Of Viking weaponry

[dwayne davis]

yeah,
i think we are a guilty at some point of trying to pack every thing but the "kitchen sink" my self included. the 30# lb pack idea sounds good. pairing it all down to the bare essentials.

[hesinraca]

Well, for the 70# pack, we were also packing in 3 gallons of water each for cleaning, cooking, drinking, becuase there were no real creeks where we went. If we drop the water, that's 26# right there.

Basically I need to replace items with skillsets. No backup lighters or fire starters (lint, parafin, and bacon greese in egg crates) because I would become an expert fire starter with a striker. Scratch the tent and just bring an oil cloth and some rope. Stuff like that. I think i can get down to 30#, or 40# with weapons.

[David]

I like the idea of the Viking/Dane equipment, but then again, I've been adding a Rohirrim flavor to my Ranger-ness, so that's right up my alley. When I get the cash flow, I'd like to build my kit with something like this:

-Godfred Viking longsword
-Hungarian horse bow
-Saxon Scramasax
-Bearded or Mammen axe
-Utility/Eating knife

Good? Bad? I'd like your feedback.

[Peter Remling]

Good choices David.

While the Mammen is very nice looking it's farily small. See if you can handle one before buying. If that fails sketch the axes dimensions on a piece of paper.

I wanted one of the for a long time until I took a good look at it's size.

[David]

While the Mammen is very nice looking it's farily small. See if you can handle one before buying. If that fails sketch the axes dimensions on a piece of paper.

Thanks! I was favoring the bearded axe anyway. I might purchase a Mammen axe one of these days, but just for a "wall-hanger".