The making of a viking knife - Seljord Folkehøgskule

The Viking knife
This video shows the teacher, Jeppe Garly, on “vikingcraft” at Seljord Folkehøgskule in Norway. Vikingcraft is a craft course where we work with the Viking age in a practical way. One of many many projects we work with is a knife. The knife should resemble a common “everyday” knife from the period. We do use modern tools but end up with a knife inspired by the archeological finds we have. The shape of both knife blade and handle is inspired by findings from Haithabu. The handle is made of Yew (Taxus baccata). The sheath is an inspiration of several findings from Haithabu and also York. The lines on the sheath is part of a pattern from one of the well-preserved sheaths from York. The string is made from flax. Very often the sheaths are found with a hole for a string or a strap, but most of the time they are missing. Maybe plant-based fibers will disappear faster than a leather strap. If you want to know more about the school, you can visit seljord.fhs.no/Vikings or follow Viking craft on Instagram @SeljordfhsViking
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Thank you to Vebjørn Slinger for filming and editing.