You Had to Be Strong Just to Wear the Armor as a Viking

Keller longbow and his son garnet are professional fight choreographers their specialty is Viking warfare today they're getting ready for a demonstration of Viking sword techniques to be as historically accurate as possible and to be safe they need some very specialized gear so that's what let's call a gambeson gambeson that's a fringe word so it's a tenet woollen with linen on top and linen inside it's wrecked and it's well used it's protection you normally wear it under Gmail Gmail is a well-used protection and the chainmail I will wear is a riveted chainmail and this is how it's originally made yeah it is heavy so this is about 14 kilos and mine will be something about 18 kilos so one very important thing for chainmail is the belt because otherwise the whole weight will hang on the shoulders and when you use it out then it will sit on the hips like a modern rucksack hum gears so that's hardened leather and you also have some founds well this arm guards are metal plated so these gloves are modern ice hockey gloves just paddle with leather so that it's look like but this is very important because when you have no gloves on then hand injuries will be as there as fast as possible shield shield boss linen and rawhide inside the last piece of equipment is the most important the sword and now outfitted in full Viking style Keller and his son are ready to do battle

Channel: Museum Secrets by Kensington Communications

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Keywords: Viking Armour, Museum Island, Berlin Germany, history, television, documentary, Museum Secrets, museum, viking warfare, sword, swordsmanship, fighting, technique, warrior fashion, warrior gear, chain mail, costume, shield, armour, armor, leather gear, arm guards, medieval, war fare, arm gear, Viking Age (Event), viking reenactment, reenactment, Viking (Military Combatant), Germany (Country), Historical Reenactment (Hobby)

Id: h4Uw1g5MU_U

Length: 2min 37sec (157 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 09 2012