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"JerryT" <not@xxxxxx> skrev i meddelandet
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> <kenney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> skrev i meddelandet
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> > In article <1UNPe.32449$d5.187065@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> not@xxxxxx
> > (JerryT) wrote:
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> > > Ibn Fadlan, even remarked that the Vikings in Russia
> carried swords
> > > of Frankish type.
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> > Unfortunately that does not prove anything.
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> Do you mean that Ibn Fadlan didn't know
> about Frankish swords?
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> >Just about every warrior
> > in Europe carried weapons of Frankish type at that time.
>
> Then what is so special about a few vikings chopping up
> a few brits that it must be reported by Ananova?
>
> >It was a
> > standard pattern because they were suited to the times.
> About the only
> > way to find out where a sword of that period was made is
> by maker's
> > mark or metallurgical analysis.
>
> There are such findings from Scandinavia and Russia.
> What I would like is metallurgical reports confirming
> that Swedish iron were used by German smiths and
> then used to kill Brits. As in modern times. That
> would give a perspective.
Iron and Man in Prehistoric Sweden, editor Jernkontoret has pre-viewed
essays where you can read about Swedish iron being used in many parts of
Europe.
If you go for Montelius works you will find that a lot of iron artifacts
from Migration Age onforward been tested in for example Russia all way down
to the Black Sea with confirmed Swedish iron in the tools and weapons no
matter where they have been made.
Inger E
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> > Weapons actually made by Frankish
> > swordsmiths were noted for their quality, not for being
> different in
> > design. The profusion of different sword types started in
> the Medieval
> > period.
> >
> > Ken Young
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> JerryT
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