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May 27, 2016 10:54 PM
TaxusBrevifolia
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iAmYourAnon
As a Norwegian I can confirm
Ihatenumbersinusernames
That is just an ornate completely ordinary woodaxe. It doesn't remotely resemble a viking era waraxe.
haaseni
Want
YarTheBug
I always upvote axe! @razor10000
Phobos613
Some nice axeception there
Sauroctonus
It's more of a Viking-themed axe, but it is very pretty. :3
CaptainOw
To be fair, that's either a very oversized knife, or it's a hand axe :)
LookingOutAtTheDoomedEarthSheBreathedaSighAsEverythingHadBecome
http://imgur.com/DZNtwGw
Wolvesof0din
Do you actually own it OP?
TaxusBrevifolia
Shit, I wish. I just saw it online and wanted to share it. Some lucky SOB with a lot more money than me owns it.
Wolvesof0din
Fair enough i agree very lucky its an awesome axe. Lol
jakefromreddit
LostInTheBackYard
I want please
schulace
Everyone has a kind of post that is the reason they browse imgur. This is mine.
Cedervall
90% sure vikings used swords and if they did use axes they wouldn't be decorated like this one.
newuser656
looks cool but weighs 25 and only 36 damage
IndigoWendigo
What you had to vike?
DicksTakeDickpicsWithSelfieSticks
I don't think my GPU could handle those textures.
GeorgeGeef
YO DAWG I HERD YOU LIKE AXES SO WE PUT AN AXE ON YOUR AXE SO YOU CAN CHOP WHILE YOU CHOP
MikeyWarden
Smithing level 99, so close to legendary. Make 5 more
BDBones
What makes this "viking"? And by viking, do you mean Norse?
shutuppayoufaceyoustupidaguy
The Vikings discovered North America. Who's this Spanish dickhead. Columbus. The shit they teach us in school. All bullshit.
datjackie
went to product web page and found out that guy is slovakian same as me :D
Cheekymonkey82
Wouldnt that be a viking ax replica? Since anything used by actul vikings would be old and worn. Just sayin
OhManItsHam
What Skyrim enb is that? Looks great
ClarkCables
So I have a dollar...
ShurimanTurtle
Engravings, give no tactical advantage whatsoever.
MurdockTheHawk
unless he's planning on auctioning it off as a collector's item.
Radix865
You're pretty good.
TheBrownstain
niiiiiiiice
Anonawesome
Fuck me those are gorgeous
Knapaholic
Lo there do I see my Father. Lo there do I see my mother and my sisters and my brothers..
campaloop
Lo there do i see the line of my people, as they stretch back to the beginning.
campaloop
and they do beckon, and call to me. They wish me to join them in the halls of my people.
campaloop
Valhalla. Where the brave may live forever.
SigynRose
I need one of these for my dad's Viking themed pub that's opening this fall. He's got a website
SigynRose
Olaf Tryggvasson's Viking pub! Look us up!
TaxusBrevifolia
To be clear, I didn't make this, nor do I own it (wish I did!). It's just awesome and I wanted to share it. All credit goes to Stefan Albert
Sampson509
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denflash
Why no picture with the knife half in half out if the handle?
ohmegatron
I saw this last night, but I didn't realise the knife was in the handle till I read your comment.
ronnyhugo
... And the vikings.
sanettika
Wow, that is some impressive work. I hate to think how much one of those costs...
MisterGunpowder
Consider this: See that pattern on the metal? That's not from heat or being colored. That's from the steel being folded in on itself.
sanettika
I assumed as much, and I know it's a long process.
MisterGunpowder
Pretty much always the reason why somethings costs a lot. It does result in pretty strong metal, and neat patterns.
MoonStruckFool
The iron price.
FsImgur
9 Platinum Pieces and a Cloak of Invisibility.
FrostyOblivion
If you have to ask, you can't afford it.
madawgg
If you have to ask, you're a prick
FrostyOblivion
Almost as many pointy downies as me!
gallonsofhairspray
You just got my first down vote !
madawgg
Lmao with great power comes great responsibility
Logmister10
Congrats on the popped downvote cherry!
FrostyOblivion
Lol, so many pointy downies for such an old adage.
OnlyUpvoteButthole
I'll let you pointy MY downy...
ThatCanadianViking
Point and laugh?
OnlyUpvoteButthole
Do what ever you want as long as you open your mouth ????
Bystandr
If those contour lines really are from folding on the axe head? Over $5K would be a BARGAIN considering the work and craftsmanship required.
EverybodyAtCostcoLovesUsSoHard
Bout tree fiddy
NeuroDefiance
Roughly 2 goats and your first born daughter's hand in marriage.
ChaoticScholar
Bah, highway robbery. 1 goat, 1 chicken and my third daughter's hand in marriage.
sanettika
Only two goats and a daughter? Not bad, I would have expected at least a cow and a daughter.
SchmuseTigger
Well on his page he has a really impressiv knife for 3.200$ so I guess.. 5k+?
AidenSolaine
The only thing on his site I saw with a price, was $3200. *whistles*
AutonomousPrime
That's much less expensive than I imagined. Must not be completely hand made. Intricate short blades can easily run upwards of $15k.
amalgamreynolds
Damascus steel was almost unheard of by the Vikings except in only the most expensive of swords, and less than 40 of those have been found.
MaybeGrapes
Yeah but like. It's dope.
eggmuffin
If you want to see the absolute pinnacle of ironwork, it's Ulfberth swords you want to look at. Vikings knew what they were doing.
Abominor
Dude there's way more about this than just the steel that's not historical.
GhostInTheMachine89
Vikings had some impressive steel for their tech at the time. It's still unclear how they obtained swords with such purity in the metal.
eggmuffin
You mean the Ulfberth swords? No, we know how those were made.
GhostInTheMachine89
I heard they speculated they traded for the steel from other countries. Or pillaged it. Haha
eggmuffin
1/2 That's in reference to Toledo steel. In 800-900 CE, it would have been extremely impractical for the northmen to import ore from Spain.
eggmuffin
2/2 Ulfberth smithing (and similar techniques) were in use on the British isles even before the Roman invasions. It's no mystery.
AMartianPotato
There's still discussion about where it came from, but we know they traded for it.
GhostInTheMachine89
That's my understanding of it. Still really cool to imagine how much effort was put into obtaining choice weapons.
AngryArmour
You do know that the Celts in Europe used pattern welding before the Romans conquered them? And that prior to advances in Metallurgy around
AngryArmour
1000 AD pattern welding was the only way to produce sword blades of high quality, which is WHY swords were expensive during the Early Middle
AngryArmour
Ages? Which is the reason why after the metallurgic advancements swords became sidearms even for common foot soldiers?
ExTechOp
Pattern welding is known as "false Damascus", high-end medieval blades were made with Indian Wootz. Different from lost Damascus process.
AngryArmour
Then why are you bringing it up on when the images show the result of pattern-welding?
ExTechOp
Calling it "Damascus" isn't really accurate, though the difference is mostly technical.
AngryArmour
What I'm saying is, blades that look like those in pictures have been locally produced in Europe since the Celts
TaxusBrevifolia
This was made by a modern artist and was not intended to be a replica.
ILikedTheirOldStuffBetter
Either way it's amazing work. Solid find man.
FoxySpirit
Yeah, but then it's not a Viking axe but a Viking themed axe.
marzipanius
...which can also be seen on the extravagant ornamentation, which was not found in tools/weapons, only in jewellery (and symbolic bucklers).