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Viking horned helms, yep I went there.

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Sir Wolf:
there is no proof of leather armour at all in northern countries. none. there are leather shoe, and belt finds but no armour.
i have heard of reindeer hide cloaks but they were "magical" ie  put in a story setting where one met the gods.
all metal is small pieces put together with rivets. spangen helms etc. the long narrow pieces with the biggest part being the size of your hand. so the metallurgy isn't there for them

vikr means to go out. gorilla warfare. go quick and get out quick. once they couldn't beat the surrounding peoples they started settling down with them. william of normandy is the (cant remember the greats) grandson of the old danish king. his sons settled once they got older etc. even the skralegs(sp?) in north america. they stopped going west ward because they faught the same way. the northerners had no more tactitcal advantage

Lord Dane:

--- Quote from: Sir Wolf on 2013-04-13, 18:02:53 ---there is no proof of leather armour at all in northern countries. none. there are leather shoe, and belt finds but no armour.
i have heard of reindeer hide cloaks but they were "magical" ie  put in a story setting where one met the gods.
all metal is small pieces put together with rivets. spangen helms etc. the long narrow pieces with the biggest part being the size of your hand. so the metallurgy isn't there for them

vikr means to go out. gorilla warfare. go quick and get out quick. once they couldn't beat the surrounding peoples they started settling down with them. william of normandy is the (cant remember the greats) grandson of the old danish king. his sons settled once they got older etc. even the skralegs(sp?) in north america. they stopped going west ward because they faught the same way. the northerners had no more tactitcal advantage

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It was that troublesome Lokey, I tell ya. He took away the Nords ability to have cool warrior stuff, making them exceptionally spiteful of those who have 'armor'. No wonder they had to raid.   

Ian:

--- Quote from: Sir Wolf on 2013-04-13, 18:02:53 ---there is no proof of leather armour at all in northern countries. none. there are leather shoe, and belt finds but no armour.
i have heard of reindeer hide cloaks but they were "magical" ie  put in a story setting where one met the gods.
all metal is small pieces put together with rivets. spangen helms etc. the long narrow pieces with the biggest part being the size of your hand. so the metallurgy isn't there for them

vikr means to go out. gorilla warfare. go quick and get out quick. once they couldn't beat the surrounding peoples they started settling down with them. william of normandy is the (cant remember the greats) grandson of the old danish king. his sons settled once they got older etc. even the skralegs(sp?) in north america. they stopped going west ward because they faught the same way. the northerners had no more tactitcal advantage

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Don't worry Chuck, the new Vikings tv show on History will set this back another 50 years or so and make everyone think that Vikings looked like characters from Skyrim.  I like the show, I watch it, but I understand it's pure fantasy.  Casual watchers however will think it's history, and it's wrought with leather and furs and all the trappings of the imaginary Viking except the horned helmets so far.  Although their priestess did wear a winged helmet at a funeral, but it was ceremonial.

Sir Vander Linde:
 what we have Here is a failure to under stand the fact that there are two governing systems at this time vassalage and  comitatus.
There are in fact finds that support other armors. Shulder straps for lamellar for example have been found. Also if they did not have this armor tech then how may I ask, did the armies of the north all magicly get single piece raised conical helms and various fourms of lameller armor? Which we have records of. After all lamellar pieces are smaller than a hand. 

Excuse bad spelling I am typing on my phone. Small buttons.

Ian:
I thought the last surviving hope of Viking lamellar was the Birka armor, and that was discovered to have really been from central Asia or Siberia, effectively bringing the idea of viking lamellar to a close.

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