making a viking age pack
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making a viking age pack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fShizDT3pY&t=209 this fellow here has some interesting stuff that he does, among other things this pack made in the woods that is more or less just a frame, but a pack in leather could theoretically be added to it.
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What a cool playlist!
I'm curious - have there ever been any documented finds of a pack like that in Nordic lands, or is that a theoretical construction? I know there was a similar bent frame found with Otzi, but last I head the jury was out on whether it was a packframe or a snowshoe (or something else).
Any new evidence someone knows of?
What a cool playlist!
I'm curious - have there ever been any documented finds of a pack like that in Nordic lands, or is that a theoretical construction? I know there was a similar bent frame found with Otzi, but last I head the jury was out on whether it was a packframe or a snowshoe (or something else).
Any new evidence someone knows of?
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I think it's just a theoretical thing, but I'm not sure. it is pretty cool to watch though, and the rest of the videos on that channel are kind of nifty. I especially enjoy the weaving of the copper wire to make a bracelet.
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I don't know about that kind of backpack for the Old Norse people, but it's certainly possible. Most of the ancient finds are little more than moldy scraps of wood without instructions chiseled on the bottom.
It really looks like he's jazzing off of the Ötzi pack.
http://www.wideopenspaces.com/make-your ... man-video/
Based on some circumstantial evidence, it looks like the Vikings did have some sort of basket-type backpack from the Gokstad, sort of an Adirondack Pack:
http://koboldkerker.blogspot.com/2015/1 ... kpack.html
http://www.adirondackpackbaskets.com/packbaskets.htm
Although, looking at this "basket" reconstruction from Gokstad, it should be open at the top in order to be - ahem - more useful....
It really looks like he's jazzing off of the Ötzi pack.
http://www.wideopenspaces.com/make-your ... man-video/
Based on some circumstantial evidence, it looks like the Vikings did have some sort of basket-type backpack from the Gokstad, sort of an Adirondack Pack:
http://koboldkerker.blogspot.com/2015/1 ... kpack.html
http://www.adirondackpackbaskets.com/packbaskets.htm
Although, looking at this "basket" reconstruction from Gokstad, it should be open at the top in order to be - ahem - more useful....
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Oh now this is a fun little one - those Europeans are getting up to some fun stuff lately.
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Brilliant vidio some good idias for carrying equipmentElleth wrote:Oh now this is a fun little one - those Europeans are getting up to some fun stuff lately.
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Re: making a viking age pack
As usual! Gah...I swear, not a week goes by that I don't say to myself, "Self, if only I had a drone, a fancy camera, a decent archive of trad scandi music, slick editing software, and oh I dunno, a mature, functioning, Undeveloped, Old World environment to explore, I could be just as instafamous as any number of groups I see on the interwebz." ; )Elleth wrote:Oh now this is a fun little one - those Europeans are getting up to some fun stuff lately.
As it is, given the right resources, I don't doubt that several of us here could put together something just as slick as the Hands On History folks.
The bone pin with the figure-eight band around it has got me thinking though!
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Manv shared that video with his local group on FB, and they were chatting about giving it a go!Udwin wrote:As it is, given the right resources, I don't doubt that several of us here could put together something just as slick as the Hands On History folks.
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We definitely want to! Unfortunately none of us are anywhere near as experienced or polished in our reenactment impressions as the wonderful folks over at Hands On History, but I feel like we could still produce something relatively cool! That said, I'd love to see Udwin do something of the sort! He and his cohorts are just the right kind of crazy to pull it off!Taurinor wrote:Manv shared that video with his local group on FB, and they were chatting about giving it a go!Udwin wrote:As it is, given the right resources, I don't doubt that several of us here could put together something just as slick as the Hands On History folks.
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