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Published: 2012-10-01 15:35:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 14387; Favourites: 162; Downloads: 2082
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Man dressed up in Viking armour at a "Viking Market" in Haninge, Sweden.My swedish photoblog: [link]
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GAAAH!!! ISIS!! Oh wait, that's just a viking...MY BAD!!
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I wish I could have this beard š
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awesome picture, makes me wonder what he's looking at, lolXD
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Well... There were girls there. Talking to him.
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oooh, okXD
I'd talk to him... dat beardXD
That and he seems familiar, but I don't live in Sweden so I know I'm mistaken.
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Hehe, yeah... But he has a kind of friendly face, I think, so the feeling is not unexplainable.Ā
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yea
Awesome photography
God bless, and keep up the awesome work!
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Attomanen, would you mind if I use this image on my blog (about beards)?
Regards, Mark
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Not at all. Go ahead! Go beard!
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Looks so good.
This picture is powerful and all its power comes from his eyes.
Good model, good photo !
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That is an epic beard. I am so jealous.
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I could never grew anything like that. Life is not fair.
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Give me 6 years, and maybe. haha
Man that is just epic.
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Several women (and one man) among my friends have fallen in love with this guy - through my picture. He has charisma to spare, obviously.
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Totally agree too ! He's handsome. ^^
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He looks like a Lombard (ex Vinnili)...
Great armour!
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I couldn't tell. I don't know anything about the Lombards!
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it was a very interesting germanic tribe.
check it: [link]
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I'm not so into beards but I can't help but admire the leather armour he (or someone else) made - my fingers hurt just from looking at it!
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I've heard that the armour was custom-made by some leather-worker in Poland and cost quite a bit.
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cool
Yeah it would cost a pretty penny to get that custom made.
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But probably still cheap compared to what leather armour would have cost a norse warrior during the iron age. Leather was, I've read, much more expensive in those days - not to mention the cost of chain mail or byzantine-made scale/lamellar armour. Most scandinavian warriors probably had no other protection than a shield and a leather cap and had no fancier weapons than a spear and cheap knife. The happy few who could afford the whole shebang (leather+mail/lamellar+metal helmet+shield+frankish made sword+well made long knife or axe as secondary weapon) were the absolute elite.
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I doubt leather was that expensive because it was readily available everywhere at that time. It only needed the labor to tan the things.
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I did a search and found this on wikipedia: "Leather was far pricier during the period than today, and thus less affordable for the casual warrior."
However, there is no reference to reasearch on the subject, so... It may be as you say.
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Quite interesting topic actually. I think the problem may be that there are very few leather finds from viking age when compared to bronze or iron for example. Jet everyone must have had boots in this climate...
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Makes me envious, since I cannot grow a proper beard myself. Have tried.
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Facial hair is awesome!
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Like this pic, the expression and the gaze of this man. Well done
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