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Tordenskiold1721 · 22nd March 2016, 07:54 PM

Hello Ibrahiim, Thank you for the very pleasing photos !! I think Jim is right when he identifies the sword hilt as Anglo-Saxon. He also refers to an other contemporary Anglo-Saxon sword find where the grip also has wire wrap. I think Viking grips where mostly wood with leather.

You are right. I did write wire wrapped hilts and some Viking swords hilts are found with richly silver wire inlays. Unfortunately the grips are almost always long gone as on the viking swords below.

I can see your location is Oman. Arabic silver coins are often found in Viking archaeological sites. Regular trade as far as Baghdad is well documented. Relations with the middle east was peaceful trade up until Christianity brought the viking era to an end.

King Sigurd of Norway "the Crusader" went on crusade persuaded by the Pope, "to help" King Baldwin the first of Jerusalem who had some serious military set backs.

Sigurd was probably more motivated by going on "Viking" than crusade but he did the dirty work for the pope that there was no other fighting force in Europe at the time that was capable of successfully undertake with such certain outcome as King Sigurd and his men as they still where conducting battle in the Viking ways:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Crusade

http://thedailybeagle.net/2013/06/08...crusader-king/

22nd March 2016, 07:54 PM	#5
Tordenskiold1721 Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 71	Hello Ibrahiim, Thank you for the very pleasing photos !! I think Jim is right when he identifies the sword hilt as Anglo-Saxon. He also refers to an other contemporary Anglo-Saxon sword find where the grip also has wire wrap. I think Viking grips where mostly wood with leather. You are right. I did write wire wrapped hilts and some Viking swords hilts are found with richly silver wire inlays. Unfortunately the grips are almost always long gone as on the viking swords below. I can see your location is Oman. Arabic silver coins are often found in Viking archaeological sites. Regular trade as far as Baghdad is well documented. Relations with the middle east was peaceful trade up until Christianity brought the viking era to an end. King Sigurd of Norway "the Crusader" went on crusade persuaded by the Pope, "to help" King Baldwin the first of Jerusalem who had some serious military set backs. Sigurd was probably more motivated by going on "Viking" than crusade but he did the dirty work for the pope that there was no other fighting force in Europe at the time that was capable of successfully undertake with such certain outcome as King Sigurd and his men as they still where conducting battle in the Viking ways: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Crusade http://thedailybeagle.net/2013/06/08...crusader-king/ Attached Images Last edited by fernando; 29th March 2016 at 04:07 PM.