viking padlock

[hellize]

Greetings,


A viking padlock, which I made not too long ago

 

[Dreadhead]

brilliant

 

[hellize]

brilliant

Thanks a lot

 

[Janne]

A Norse padlock. Vikings did not need any padlocks......


Interesting design.. Well made too. If you try to force it with your hands, is it strong?

 

[hellize]

A Norse padlock. Vikings did not need any padlocks......


Interesting design.. Well made too. If you try to force it with your hands, is it strong?

I assure you, you can't open it with your bare hands! You need a crowbar, a hammer or an axe to crush the steel tongue within and force it open

 

[Janne]

Pretty awesome. Simple but still fully fit for purpose!

 

[hellize]

Pretty awesome. Simple but still fully fit for purpose!

Thank you

 

[5teep]

I have to agree, simple and elegant? maybe not elegant but very functional and props to the Norse Viking who first thought of it as well as the maker of the current example

 

[Janne]

Maybe he has Norse DNA, they went to his area too

Edited. Joke removed as people have complained about it. Wow. A joke about 1100 years ago.....

 

[hellize]

I have to agree, simple and elegant? maybe not elegant but very functional and props to the Norse Viking who first thought of it as well as the maker of the current example

Thanks! Wish I had a ancient viking around, to rate my stuff

 

[hellize]

Maybe he has Norse DNA, they went to his area too.
Being very popular guys among the ladies wherever they went, it is possible!

It is true! We know the monks and priests complained about the Viking raiders. But not a written word from Nuns.....
They had no time, cooking and making the Nunneries ready for the visits.

Haha, could be
Btw, I am actually largely schwaben, a kind of german, but anyway, Europe is like a big cauldron, where all kinds of genes had been mixed in the last thousand years

 

[Tony]

Cool stuff, Wayland is as close to Viking as we have on here, at least I think that's the case He might well have some thoughts/opinion on this. Looks like an effective bit of kit...

 

[Wayland]

Looks like a good reconstruction. There are a surprising number of padlocks and internal locks that survive from the early medieval (Norse/Viking/Saxon) period.

That one looks like it would fit the bill perfectly.

 

[hellize]

Cool stuff, Wayland is as close to Viking as we have on here, at least I think that's the case He might well have some thoughts/opinion on this. Looks like an effective bit of kit...

Thanks!

 

[hellize]

Looks like a good reconstruction. There are a surprising number of padlocks and internal locks that survive from the early medieval (Norse/Viking/Saxon) period.

That one looks like it would fit the bill perfectly.

Glad you like it!
Yeah, I too found some interesting pieces on the net. Unfortunately this is the only design, I could decipher, so to say. Thou the originals usually have a bit more complex system, mostly with two or more springs.

 

[grip]

I'm going to make me one of those .................Thanks for showing that

 

[hellize]

I'm going to make me one of those .................Thanks for showing that

Be my guest!

 

[Tor helge]

One from 1774. A little different in design.

Photo from Orkla Industrimuseum