German-made 12th Century Blade in Siberia

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Matchlock

... Not exactly my field of expertise but I would call this a very fine and absolutely characteristic VIKING SWORD - this one really deserves being the symbol weapon and the emdodiment of our forum - instead of that ridiculous Tuareg item we've got now ...

What a brilliant remark, Michael; can't call it diplomatic, can we ?

[Matchlock]

Originally Posted by fernando

What a brilliant remark, Michael; can't call it diplomatic, can we ?

No, Nando, my dear friend,

I'm afraid we can't!

No, seriously: many people I know are shocked by that horrible "logo" of official identification of our forum; it does not add in the least to the strictly academical standard that we are trying to achieve here.

Best,
Michl

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Matchlock

No, Nando, my dear friend,
I'm afraid we can't ...

Sure we can, dear Michl, as sure we should .
There certainly are a thousand more appropriate ways to opine on the forum 'logo' before we call it ridiculous.
... Ridiculous looks the King when he walks naked without noticing .

Originally Posted by Matchlock

No, seriously: many people I know are shocked by that horrible "logo" of official identification of our forum ...

I ignore the amplitude that your census embraces when you quote 'many people' but, remember, this European sub.forum is born a subsidiary of an Ethnographic main forum, and certainly there are 'many more people' who bear quite well with this logo. Perhaps for them that nice kaskara is not so horrible ... at all .

Originally Posted by Matchlock

... it does not add in the least to the strictly academical standard that we are trying to achieve here.:

I wouldn't take it for granted that, the 'strictly academical' standard 'you' are trying to achieve is something 'we' all others aim for. Don't let it look like a rule that an academical degree is the demand for participating in the forum. There is a lot of place in here for people aiming to less pompous ranks; let's not scared them off .

Best

[Marcus den toom]

The name Vikingsword is a bit alluding when you see the home page and every page heading with a sword which is not Viking made

I remember my first visit to this forum and noticed the sword. I knew it wasn't a real viking sword, but only because i had an interest with real viking swords, mainly the +Ulfbert+h.
Others visiting might get the wrong idea though...
To be honest, at first i wasn't even sure if you should read Viking sword or Viking's word seeing as the sword depicted wasn't a vikingsword.

Neither do i believe that academical standards do mean you should have an academical degree, but more likely to put forth facts and study instead of misinformation.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5Ya5c6Bw3k

[fernando]

If you look twice at the top of the page Marcus, you will notice that www.vikingsword.com is the name of the site and, right below, Ethnographic Arms & Armour (in larger font) is the name of the forum; the same name figuring in the notifications and correspondence you receive.
Also if you click on the said 'logo', you will see that the forum is not resumed to discussion areas but also open to a wide range of subjects, including articles in the most varied type of arms.
On the other hand, it might occur to you and others that, those responsible for the forum know (and have written) more about viking swords than a lot of us together; so they know very well what and how they intend to do things. No disdain seems appropriate. Confusing a kaskara with a viking sword is something that doesn't occur even to non scholar collectors, i venture
But that is not the issue, for what matters.
You know the saying "We can't please Greeks and Trojans" ?
So let's not through more wood in the fire, once you made your (or others ) point, dear Marcus

MFG

[Lee]

Ok, ok ... I'll get a new graphic; by the way, the blade on the Tuareg sword is a nice and unequivocally old (17 - 18th century) European one.

The old board software let me have a different logo for each section, but the present software uses the same for each.

Please return now to discussion on the interesting sword found in Siberia.

[Matchlock]

Hi Lee and Nando (in alphabetical order),


Please do not get me wrong.
By critisizing our logo I never meant to harm anybody of the great team whom we both luckily and happily call The Forum's Founding Fathers.
All I wished to achieve was give an impulse to think about a possible further step ahead.


With all my very best wishes to the two of you, and filled with gratitude for helping me along so far, especially over the past two years,
Michl/Michael

[estcrh]

Originally Posted by Lee

Ok, ok ... I'll get a new graphic; by the way, the blade on the Tuareg sword is a nice and unequivocally old (17 - 18th century) European one.

The old board software let me have a different logo for each section, but the present software uses the same for each.

Please return now to discussion on the interesting sword found in Siberia.

Lee, I had a chance to see this Viking sword at Timonium, 2013, it would be a good graphic, cant quite remember whos sword it was.

Here is the one being discussed rotated horizontally as well.