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As Traditional regulars will know, I bumped into some Vikings the other week (http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...d’s-Quest-Part-10-Vikings-and-Thieving-Varlet ). For the most part they were a rather smelly-looking lot, sword fodder some might call them. They were around for a long time though were the Vikings, and after going on the rob all over Northern Europe, they done alright for themselves and sent plenty of coin back home. With all this filthy lucre crossing the North Sea, it wasnt long before it started getting a bit gentrified back in Viking Land, and you had the emergence of the middle classes. Now your posh Vikings, the ones back home counting the loot, started cutting their hair a bit, and having airs and graces. They didnt want to get lumped in with the lot who were doing all the pillaging and robbing and the like. When they went down to their local steak house, they didnt want people thinking they were uncouth like the smellies, who whipped out Brainbiter or Pityless to carve up their meat. So the toffs commissioned a smith, who was most probably called Olaf, to go off and design them a bit of proper flash cutlery, with nice pictures on and that. Heres an example I found in an ancient treasure trove last week, a gift-boxed Royal Viking steak knife, with a cast pewter handle.
Ill be getting on with my Quest soon, and also as my post count reaches ten Large, Ill be doing a giveaway. In the meantime though, heres a bit of fun for anyone who fancies it. The prize is this fancy bit of Viking cutlery (or letter-opener), which you can read about online if you like. Its open to all our regular members, anywhere. Please post your best Viking battle-cry, post as many comments as you like, and Ill pick a winner in a week or two.
Im off to eat my pancakes!
All the best
Jack
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Great post BTW :thumbup:
