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The coat, trousers and cloak are all made of wool. The coat modeled from Herjolfsnes" in Greenland. The original was found in 1921 by Poul Norlund and is patterned after artifact #63 and is a 2/2 twill weave. The trousers are modeled after the "Damendorf Trousers" pattern from Damendorf in Northern Germany and is a houndstooth twill weave. The wool cloak is modeled after the "Mammen semi-circular cloak" pattern with out the embroidery and trim and is a herringbone twill weave. The boots are made of hair on reindeer hide, the mittens are beaver fur. The hat is wool 2/2 twill weave and wolf fur and is modeled after a "Rus hat" from Birka, Sweden. The over cloak is made of wolf and coyote hide and with a light wool liner that is a 2/2 twill weave. The weapons are a langseax and a lugged spear. The langseax is hung from a simple baldric made of leather. The sheath is made of leather and is heavly tooled. The pummel and quillon are reproduction of the "Lund" Viking sword from Sweden. I know that the Lund sword was not a langseax but I liked it so I put it on the blade. The lugged spear is of "Frankish" design. The use of fur in this outfit is based on a couple of different sources. The first source would be that of the berserkers or the Ulfhednar, for whom were said to wear the skins of animals to gain their powers. In the Haraldskvaedi, a skaldic poem written by Thorbjorn Hornklofi in the late ninth century in honour of King Harald Fair-Hair, the infamous ruler of Norway. The poem was preserved by Snorri Sturluson. In this poem, Harald's army includes a warrior gang of berserkers fighting under his name at the battle of Hafrsfjord. In it, they are described as Ulfhednar = "men clad in wolf skins". The second source would be the Sami of Lapland, whom it is said have worn the same style of clothing for the last two thousand years. The use of fur/hides is all based on historical theory of course. I added the additonal information because I wanted people to see that I actually do research things before I make or use them. Thank you for looking. Ragnarr |
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