Vestre Berg Norwegian Viking Sword – Deepeeka.

This Viking Sword has a blade of tempered high carbon steel and its hilt fittings are bronze. The grip is leather wrapped over wood and the sword is peened into the pommel for a durable construction.

The scabbard is wood with a tight leather wrap and the fittings are bronze. The sword belt is meant to be tied and knotted, so the buckle does not have a tongue and this is intentional.

Please Note: It is common for this item to have some greenish patination on the scabbard fittings – these can be polished to refresh the appearance.

his “ritually killed” late ninth to tenth century sword is part of a very large grave find from Vestre Berg, in the parish of Loiten, in Akershus county. The sword is a part of the collection of Universitetets Oldsaksamling, Oslo marked C13848a. The hilt is the result of fine craftsmanship. The boat-shaped cross has rounded ends and curves gracefully towards the blade, a point which Petersen emphasises as being a characteristic of a genuine type O.
The pommel consists of five lobes. The three larger ones have similar decorative devices to those on the cross (and on both lateral faces) whereas the splayed carry no form of decoration. The hilt has a knot-like ornamentation.