I'm a blacksmith apprentice in Sweden and im having trouble choosing my first sword to make!
I’m working on recreating a Viking sword from Sweden, but there are so many examples out there that it’s honestly hard to choose which one i shall go for as my first sword.
I’d love to hear your suggestions do you have any favorite historical finds, you think would be especially interesting to recreate? Whether it’s a well-known piece or something more obscure, I’m open to any suggestions of finds between 800-1000 in Sweden (has to be based on a historical find as my task is recreating)
I was looking at recreating the Østby sword from Norway https://www.unimus.no/portal/#/things/f7496871-889c-4d21-827a-1d3e64177c99 but i have settled on trying to find one from my home country instead but i'm having trouble navigating the databases and i'm honestly feeling a bit overwhelmed by the choices,