Since these question came up multiple time, I made a short, spontaneous video to answer them. I talk about the grip length of authentic viking age swords and their reenactment counterparts as well as the advantages of a short grip.

Dr. Fedir Androshchuk's book about (swedish) viking age swords:
Androshchuk, F. (2014). Viking swords: swords and social aspects of weaponry in Viking Age societies. Historiska.
I got my copy from Tomáš Vlasatý, you can reach him on https://sagy.vikingove.cz/en/author/.


If you are interested in viking style single combat, have a look in my video tutorial:
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