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On this video we'll discover together how to make a real historically accurate correct replica of a Viking shield, meaning a shield used by Norse warriors and raiders during the so called Viking Age.

This was a collaboration with the amazing craftsman Scutae Borealis
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best information available about the tapering of Viking age shields. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
https://www.facebook.com/combatarchae...

The average inner space of Viking age shield bosses is 10.5-11.5cm: https://sagy.vikingove.cz/en/dimensio...

On the usage of Hide
https://combatarchaeology.org/new-stu...

On paints
few “shield designs” from iconography are documented here: http://www.vikingage.org/wiki/wiki/Ro...
Ballateare fragment:
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~chrisa...
Grimstrup fragments:
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~chrisa...
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~chrisa...

More information on Viking age pigments: https://sciencenordic.com/denmark-his...
On rims

More info on the weight of shields on this cool video!
   • FAQ What did historical shields weigh...  

http://combatarchaeology.org/wp-conte...

Frankish art examples:
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv...
http://www.vikingage.org/wiki/wiki/Fi...

On decorated grips

https://combatarchaeology.org/the-han...

On the boss

https://sagy.vikingove.cz/en/dimensio...

On the strap
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Helpful articles:
https://sagy.vikingove.cz/mene-zname-...
http://combatarchaeology.org/research...
https://www.thegns.org/recent-reconst...