A chain to your ancestors

[Sir_Wallace]

Kungslanken - A chain to your ancestors!

Here you can find the clothingbrand "Pagan" (Heathen), Nordic jewellery, Furnitures, Posters etc.

http://www.kungslanken.com

 

[Djöfull]

cool, I wish I had money

Hnefatafl = fist chess

 

[Vladimir]

I will check it out

 

[Brute]

I want that cap!

 

[spaffe]

hehe, the only cool thing on the page was the viking-bed, that one i'd really like to spend my nights in. but i guess it would cost a fortune and with my present economical situation i might be able to buy one of the bedposts

 

[Morgana]

sorry spaffe it sounds somehow funny

 

[Ziuwarian]

Errr... excuse me? Viking bed? What is that supposed to look like ? I always thought Vikings slept, if at all in beds, on rather simple ones (such ones you can easily make yourself with some pieces of wood and glue )

 

[DeadWinterDead]

That is a rather nice bed. Don't know if it'd be stable enough for me.

 

[Brute]

Originally posted by Ziuwarian
Errr... excuse me? Viking bed? What is that supposed to look like ? I always thought Vikings slept, if at all in beds, on rather simple ones (such ones you can easily make yourself with some pieces of wood and glue )

I didn't know that the Vikings used glue?

 

[Sir_Wallace]

The Osberga discoveries are extraordinary and unique, in these we can see what they used during the Viking age. They discovered furniture, textiles, and households, beautifully decorated with dragons and mythological motives. The bed is a 100 % handmade copy of the bed that was found, naturally without nails or other metal items. The discovery is dated to 815-820 A.D., and the place is Vestfold, Norway.

 

[Vladimir]

hmm, was it of a viking king?
Who was very rich?

 

[Sir_Wallace]

It dosen´t have to be like that. The heathens were very good craftsmen, they really put a very graeat efort in what they where doing. So it could have bin a bed for any of the vikings.

 

[Vladimir]

I know, but a takes a lot of time to make such a bed.
So that's why I think it's someone who's got some money and have a higher status.

 

[Sir_Wallace]

The bed only takes a couple of weeks to make. But the wood have to bin dryed for a year before you can use it.
And i don´t think the vikings used money, i think they traded with eachother.
So perhaps many of the vikings built their own bed, with there own pattern.

 

[Ziuwarian]

Hmm, vikings actually used money... they were really good traders, and not only amongst themselves At Birka, also coins from Arabia were found, quite far reaching, actually...

Still I doubt that the normal "every-day" viking had such a nice bed That was rather a ceremonial bed, if it's from the Oseberg found. Or a bed of kings, a normal farmer (or whatever profession he might had) would not have valued decorations that high I guess. And these crafts were rather well paid in those times, since it took a great deal of craftsmanship to get that done (it took like 200 years to develop that style the Oseberg found resembles, and it's the height of Viking craftsmanship)

Well, enough of history... it's still a great piece I must say... and I'm sure once I've got the money I'll call you up on that!

Just one thing... in what dimensions can you make it? You know... the people in the middle ages were not THAT tall compared to today... I'd like to stretch out in a bed hehe

Well, just need to know Other than that: *bows down* Great craftsmanship, man! Skål! (Am I right when I assume that this is actually your page?? At least you seem to know the craft )

 

[Sir_Wallace]

It can be made in any dimension, it´s up to the buyer to tell the craftsmen what size he wants, if he wants any change and so on.

 

[Ziuwarian]

Oh, nice, fast reply

Well, I guess if it were that WE buy a bed, it would have to be for TWO persons But I'll interogate you further about this later hehe, first have to talk about that with her

But it would be really great, I must say

 

[Sir_Wallace]

The bed on the picture is for two people. But you can get it even bigger if you like

Kungslänken is also going to make more (handmade copies) of other "viking furnitures" in the future.