[Regia-NA] buckets

[Douglas Sunlin]

The Oseberg bucket was made with metal:
http://www.5rivers.org/media/oseburg.gif

Or...feel free to pack a satchel or snag a basket. :)

On manræden,
Osweald of Baldurstrand
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/California_Viking_Age
http://www.geocities.com/baldurstrand/
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>From: Jeff mack <mack_metalwork at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: list-Regia-NA <list-regia-na at lig.net>
>To: list-regia-na at lig.net
>Subject: [Regia-NA] buckets
>Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 11:05:40 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Since pouches are not as well thought of as I had hoped, and needing 
>something to lug stuff around in, buckets are looking like an attractive 
>option.  Was reading through "Wood and Woodworking in Anglo-Scandinavian 
>and Medieval York" and noted that they didn't find any Viking era buckets 
>with metal hoops.  Drat!
>
>So, a couple questions for you crafty folks:
>
>1. If I want to make wood hoops, do I just soak the heck out of thin wood 
>(I was going to use pine for the proto bucket).  Then, bend the wet wood 
>'round the bucket and nail or peg it in place?
>
>2. Anyone know of finds with metal bucket hoops?
>
>Thanks!
>Ragnar
>
>
>The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to 
>grow sharper.
>Eden Philpots
>
>If at first you don't succeed, try, try, again.  Then quit.  There is no 
>use being a damn fool about it.
>W.C. Fields
>
>REALITY, n.
>The dream of a mad philosopher. That which would remain in the cupel if one 
>should assay a phantom. The nucleus of a vacuum.
>Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
>
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