[Regia-NA] "Viking Age" Norwegian Saexs

[Robert Woodman]

>>ah, but when is Grettir's saga dated too, Bill?
>
>Again, I don't have references in front of me, but I'm pretty sure it takes 
>place in the 10th century.

But when was it written?
most Sagas are from well after the viking age

>
>>but I am mostly looking for hard evidence, i.e. extant examples.
>
>I can't help there.  All the saxes I've examined closely predate the Viking 
>age.

I think that is his point, most Viking reenactors carry them but there is no 
real evidence that it was a common -or even uncommon-- Viking tool.

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