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werecow · 28th October 2023, 03:51 PM

What I mean is it seems rather long. I thought the grips were usually relatively short and the idea is that one would actually grip the pommel, i.e.:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxqLgRXuNlU

But I'm not super familiar with Viking era swords so perhaps there was a lot more variation in grip length than I am aware of.

EDIT: Or perhaps the pommel is actually incomplete and the bottom of it has actually moved up the tang over the years?

28th October 2023, 03:51 PM	#6
werecow Member Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Leiden, NL Posts: 435	What I mean is it seems rather long. I thought the grips were usually relatively short and the idea is that one would actually grip the pommel, i.e.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxqLgRXuNlU But I'm not super familiar with Viking era swords so perhaps there was a lot more variation in grip length than I am aware of. EDIT: Or perhaps the pommel is actually incomplete and the bottom of it has actually moved up the tang over the years?