Hanwei/Tinker 9th Century Viking Sword: Grip Shortening
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Hanwei/Tinker 9th Century Viking Sword: Grip Shortening

Yesterday I reported on getting (and dulling down) a new sword for practicing the sword-and-shield study I do at Asfolk. Today, after getting a great piece of advice from my classmate Kai, I set out to shorten the grip. This went quite well. My goal was to make it on the longer end of what…

A New Sword: Expectations, Reality, and Alteration Plans
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A New Sword: Expectations, Reality, and Alteration Plans

A Superior Training Sword for Me? I was perusing the Sword Buyer’s Guide list of swords under $300; I’m always on the lookout for less expensive training swords that my classmates and I can consider for use once we pass our first rank test, from Karl to Vikingr. Yah, Viking-style fighting: sword-and-shield, spear-and-shield, axe-and-shield, etc….

Well, well, well…Isn’t THIS interesting?
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Well, well, well…Isn’t THIS interesting?

The following video appeared on the Steve Jackson Games TikTok account Question from SJGames  (unsurprisingly, link goes to TikTok) Just setting a side the core question, though that’s more than enough to make one sit up and take notice, just thought I’d throw out a bit of shameless self-promo. As one of the only third-party…