08-06-2023, 05:50 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-19-2023, 08:37 PM by Sean Manning.)
Hi Crispianus,
here are the two types of shield grip as I understand them.
![[Image: two-shield-constructions.jpg]](https://www.bookandsword.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/two-shield-constructions.jpg)
I did not know the debate about how long the 'new grips' were, but it seems like they were longer than the old grips as well as standing above the back of the shield and not being flat to the shield. They are the only type of grip which I know survives from the Viking world.
I think the fittings you talk about in Pedersen's figure 4.10 would be decorations for the ends of the 'new grip' although I am only a curious amateur when it comes to the Viking Age.
here are the two types of shield grip as I understand them.
I did not know the debate about how long the 'new grips' were, but it seems like they were longer than the old grips as well as standing above the back of the shield and not being flat to the shield. They are the only type of grip which I know survives from the Viking world.
I think the fittings you talk about in Pedersen's figure 4.10 would be decorations for the ends of the 'new grip' although I am only a curious amateur when it comes to the Viking Age.
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I have not checked this forum frequently since 2013, but I hope that these old posts have some value. I now have a blog on books, swords, and the curious things humans do with them.
I have not checked this forum frequently since 2013, but I hope that these old posts have some value. I now have a blog on books, swords, and the curious things humans do with them.
