Fjellborg Vikings

Lodin's Gallery:

To the left, the large axe is a re-conditioned Hanwei Bearded Axe by CAS Iberia, re-ground, re-tempered and re-hafted. The handle is carved from white ash. Next is a adze. The handle is being carved. The short handled axe is the Albion Armorer's Viking Skeggox, no longer in production. Beautiful once the black paint was removed and acid aged. Again the handle is white ash. The saw is made from an old carpenters saw blade with an elk antler handle. Lastly the cramps are made from a maple log "knee" where the curve of the tool followed the original grain to maximize it's strength.
To the right is my reproduction of a carpenters axe from the Mastermyr tool box. The blade width is to inches and overall length of the head is just over six inches.

I forged this reproduction of a carpenters axe from the Mastermyr tool box. The blade width is to inches and overall length of the head is just over six inches. The advantage of this axe is the narrow blade, for close work, tight spaces.

On the right is an archaeologists rendering of the original. The design of the axe was quite common and I have many other example photos of similar sized axes with small blades and hammer heads. Master carpenters would have multiple axes for special uses, just as they would have other tools to match the jobs.

These wood chisels with maple handles, are forged from old drill bit stock. The maple mallet is patterned to be similar to one found in the Oseberg Boat burial. The "T" shaped tool in the center is a "Spoon Bit" drill. It's handle is white ash. You also see a "Nail Header" tool, for making nails and a few nails that were left over from making my "Hedeby" Viking sea chest.

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