was this dark through the whole sanding process.The ends are antler.
Aha, maybe a piece of a long sunken piece of a ship...
Can not be Viking though, not many of those sank..... excellent construction..........
I am sure the Vikings sailed along side the coast on their way to Miklagard, stopping freqvently to say Hi to the Vlach maidens waving on the shores......
Can not be Viking though, not many of those sank..... excellent construction..........
I am sure the Vikings sailed along side the coast on their way to Miklagard, stopping freqvently to say Hi to the Vlach maidens waving on the shores......
Aha, maybe a piece of a long sunken piece of a ship...
Can not be Viking though, not many of those sank..... excellent construction..........
I am sure the Vikings sailed along side the coast on their way to Miklagard, stopping freqvently to say Hi to the Vlach maidens waving on the shores......
Hmm... I am not really sure about all that
But they might have included a few stops here, on their way from Kiev to Byzantium 
Hmm... I am not really sure about all that
Kiev? No, my friend, Vikings visiting your shores came all the way from Sweden!
They did establish Novgorod as a trading post though. Rurik and his sons as the tale goes. Later his family ruled the Kievan Rus.
But originally Kiev ( and Kievan Rus ) was founded by a bunch of Eastern Slavic tribes.
Vikings all came from Scandinavia ( Sweden, Norway and Denmark) that settled areas around Scandinavia ( Iceland, Greenland, parts of UK, parts of Ireland, Normandie in France, Faeroe Islands, Eastern Finland, Novgorod. Canada even!)
Most Swedish Norse went East, Danish and Norwegian West and North West.
Once they settled outside Scandinavia they ceased to be called Norse.
A Viking is a Norse going on a business trip abroad. Business combined with pleasure, just like today!
The Norse/Vikings taking the job protecting the Sultan in the Ottoman Empire were called Varangians by the Ottomans.
Think mercenary bodyguards extraordinaire.
I hope you do not mind a short history lesson!
Trading with them goblins again?Hehehe, no it is not. I really have no idea, what kind of wood it is
Maybe, but I am pretty sure, that at that point in time Byzantium wasn't on turkish hands yet, so no they were not protecting any Sultans! They were protecting the Bizantian Emperor (east Roman emperor if you wish.)
You are correct, the christian Byzantium emperor.
I knoe a bit the Northern European history, the sounthern bit not so much.
The turks came several centuries later and took power.
I knoe a bit the Northern European history, the sounthern bit not so much.
The turks came several centuries later and took power.
Well, the turkish conquest is a sweetspot for any hungarian, since that time was the most glorious in all our history, when Hungary resisted the mighty Ottoman empire, withstanding its rage and protecting Europe basically all alone, paying for it dearly with blood. Any hungarian child around here knows these stories.
Actually the turks were already there at the gates of bizantium, when the first northmen arrived. Byzantium held up the turkish expansion for quite some time, for centuries actually. But gradually shrunk in size and finally it collapsed. The capital, Constantinople was taken in 1453 (and ultimately renamed Istambul 100 years ago).
Yes, Europe should be grateful for the brave Hungarians. It was a testing time for the whole area, the Moslems invaded Europe on many fronts, Iberian peninsula, south eastern Europe, and took many Centuries to push out, at a huge cost to life.
But, the Moslems left parts of their culture behind, specially food culture, which we should be grateful for!
My people, from the Austro Hungarian Empire, had a tricky time in the last onslaught on Wien, but got saved by the Poles (I believe)
But, the Moslems left parts of their culture behind, specially food culture, which we should be grateful for!
My people, from the Austro Hungarian Empire, had a tricky time in the last onslaught on Wien, but got saved by the Poles (I believe)
