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Blacksmiths are reconstructing a Viking ship to better understand the secrets of the navigation of Scandinavian warriors a thousand years ago

Posted by mycketforvirrad
Tags: denmark, middle ages, 11th century, maritime, ships.long, skuldelev 5, vikings, navigation, seafaring, reconstruction, technique, blacksmithing, national school of blacksmithing, museums, viking ship museum roskilde, archaeology.experimental, united kingdom, author.james brooks, source.yahoo
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/denmark-blacksmiths-steer-journey-viking-064908079.html

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Title
In Denmark, blacksmiths steer journey into Viking ship's past
Published
May 31 2024
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552 words

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    TanyaJLaird
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    Once they figure out how to build a few boats using historic techniques, there is only one thing that must be done. These blacksmiths need to get in their ships and stage a raid of Guédelon Castle!

    Once they figure out how to build a few boats using historic techniques, there is only one thing that must be done. These blacksmiths need to get in their ships and stage a raid of Guédelon Castle!

    3 votes
    1. DrEvergreen
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      There have been ships built using original techniques already, as far as I am aware. There is something to be said for the value in doing it yourself though. Even if someone else did it at another...

      There have been ships built using original techniques already, as far as I am aware.

      There is something to be said for the value in doing it yourself though. Even if someone else did it at another time, that's not the same as you getting personal experience with doing so, and that can spark understanding and insight that simply reading about someone else's work never can.

      1 vote
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    AugustusFerdinand
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    Click Label, click Offtopic. Tags... ships.long Gave me a hearty laugh this morning, love you mycketforvirrad, you're the best. It's appropriate and I see there are other posts, mostly by you due...

    Click Label, click Offtopic.

    Tags...

    ships.long

    Gave me a hearty laugh this morning, love you mycketforvirrad, you're the best. It's appropriate and I see there are other posts, mostly by you due to regionality (probably), but still found it hilarious this morning.
    What would you tag a story about the UK's narrowboats? boats.narrow?

    4 votes
    1. mycketforvirrad
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      Hmm. Good question. Remind me when someone posts an explosive personal history of their shenanigans on a narrowboat to Tildes. 🙃 Was rather disappointed to see we didn't have a narrowboat tag yet....

      Hmm. Good question. Remind me when someone posts an explosive personal history of their shenanigans on a narrowboat to Tildes. 🙃 Was rather disappointed to see we didn't have a narrowboat tag yet.

      On a more serious note, most likely the mundane combination on ships, narrowboats.

      3 votes