The spear was carried more widely than anything else in the Viking Age. It was cheaper than a sword, quicker to make than an axe of the same quality, and it reached further than either.Odin’s spear, and everyone else’sIt also carried the most weight in the myths. Odin’s spear Gungnir never missed, and battles opened by throwing a spear over the enemy line to dedicate them to him. A spear was in almost every hand and it was also what the chief god carried, the two facts belong together.Heads were socketed rather than tanged, so a broken shaft could be replaced in the field. Ours are forged the same way, from high-carbon steel, ready to mount on a hardwood shaft.Please check your local law before ordering.
These pieces are handmade in the Czech Republic by smiths who still work the old way. Ransack Viking is a United States company and ships every order from Memphis, Tennessee.
The spear was the common Norse arm and the axe was its partner in the line, which our history of Viking axes covers in some detail. On the heads themselves, high carbon steel against Damascus explains what you gain and lose with each.
17 pieces in this collection
Free US shipping
On every order, no minimum.
Hand Forged
Heated, hammered and ground by hand.
Engraving available
Names, dates or Norse runes on most pieces.
Ships from Memphis
Dispatched from our Tennessee warehouse.
