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The Axe in Viking Age Iceland: Both Weapon and Tool

August 23, 2024 Ian McCollum 8

While I was in Iceland, I had an opportunity to visit the National Museum of Iceland and take a look at a couple of historic axes found on the island. Since these are really outside […]

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Icelandic Swords: Blades of the Viking Frontier

July 15, 2024 Ian McCollum 12

(Sorry for the messed-up framing at the beginning of the video!) While I was in Iceland, I had an opportunity to visit the National Museum of Iceland and take a look at a couple of […]

Antiques

Viking Atgeirr: Reevaluating the Origins of European Firearms

April 1, 2023 Ian McCollum 28

See Dr. Crawford’s video here: “Men of Terror: A Comprehensive Analysis of Viking Combat” on Amazon by Reynir Óskarson and William Short My helmet was generously provided by Grimfrost. I have been privileged to be […]

Gunsmithing

Iceland’s Domestic Guns: The Drífa and Others

December 2, 2022 Ian McCollum 7

Today I have the very cool opportunity to bring you a history of Icelandic domestic firearms manufacturing, courtesy of the Veiðisafnið – the Hunting Museum of Iceland: https://www.hunting.is/english/ The first documented record of a firearm […]

Video

Something Completely Different: Ian Tries Hákarl; Icelandic Fermented Shark

October 13, 2022 Ian McCollum 25

On my recent trip to Finland for Finnish Brutality, I spent a few days first in Iceland, with my friend Dr. Jackson Crawford (https://www.youtube.com/c/JacksonCrawford/). Some Icelandic gun videos are coming, but we also took a […]

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