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I love all your videos, Roland! Thank you so much and without your channel and help, I never would’ve known about Asfolk Viking Martial Arts. It was in my backyard in Minnesota this whole time and I never knew about it... but now I'm a Karl and one of the many shield brothers of Asfolk, skål!
Oh, that is most excellent. Arthur is planning on bringing more of his guys over to the History Park Bärnau for combat practice and mead in the hall! It would be a pleasure to meet you there one day!
man, wished you upload the video sooner while I'm still making this one XD welp I can always try again & getting closer authentic approach for the the next one (you might already saw my cute green round shield on facebook) as I said before, my first round shield made from junk (literally) : -the wood is just some leftover planks from construction site (soft wood, those planks for making crates for shipping) -I don't have access to rawhide or hide glue (also haven't learned to make milk glue yet) so I just use cloth & PVA glue for the front & back cover. since the theme is junk, I don't buy new cloth, I just happen to find some nice thick cloth which is definitely not old, unused window curtains :P I made 3 layers (2 front & 1 back) -yeaaah I used enamel paints & cover it with clear satin acrylic spray paint for the painting (I'm still kinda nervous on making milk paint or egg tempera & messing things up XD ) -the rim is...dog chew bone (low quality raw hide strips) stiched it with thick cotton thread (even thicker because I braided those cotton thread, 3 strands) -I'm still using screw, kinda afraid that I might split the planks if I nail it -the handle is a lot wider...since I only got soft, light wood. I might change it once I found a proper one (the good things of wide handle is lots of space for you to put nails/screws on it. but obviously that's inauthentic) -the boss is made from...a freakin' ash tray XD ...1 mm thick stainless steel ashtray (hammered a bit to dome shape). I should get a proper boss with brim & holes for the rivet in the future here is my shield's specification: -diameter: 77 cm (yeah I'm a small person XD ) -plank thickness: 1 cm at the center, runs evenly halfway, then tapered to 5 mm -overall weight: 2.60 kg thanks for the awesome video :D
You are welcome. I am delighted to read that you find it useful. by the way, it had been online for about a month prior to being made public. $3+ patrons of my work get to see al video first, plus they have access to more than a dozen exclusive videos: www.patreon.com/posts/12919628
On the clinched nails you've bent the tips a second time to then be hammered into the back side of the piece and lock the nail in place. Is this in the documentation that you have? I have only noticed the single bend in reports I've read and used the same in my shields. I've never had an issue with them coming undone.
I made a 20 years ago. You need a domed positive part or male mould to bend the planks over. I did a two layer plywood construction. Here is a model of a more recent idea of mine: facebook.com/266934476773420/photos/a.549286731871525.1073741918.266934476773420/825009154299280/?type=3&theater
One thing I have always had trouble with in regards to the viking shield... sources mention linden and oak... but neither is exactly plentiful in most of scandinavia. The northern half of sweden is almost devoid of all leaf-trees except birch, and I assume norway and iceland to be the same... sure, the forrests might have been different 1000 years ago but today, it would seem a hassle getting any of the linden or oak if you didnt live in denmark or southern sweden. (Hel, even the area around birka is kinda scarce in regards to heavy woods.) So people ought to have substituted rather than import, I'd guess, going for pine, birch or something... which could also explain why shields braking wasnt such a big deal
Fun fact. There is a belt of linden going along the south and western coast of norway. Linden is not a very common type of wood in scandinavia since it prefers warmer climates, but with that in mind you can perhaps make an educated guess as to how it was a prized type of wood to get hold of. But despite Linden being a tree that likes the warmer climates, let's also remember that during the viking age, the climate was a bit warmer than it is now. Or rather, with global warming we are now duplicating certain temperatures the way they were during the viking age. A recent study on svalbard showed temperatures that were comperable to sometime around the 1200's. I'm not a scientist and this is pure speculation, but trees that preferred slightly warmer climates may have thrived more in the more during the viking age than they do today. Vikings were also responsible for large scale deforestation in iceland when they settled there. Something the icelandic wilds have never recovered from, so they used a lot of wood. It's difficult to compare the amount of wood types available to them at the time and what kind of impact their use had on it on the scandinavian mainland as well, as opposed to what we see today. This is going to bore you to death, but there's a place in the west of Oslo called Dronningberget (queen's mountain) That used to be called Lindehaugen (the linden hill) Which has a very very old linden forest that has probably been there continuously since the ice age. So in any case of where you're from in Norway at least, Linden has been available, albeit rarer than other sorts we can suppose. What people get up to in Sweden and Denmark, I couldn't care less about, the savages!!! ;)
Terribly sorry for the off-topic remark, but I've been wondering for a while now: Are my ears deceiving me or are your intro and outtro riffs really taken from RATM's "Killing in the name of"?
Here you go: trove.nla.gov.au/work/9866748?selectedversion=NBD1749494 www.antikmakler.de/bmaw11_en www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/viking-weapons-and-warfare.html
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I love you and I love what you do. You are by far one of my favourite people to watch on TH-cam if not, my most favourite.
Oh, thank you. You make me blush!
OUTRAGEOUSLY BEAUTIFUL
These videos are pretty awesome. Keep up the good work.
I am glad you find them useful. I will do my best to keeping it up.
I love it. I think its time for my fourth selfmade shield.
Hi Roland, are you going to be doing a video on how the paint was made and the water proofing?
On my list!
I love all your videos, Roland! Thank you so much and without your channel and help, I never would’ve known about Asfolk Viking Martial Arts. It was in my backyard in Minnesota this whole time and I never knew about it... but now I'm a Karl and one of the many shield brothers of Asfolk, skål!
Oh, that is most excellent. Arthur is planning on bringing more of his guys over to the History Park Bärnau for combat practice and mead in the hall! It would be a pleasure to meet you there one day!
man, wished you upload the video sooner while I'm still making this one XD welp I can always try again & getting closer authentic approach for the the next one (you might already saw my cute green round shield on facebook)
as I said before, my first round shield made from junk (literally) :
-the wood is just some leftover planks from construction site (soft wood, those planks for making crates for shipping)
-I don't have access to rawhide or hide glue (also haven't learned to make milk glue yet) so I just use cloth & PVA glue for the front & back cover. since the theme is junk, I don't buy new cloth, I just happen to find some nice thick cloth which is definitely not old, unused window curtains :P I made 3 layers (2 front & 1 back)
-yeaaah I used enamel paints & cover it with clear satin acrylic spray paint for the painting (I'm still kinda nervous on making milk paint or egg tempera & messing things up XD )
-the rim is...dog chew bone (low quality raw hide strips) stiched it with thick cotton thread (even thicker because I braided those cotton thread, 3 strands)
-I'm still using screw, kinda afraid that I might split the planks if I nail it
-the handle is a lot wider...since I only got soft, light wood. I might change it once I found a proper one (the good things of wide handle is lots of space for you to put nails/screws on it. but obviously that's inauthentic)
-the boss is made from...a freakin' ash tray XD ...1 mm thick stainless steel ashtray (hammered a bit to dome shape). I should get a proper boss with brim & holes for the rivet in the future
here is my shield's specification:
-diameter: 77 cm (yeah I'm a small person XD )
-plank thickness: 1 cm at the center, runs evenly halfway, then tapered to 5 mm
-overall weight: 2.60 kg
thanks for the awesome video :D
You are welcome. I am delighted to read that you find it useful. by the way, it had been online for about a month prior to being made public. $3+ patrons of my work get to see al video first, plus they have access to more than a dozen exclusive videos: www.patreon.com/posts/12919628
Do you sell these?
On the clinched nails you've bent the tips a second time to then be hammered into the back side of the piece and lock the nail in place. Is this in the documentation that you have?
I have only noticed the single bend in reports I've read and used the same in my shields. I've never had an issue with them coming undone.
Interesting. My experience is different. I will take a look at my files.
Who made round domed shields and how did they do it?
I made a 20 years ago. You need a domed positive part or male mould to bend the planks over. I did a two layer plywood construction. Here is a model of a more recent idea of mine: facebook.com/266934476773420/photos/a.549286731871525.1073741918.266934476773420/825009154299280/?type=3&theater
One thing I have always had trouble with in regards to the viking shield... sources mention linden and oak... but neither is exactly plentiful in most of scandinavia. The northern half of sweden is almost devoid of all leaf-trees except birch, and I assume norway and iceland to be the same... sure, the forrests might have been different 1000 years ago but today, it would seem a hassle getting any of the linden or oak if you didnt live in denmark or southern sweden. (Hel, even the area around birka is kinda scarce in regards to heavy woods.) So people ought to have substituted rather than import, I'd guess, going for pine, birch or something... which could also explain why shields braking wasnt such a big deal
There is quite a variety in sorts of woods being used for shields. As a general rule, you can say that local soft light weight wood was preferred
Fun fact. There is a belt of linden going along the south and western coast of norway. Linden is not a very common type of wood in scandinavia since it prefers warmer climates, but with that in mind you can perhaps make an educated guess as to how it was a prized type of wood to get hold of.
But despite Linden being a tree that likes the warmer climates, let's also remember that during the viking age, the climate was a bit warmer than it is now. Or rather, with global warming we are now duplicating certain temperatures the way they were during the viking age. A recent study on svalbard showed temperatures that were comperable to sometime around the 1200's.
I'm not a scientist and this is pure speculation, but trees that preferred slightly warmer climates may have thrived more in the more during the viking age than they do today. Vikings were also responsible for large scale deforestation in iceland when they settled there. Something the icelandic wilds have never recovered from, so they used a lot of wood. It's difficult to compare the amount of wood types available to them at the time and what kind of impact their use had on it on the scandinavian mainland as well, as opposed to what we see today.
This is going to bore you to death, but there's a place in the west of Oslo called Dronningberget (queen's mountain) That used to be called Lindehaugen (the linden hill) Which has a very very old linden forest that has probably been there continuously since the ice age. So in any case of where you're from in Norway at least, Linden has been available, albeit rarer than other sorts we can suppose.
What people get up to in Sweden and Denmark, I couldn't care less about, the savages!!! ;)
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First rate. Thank you
You are welcome.
isn’t the shield too thin??
Terribly sorry for the off-topic remark, but I've been wondering for a while now: Are my ears deceiving me or are your intro and outtro riffs really taken from RATM's "Killing in the name of"?
You are spot on!
You can never have too many clamps
5:08 Vagina shield Bosse? XD
cannot unsee dammit XD
Mr. Roland, which reference books did you show/use in the video?
Here you go: trove.nla.gov.au/work/9866748?selectedversion=NBD1749494 www.antikmakler.de/bmaw11_en www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/viking-weapons-and-warfare.html