Viking chests

We have all heard of the Mastermyr chest and the Hedeby harbour chest.
Here above you see the chests Einarr makes. The lids are flat so that you can sit on them in your camp!

The wood used here is French oak, the chests are 80€ for the small ones and 110€ for the big ones.

Storage

Ok, ok, this is not authentic at all but these three planks are great storage space in your viking tent. You can keep your plates and such within reach; if you have a bunch of vikings running in and out of your tent you really want to find your kitchen items quickly!

We sleep like babies...

... in this bed...

This is one of Einar's projects from last year, making a bed-frame.

I have to be honest with you folks, but I know zip about wood. If I am to believe Einar then this is a relatively easy bed-frame to make.

You need four planks of sturdy wood, four pegs and four "side-wings" which you can decorate or not. This is again a technique found on the Queen's bed on the Oseberg ship.
Our bed is resting on the ground and hides our beds and sleeping bags pretty well, but I suppose the bed could have legs as well.

Here's an excellent link on Viking beds: http://www.ravensgard.org/gerekr/bed.html

Our chairs

Here's a photo of the two chairs Einar made last year. We have no historical proof these chairs were ever used since none resembling these were ever excavated, however, Einar has used the same technique which was used for the bed found on the Oseberg ship. In the background you can see our bed too.

Here's Lars doing some woodcrafting of his own, seated on one of the chairs.

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Our new kitchen chest, made by Einar

Einar was not completely happy with our old "kitchen chest". First of all, it was not authentic at all... although it had an authentic look, and second it was just too heavy even when empty!

He decided to make a new chest over the weekend and here's the result. You will notice that the lid was inspired by the Mastermyr chest and the bottom was inspired by the Oseberg chest.



The iron hinges were bought from our Danish Viking friend Sören Nordekjaerd.

Here's a nice photo of the Oseberg chest. The original you see hereunder is on display in the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo, Norway.