Svartalfheim - Woodcarving

Version of the spoon from Hedeby. Made of maple wood and covered with beeswax with linseed oil.
Proportions:
Length - 21 cm
Width - 5 cm

The dragon head spoon from Hedeby. Made of maple wood and covered with beeswax with linseed oil
Proportions:
Length - 21 cm
Width - 4.7 cm

The dish from Hedeby. Made of beech wood and covered with beeswax with linseed oil.
Proportions:
Length - 44 cm
Width - 17 cm
Depth - up to 6.5 cm

Version of the small box from Hedeby. Made of alder wood and covered with beeswax with linseed oil. I also added a runic inscription with the information about it's owner and the woodcarver.

Proporions:
Length - about 12 cm
Width - about 5 cm
Depth - about 4 cm

The owner will be using the box for the lead weights for historical scales, but we do not know what it was originally used for.
I have also made a small video illustration on my YouTube channel, you can check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FRJcgQLFno&ab_channel=Svartalfheim

Mace handle made of maple wood. Decorated with Kragehul spear ornament and coloured with red ocher.
Dimensions
Length - 64 cm
Diameter - 2-3 cm

Another version of the niddy noddy from Schleswig. Made of beech wood and covered with beeswax with linseed oil.
The middle part is made based on the Hedeby find, arches and joints are taken from the Schleswig one.
Proportions:
Length - about 44 cm
Arch length - about 40 cm

Version of the shield handle form Trelleborg. Made of ash wood and covered with beeswax with linseed oil.
Proportions:
Ornament length - 6 cm
Diameter - 2.5 cm

One more comb made of bog oak. Inspired by few different archaeological finds.
Proportions:
Length - about 12.5 cm
Width - about 10.5 cm
Thickness - about 0.9 cm

Version of the spoon from Hedeby. Made of maple wood and covered with beeswax with linseed oil.
Proportions:
Length - 21 cm
Width - 4.5 cm

Tiny antler fork from Sigtuna for hand weaving silk.
Proportions:
Length - about 3 cm
Width - 1 cm
Depth - 1 cm

Crwth, Welsh bowed lyre. Made of maple and spruce wood with bone, antler and metal details. Covered with beeswax.
The crwth I made is based on the crwth from St Fagans museum.
Proportions:
Length - 56 cm
Width - 23 cm
Depth - 5 cm

A comb made of bog oak inspired by the archaeological find form Pskov.
Proportions:
Length - about 11 cm
Width - 10 cm
Thickness - 0.9 cm

Version of the niddy noddy from Schleswig. Made of beech wood and covered with beeswax with linseed oil.
The middle part is made based on the Hedeby find, arches and joints are taken from the Schleswig one.
Proportions:
Length - about 44 cm
Arch length - about 40 cm

Wooden comb inspired by few different archaeological finds. Made of bog oak
Proportions:
Length - about 12.5 cm
Width - about 10.5 cm
Thickness - about 0.9 cm

The spoon from Hedeby. Made of maple wood and covered with beeswax with linseed oil
Proportions:
Length - about 21 cm
Width - up to 5 cm

The dish from the Oseberg burial mound. Made of beechwood and covered with beeswax with linseed oil.
Proportions:
Length - 37 cm
Width - 19 cm
Depth - 3-4 cm

Version of the cup from Novgorod. Made of beech wood and soaked in linseed oil.
Proportions:
Length - 20 cm
Width - 11 cm
Depth - 6 cm

Pair of bag handles from Birka. Made of oak wood this time. Covered with beeswax with linseed oil.
Proportions:
Length - about 28 cm
Width - about 5 cm
Thickness - 0.8-0.9 cm

Spoon from viking age Novgorod. Made of maple wood and covered with beeswax with linseed oil.
Proportions:
Length - about 17 cm
Width - about 5 cm

The spoon made of cow bone. It was planned as a spoon from Veliki Preslav but after cutting the blank out I've understood that the bone is not thick enough to make a proper replica. So it's just a bone spoon.
Proportions:
Length - 17 cm
Width - up to 3.5 cm

One more spoon from Volga Bulgaria found in the burial mound near the village Tankeevka.
Made of moose antler.
Proportions:
Length - about 13 cm
Width - about 4 cm

Version of the spoon from Veliki Preslav. Made of moose antler.
Proportions:
Length - about 17 cm
Width - about 3.5 cm

The spoon from Volga Bulgaria found in the burial mound near the village Tankeevka.
Made of moose antler.
Proportions:
Length - about 13.5 cm
Width - about 4 cm

Version of the bag from Hedeby made together with
Bag handles are made of curly ash wood and covered with beeswax with linseed oil.
The bag is hand sewn and is coloured with indigo. The cord is also hand woven. Padding is made of linen.
Proportions:
Length - 26 cm
Width - 19 cm

Version of the bag from Birka.
Bag handles are made of ash wood and covered with beeswax with linseed oil.
The bag is hand sewn and is coloured with madder. The cord is also hand woven and coloured the same way.
Proportions:
Length - 31 cm
Width - 24 cm

Axe sheaths inspired by Hedeby finds. Made of oak and maple wood and covered with beeswax with linseed oil.
Proportions (for the bigger ones):
Length - about 6 cm
Width - about 2 cm
Thickness - about 1 cm

The Viking age spoon from Birka. Made of maple wood and covered with beeswax with linseed oil
Proportions:
Length - about 15 cm
Width - about 5 cm

Two versions of the wooden cup from Gnezdovo. Both are made of beech wood. Soaked in linseed oil and then covered with beeswax with linseed oil.
No lathe used)
Proportions:
Max. diameter - around 9.5 cm
Height - around 6.5 cm
Volume - around 200 ml

The viking age spoon from Novgorod. Made of beech wood and covered with beeswax with linseed oil
Proportions:
Length - 15 cm
Width - 5.5 cm

A new video is out on my YouTube channel. It's a short overview of the Viking Age spoons I've made some time ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g3X9zHJEoc

The Viking Age Spoons - Viking Gear Review #5 I've made a small overview of the viking age spoons I've finished recently. There is some info about the historical sources and a few types of early medieval...