Schlaumeier Report post Posted February 20, 2021 Vindonissa pouch 3rd/4th century roman from modern day switzerland. Possibly made for wax tablets for writing Also roman. Can't remember where it was found and how it dates. Late roman I think. Tarsoly style pouches, as they were found in a tenth century (viking age) context in Sweden. The actual origin is eastern europe though. Merowingian frankish/alamanic forage bag. Inspired by find from modern day Germany There is a single early medieval piece of leather from a ditch of the monestary on Iona, Scotland, to which I added a few more pieces in order to make this crude pouch, which holds my Feuerzeug (german for lighter but litteraly meaning fire stuff) Knife sheat inspired by a viking age find from Coppergate Road, York, United Kingdom Viking age pouch from Eide, Norway. The smaller one has the size of the original Two Birka pouches, 10ths century (viking age), Sweden. The originals head gilded leather straps instead of the dark brown leather straps I used. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Retswerb Report post Posted February 20, 2021 These are great! It’s cool to see a little of the history of this craft. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheilajeanne Report post Posted February 20, 2021 Yes, indeed! I've been to Iona, Scotland, so I found that piece of special interest! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maxdaddy Report post Posted February 20, 2021 Thanks for sharing your work. The historical context of each piece is interesting and shows that you must spend as much time in research as you do crafting. Where do you find the medallions? Are they historically accurate? Also, is the 'weaving' technique the same in the Birka and Merowingian pieces? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Schlaumeier Report post Posted February 20, 2021 5 hours ago, maxdaddy said: Thanks for sharing your work. The historical context of each piece is interesting and shows that you must spend as much time in research as you do crafting. Where do you find the medallions? Are they historically accurate? Also, is the 'weaving' technique the same in the Birka and Merowingian pieces? I think, the weaving technique itself can not be altered a lot. The main difference lies in the patterns. The Birka pieces I made have the origianal dimensions and patterns. For the merowingian piece I took my inspiration from a fragment of leather found in a grave of an alamanic woman. I was present when it was excavated but after the top of it had been unearthed, it was covered up again in order to conserve it, cut out with a block of earth and sent to the conservators. So I don't know what it exactly was. Surely it was not like the bag I made. However, the bit I saw, 10 to 20 square centimeteres (that's about four square inch?) was just woven leather, the whole area. And it was quite a bit finer than my work. I don't know any other merowingian finds decorated in this way, even though I have looked at many. So it might not be too typical of the time. The bronze fixtures were made according to archaeological finds, yes. In this form they are mainly found in early medieval eastern europe. Here are two shops, which sell stuff like that: http://www.gunnar.com.pl/de https://www.reenactors-shop.de/en/dress-accessories/belt-mounts-belt-rings/mounts-viking-and-rus/ Sheilajeanne: There are also some shoes from Iona. I think this is the publication of it: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20568189?seq=1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuck123wapati Report post Posted February 20, 2021 Awesome work friend. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
