not really spyderco related

Rusty_shackelford · Jan 30, 2016

not really spyderco related, but i spend most of my time in here, so here goes.

went museum hopping here in ottawa last week. the history museum ( in gatineau, not ottawa) had a viking exhibit. all kinds of old knives, swords, axes and stuff. I took a few pics and thought some of you might be interested to see them.

plus i had my dragonfly2 in my pocket so that kinda counts

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these were from a native american exhibit.

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and heres a shawarma i ate, with df2
(just to keep things on the up and up with the mods)

BellaBlades · Jan 30, 2016

Awesome thread,
Thanks for sharing. Im a history freak. And with weapons, that is even better.

Rusty_shackelford · Jan 30, 2016

BellaBlades said:
Awesome thread,
Thanks for sharing. Im a history freak. And with weapons, that is even better.

no problem.
it was interesting for sure. When a viking died they buried them with a few essentials for their next journey. It always seemed to include a little knife.
so many of these artifacts were discovered in graves. I wondered why, at a time when resources were limited, they'd be "wasting" these tools by burying them with the dead.
then later in the exhibit it explained why.

spketch · Jan 30, 2016

Very cool! Any explanation for the one bent into a circle?

Rusty_shackelford · Jan 30, 2016

spketch said:
Very cool! Any explanation for the one bent into a circle?

no. all it says is grave find.
there was no one around from the museum for follow up questions.

who knows, maybe a guy hit it with a shovel or a bucket from a back hoe.

Slumblor · Jan 30, 2016

I didn't know what to expect when I clicked on this tread, but very cool.

Cursum Perficio · Jan 30, 2016

Cool pics, love the ancient history stuff, thank you.
It seems the Norsemen all had their EDC blades.
I think I would like to have a Spyderco in my funereal pocket when I am eventually consigned to 'dust to dust'.

Rusty_shackelford · Jan 30, 2016

I might bring a drill back to the museum.
see if they'll let me pop a couple spydie holes in some of those blades.

Tdhurl1103 · Jan 30, 2016

Rusty_shackelford said:
I might bring a drill back to the museum.
see if they'll let me pop a couple spydie holes in some of those blades.

Spoken like a true Spydie freak. [emoji3]

Chris "Anagarika" · Jan 30, 2016

Thank you for sharing. The History Channel 'Secret of the Viking Sword" will be interesting to see if you haven't.

Rusty_shackelford · Jan 30, 2016

i havent, thanks for the heads up.
ill check it out.