Jeff Mack Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 I learned, last time I was in the chat, that others here are Viking/Medieval history buffs like me, so I thought I'd throw this out here. Anyone know how the lock on the mastermyr box works? I can't tell from the pics and illustraions I've seen. I'd love to make a full scale replica, but the lock has been stopping me. Thanks! Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klickitat Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 I had never even herd of this before; so i did a search and WOW!!! Now that is cool. I used to fool around with the Adrian society for a bit and the Viking thing was what I started to get into, mostly because we have traced our family name back to it. In the search for this box I discovered a lot of cool sights on vikings. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Murch Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 I think that it was bomlin that made a replica of the chest. Try asking him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Mack Posted August 4, 2006 Author Share Posted August 4, 2006 Thanks Tyler. Ran into him on chat last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Mack Posted August 4, 2006 Author Share Posted August 4, 2006 Part of the chest, it's contents, and a little about it can be seen here:The Mastermyr Project Another view, including the front of the lock plate:Mastermyr It's from Gotland Sweden from around 1000 AD, give or take. It had a bunch of viking smiths tools inside, so it's a great resource for what they had in that time. There is a book called "The Mastermyr Find, a Viking Age Tool Chest from Gotland" By Greta Ardwidsson and G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Mack Posted August 4, 2006 Author Share Posted August 4, 2006 Anvils and bick iron: I've not seen any large anvils from that era. One theory being that they lacked the ability to heat that much steel (later water driven bellows could push a lot more air). There are records of areas with thousands of smelters in the Viking age, and smelters that seem to be a part time business of a farmer/smith/smelter. If you were in an area with bog iron, and had the land and the time, iron was an available thing. I think the size of the key was likly necessary to move the internal bits of the lock. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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