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Dispatches From A Viking Encampment Department

Last Friday, my son and I went over to the Hjemkomst Festival in Moorhead, MN. Lars Walker was there with a detatchment of the Viking Age Club & Society, doing some demonstrations of Viking Age stuff (naturally). We had to leave before their live steel demonstration, but I did get a couple of snaps.

Here's his pavilion. He was inside at the time, participating in a fashion show. (Lest anyone worry that I've put a dent in his manly image, he was modeling the Viking warrior look, complete with chain mail.)

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Here he's interacting with an adoring public.

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And here's our hero with my son.

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Like I said, I had to leave before they did their live steel demonstration; however, a photographer from the local paper did catch Lars in action here

Posted on Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 06:18AM by Registered CommenterRoy M. Jacobsen in | Comments3 Comments

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Where did the red shield come from? It's attractive. Just the thing to dumbfound the enemy.
June 28, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterPhil W
Sorry about the bad link on my own blog. It's fixed now. The pictures look good.
June 28, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterLars Walker
The red shield is the first one I made myself, years and years ago. It's supposed to look more authentic than the "wasters" I fight with, but the color's probably too bright for the period, and there are other flaws too.
June 28, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterLars Walker

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