Thread: Viking Battle Axe Custom

By Odin's beard, what a wonderful piece!

Over the weekend, I met a descendant of Erik the Red.

What a timely razor!

Good stuff, my friend :

Wow. This razor screams confidence that it is here to do a job. Unapologetic details rounds out it's spiky package well.

I'd say it has a silhouette of a Viking Warship also. Nice companion to Ironside.

That is beautiful. I love the departure from the standard blade shape.

I love razor axes
Great work on this

I love it and i am swedish so then it must be real good

Originally Posted by boballman

I will reveal that in a couple of days.
For those of you familiar with my work...it ought to be an easy guess
Bob

Very cool razor Bob!

It took me a couple of seconds to figure out what it said. At first I thought it was something you copied from Lord of the Rings

Greg

Cool razor.

The runes aren't that hard to figure out: "RC Allman SS" (I'm not sure what the S's are for?) "OCD Razors"

Of course if you were to translate the runes you'd end up with something that makes no sense... For awhile I was really interested in the Kensington Runestone, and spent some time trying to learn to read them. There are a lot of subtleties, and confusing things about runes... The ones that your alphabet is made from are mostly common.

(I am no expert on this, but I have a dictionary handy, so for fun)
R - raido - wagon, chariot - has to do with travel
C - kenaz - torch, wisdom or learning
A - ansuz - God, divinity
L - laguz - water, sea
M - mannaz - man, person, or humanity
N - gebo - trade or gift, exchange
O - othala - home, property, or nobility
D - dagaz - day, dawn
Z - algiz - shield, protection, sanctuary
S - sowelu - the sun

Maybe something about a viking travelling over the sea to meet God and receive a gift of knowledge. (raido could be a ship, it just refers to a means of transport)(front scale)
Then he returns home, over the sea, the next day at dawn well protected by his new wisdom. (rear scale)

Edit: Aw shoot. I was looking at my dictionary more, it's been awhile... Even though they have individual meanings, runes are supposed to be interepreted as letters. That kind of ruins my story.

Originally Posted by HNSB

Cool razor.

The runes aren't that hard to figure out: "RC Allman SS" (I'm not sure what the S's are for?) "OCD Razors"

Of course if you were to translate the runes you'd end up with something that makes no sense... For awhile I was really interested in the Kensington Runestone, and spent some time trying to learn to read them. There are a lot of subtleties, and confusing things about runes... The ones that your alphabet is made from are mostly common.

(I am no expert on this, but I have a dictionary handy, so for fun)
R - raido - wagon, chariot - has to do with travel
C - kenaz - torch, wisdom or learning
A - ansuz - God, divinity
L - laguz - water, sea
M - mannaz - man, person, or humanity
N - gebo - trade or gift, exchange
O - othala - home, property, or nobility
D - dagaz - day, dawn
Z - algiz - shield, protection, sanctuary
S - sowelu - the sun

Maybe something about a viking travelling over the sea to meet God and receive a gift of knowledge. (front scale)
Then he returns home, over the sea, the next day at dawn well protected by his new wisdom. (rear scale)

Very good R C Allman II OCD Razors

Bob

That may be the coolest razor I have ever seen. I don't know what else to say.