A Norse collector gift is the piece someone puts on a wall and then explains to every visitor for the next decade. It has to look right, it has to be honestly made, and it has to come with enough history attached that the explanation is worth hearing. That rules out most of what gets sold as a Viking gift, and it is why this archive leans heavily on swords rather than trinkets.
What is worth giving
The core of the page is Viking swords at 34 to 37 inches overall with 29 to 31 inch blades. There are Ulfberht style blades in both plain 1095 and Damascus, a Carolingian pattern, an eleventh century form, a broadsword, a blackened warrior sword and a black Damascus version of the same, and one that ships with its scabbard and belt so the recipient is not left hunting for a hanger. Several carry wheel or lobed pommels, twisted brass wire, brass hilts and blue or brown leather grips. Around them sit a szabla sabre at 33 inches, a naval cutlass at 30 inches with a brass throat and chape, a pirate cutlass, a Viking short sword at 31 inches with a triquetra engraved disc pommel, a hooked glaive blade at 34 inches with a walnut grip, a katana with a valknut etched blade, a double headed axe at 28 inches, and a pair of rune etched chain knives with ring pommels. Steel is plain 1095 high carbon at 54 to 58 HRC or forge welded 1095 and 15N20 Damascus at 58 to 60 HRC. Prices run from 289 dollars to 589 dollars.
Choosing something they will keep
If you are buying for someone who already reads about this properly, the name on the blade matters. The story of the Ulfberht swords is the one most collectors want to hear, and our shortlist of Viking swords for collectors sorts the shapes by what they were actually for. Buy the stand at the same time or the sword will live in a cupboard: they are in sword stands and displays. The full range of Norse blades is in Viking swords.
Ransack Viking is a US company based in North Babylon, New York. These pieces are handmade in the Czech Republic, then imported, inspected and shipped from New York. Engraving is done in the US after arrival: text 19 dollars, symbol 39 dollars, family crest 49 dollars.
Free US shipping
On most pieces. Heavier and oversized ones carry a flat charge.
Hand Forged
Heated, hammered and ground by hand.
Engraving available
Names, dates or Norse runes on most pieces.
