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8th November 2016, 12:04 PM
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Location: Room 101, Glos. UK
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brits use that form now on sam brown belts. straight sword scabbard goes into a frog which has two angled straps that buckle on to the two square brass loops either side of the hook, allowing the sword to hang vertically. can be raised off the floor & hung on the hook by a loop on the back of the frog. little fiddly to remove for dinner, you can slide the scabbard out of the frog.
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2nd December 2016, 06:55 PM
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Location: St. Louis, MO area.
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This past year I purchased an Afghan belt assembly which included one of these hooks. I seem to recall a discussion in the Ethno Forum as to the primary use for this hook. There were several speculations, but nothing really conclusive.
It seems the purpose was to carry a sword, suspended from the top ring of the scabbard, while on horseback. I can't really think of any other use, other than a relationship to the sword. I have seen a couple of these hooks pop up on Ebay. But the sellers want too much for them. Rick |
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15th December 2016, 06:24 PM
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Thank you, Rick!
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3rd February 2017, 10:38 PM
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Hook for hanging the sword. The first half of the IX century
Archaeological finds in Gnezdovo ( settlement of the second half IX – XI centuries near modern Smolensk, with mixed Scandinavian and Slavic population)http://imgur.com/r/norse/NLGn6 |
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4th February 2017, 11:46 AM
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Most interesting, Evgeny.
... as so are some of the other artifacts found, by the way: . |
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30th May 2017, 03:11 PM
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another hook from Russia
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30th May 2017, 04:43 PM
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One i would like to have
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