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A large number of swords from the Viking Age have been found including at least 2,500 double-edged swords just from Norway [STALSBERG ND:p.8PEDERSEN 2010]. Viking Age swords vary from the plain to the most lusciously ornate. Swords are influenced from a number of countries, including Norway, Germany, Denmark, France and England. With each country contributing their own aesthetic to the decoration of their swords. Swords travelled widely across Europe with examples of many types appearing all over western Europe.
==Previous Published Research==
These swords have been well studied over the last century although surprisingly very few changes have been made to Petersen’s original work based on sword hilt styles found in Norway and published in 1919 [PETERSEN 1919]. <br>
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*1919 Petersen: Devised the original hilt typology of 26 types that is still widely used across Europe for classifying and dating Viking swords. Based on about 1,700 finds of Viking swords in Norway [PEDERSEN 2008:p.205] this typology remains the most commonly used.
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*1927 Wheeler: Created a simplified typology of sword hilts based on finds from Britain.
:*{{ListRef|Wheeler 1927}}
*1960 Oakeshott: Added two more types to Wheelers typologybridging the gap between the Viking Age and the later mediaeval sword. [OAKESHOTT 1960:p.137]
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*1991 Geibig: Created a modified version of Petersen’s hilt typology based on finds from Western Germany. More importantly he created the first sword blade typology.
:*No access to this document. A summary in English is provided by Jones in Ian Peirce's 'Swords from of the Viking Age'.[JONES 2002]*1991 Oakeshott: Mainly dealing with sword from the post Viking-age period. He classifies all of the Viking Age swords as his type X.
:*{{ListRef|Oakeshott 1991}}
*1992 Jakobsson : has recently published a number of maps detailing the distribution patterns of Petersen’s sword hilts across Europe.
:*No access to this document. Jokobsson's conclusions are discussed in Ian Peirce's 'Swords from the Viking Age'. [JONES 2002:p.16]
*2002 Peirce: Oakeshott provides an overview of typologies and a discussion on inscribed blades [OAKESHOTT 2002]. Jones also provides an overview of hilt and blade classifications, provides a summary of Jakobsson's and Geibig's work and provides an updated typology date range chart [JONES 2002]. Peirce provides details on a selection catalogue of Viking Swordsexamples, detailing 85 complete or almost complete swords and comparing them to Petersen's discoveries.
:*{{ListRef|Peirce 2002}}
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===Methods of attaching the Pommel===
Two main methods of attaching the hilt fittings pommel to the blade rest of the hilt fittings seem to have been deployed. <br>====to the an upper guard====The pommel is constructed in two parts. The tang passes through the upper guard and is then peened over. The separate pommel is then attached by two more rivets that are peened over under the upper guard. ====directly to the pommel capgrip====The tang passes straight through the grip and pommel and is simply peened over.
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===Hilt Materials===
* Dublin, 2 possible guards of antler. [HALPIN 2008: p.161-162]
* York, 1 antler cross guard and 1 whale bone pommel [MACGREGOR 1985: p.165]
* Sweden, Sigtuna, 1 elk antler guard [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL and & KIDD 1980: p.168-169]
=== The Grip ===
====Of wood====
==References==
{{Ref|Book=Davidson 1962}}{{Ref|Book=Graham-Campbell & Kidd 1980}}{{Ref|Book=Halpin 2008}}{{Ref|Book=Harris, Cobb, Gray & Richardson 2011}}{{Ref|Book=Laking 1920}}{{Ref|Book=Macgregor 1985}}{{Ref|Book=Oakeshott 1960}}{{Ref|Book=Oakeshott 2002}}{{Ref|Book=Peirce 2002}}{{Ref|Book=Petersen 1919Pedersen 2010}}{{Ref|Book=Roesdahl 1981Petersen 1919}}{{Ref|Book= Stalsberg ndRoesdahl 1981}}{{Ref|Book=Thompson 2004}}{{Ref|Book=Wheeler 1927}}
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