Listen here... If I went around sayin' I was a jarl just because some damp broad in a stream tossed me a viking sword, they'd put me away!
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The inscription reads "U[V]LFBERTH," which could be read as "Ulfberht," a marking found on a group of about 170 medieval swords found mainly in northern Europe.
Oooooh, mysterious saying that's found on almost two hundred pieces.
Uvlfberth was the Remington of their day.
That does kinda seem like the easiest answer, a makers mark from a “large” production facility.
Huh, that actually doesn't seem too far fetched.
So the rust is normal then....
Ooh. Do the YouTuber restoration thing and burn the rust off with a laser. 😁
and turn thepower up too high so you melt the top layer making it look like shit!
besides, many of them are fake anyways.
Imagine how heartbroken you would be to lose such a valuable possession. Not like you could just run out and buy another.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Research is underway to learn more about the origins of medieval sword found earlier this month at the bottom of a Polish river, which some experts believe may have belonged to the Vikings.
Workers unearthed the sword from the bottom of Poland's Vistula River while dredging the port at Włocławek, which is about 30 miles from Toruń.
That period is significant for Poland, which did not exist prior to the formation that century of the House of Piast, the earliest known dynasty that settled in that area and began the first recorded reign over modern-day Polish land.
Weapons of this kind, with a simple blade that extends symmetrically from the base, are typically considered by historians to have roots in northwestern Europe.
Their ties to Scandinavian and Franconian — a section of what is now Germany that formed during the Middle Ages — cultures helps historians paint a more detailed picture of how Poland came to be its own country.
The sword uncovered in Włocławek was examined more closely under an X-ray scanner, which revealed an inscription hidden beneath layers of corrosion.
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