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Hand Forged axes, Damascus blades, swords, seax, shields and drinking horns. Every piece is heated, hammered and ground by hand in the Czech Republic, then inspected and shipped free from our Chicago, Illinois warehouse, with no import duty and no customs delay on US orders.

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Damascus Viking sword with dark etched layered steel blade and black leather scabbard resting on a weathered tree stump in a wooded clearing

Damascus Viking sword drawn from a black leather scabbard with brass chape and held in two hands outdoors

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Wolfrune Hand Forged Damascus Steel Ulfberht Style Viking Sword | 36 Inch Overall with 30 Inch Blade | Norse Collector Gift | RK-1231

Swords, Damascus Swords, Viking Swords, Norse Arms

Rated 4.67 out of 5

Damascus folding pocket knife lying open across a tan leather sheath on grey weathered decking with autumn leaves

Damascus folding pocket knife held open in an outstretched hand showing the black horn handle and brass bolster

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Hornedge Hand Forged Damascus Folding Pocket Knife with Buffalo Horn Handle and Brass Bolster & Handmade Leather Sheath | Everyday Carry Collector Gift | RK-1065

Damascus Knives, Folding Pocket Knives, New Arrival

Rated 4.00 out of 5

Mjolnir war hammer with a polished steel head cut with Elder Futhark runes and a tan leather wrapped haft, resting on a mossy boulder beside its leather cover

Polished steel war hammer with rune cut head held in a hand by its tan leather haft, wrist loop hanging, woodland behind

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Thunderhide Hand Forged 1095 Steel Mjolnir War Hammer | 10 Inch Overall | Rune Cut Head with Brown Leather Haft and Wrist Loop | Norse Thor Gift | RK-1838

Norse Arms, Thor's Hammers, Engraved & Personalized, Viking Hammers

Rated 5.00 out of 5

Hand forged Damascus kukri blade with brass bolster shown point down on wooden decking, companion knives in the sheath

Damascus steel kukri knife with walnut scales and brass bolster held point down in woodland, knotwork etched spine, leather sheath on mossy ground

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Fellcarve Hand Forged Damascus Kukri Knife with Walnut Scales & Brass Bolster | About 16 Inches Overall | Leather Sheath and Two Companion Knives | Norse Camp Gift | RK-2195

Engraved & Personalized, Kukri Knives, Norse Arms, Viking Knives

Rated 5.00 out of 5

Helm of Awe bearded axe with a pattern welded Damascus head, bright polished eight armed stave, brass collar, pale ash haft and brown leather cover on a sunlit rock

Damascus steel bearded axe with a helm of awe etched cheek, brass collar and pale ash haft held by a hand in sunlit woodland

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Brasshelm Hand Forged Damascus Steel Viking Bearded Axe | 19 Inch Ash Haft | Helm of Awe Etched Head with Brass Collar and Butt Cap | Norse Collector Gift | RK-2158

Norse Arms, Bearded Axes, Engraved & Personalized, Viking Axes

Rated 5.00 out of 5

Pair of hand made Celtic earrings with shield shaped knotwork drops and beaded borders on silver hook wires lying on split birch beside a grey leather pouch

Silver tone Celtic knotwork shield earring with hook wire worn on an ear, side view

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Knotbloom Hand Made Celtic Earrings with Shield Shaped Knotwork Drops & Beaded Borders | Silver Tone Hook Wires | Anniversary Gift | RK-1602

Anglo-Saxon & Celtic, Wedding & Groomsmen Gifts, Accessories

Rated 5.00 out of 5

Hand forged damascus arming sword with an etched rune inscription and quatrefoil cross guard standing upright against a weathered sandstone wall beside its leather scabbard

Damascus arming sword with runes along the blade held in two hands by a man in a green coat, quatrefoil guard and steel pommel in view

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Runegrain Hand Forged Damascus Arming Sword | 37 Inch Overall with 30.5 Inch Blade | Dark Leather Scabbard and Brass Throat | Collector and Display Gift | RK-1408

Swords, Arming Swords, Damascus Swords

Rated 5.00 out of 5

Hand forged Viking throwing knife set with Vegvisir etched blades, three knives lined up on slate showing the drilled handles

Hand forged Viking throwing knives with Vegvisir etching and skeletonised handles, low angled view on slate by a black roll

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Runecast Hand Forged 1095 Steel Viking Throwing Knife Set of Three with Vegvisir Etched Blades & Skeletonised Handles | Backyard Target Gift | RK-1530

Engraved & Personalized, Hunting Knives, Norse Arms

Rated 4.33 out of 5

Overhead view of the seax knife and its engraved wooden cover lying side by side on grey wooden boards

Viking seax knife close up of the engraved rosewood handle with carved knotwork pattern on a weathered plank

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Deepgrove Hand Forged High Carbon Steel Viking Seax Knife with Engraved Rosewood Handle & Wooden Cover | Norse Collector and Gift for Men | RK-609

Viking Knives, Viking Seax

Rated 5.00 out of 5

Hand forged Viking sword in polished high carbon steel with brown leather scabbard and brazil nut pommel, laid across a low drystone wall in daylight

High carbon steel Viking sword with fullered blade and rounded steel pommel held point down beside a brown leather scabbard

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Stonewake Hand Forged High Carbon Steel 11th Century Viking Sword | 37 Inch Overall with 31 Inch Blade | Norse Collector Gift | RK-1232

Swords, Viking Swords, Norse Arms

Rated 4.65 out of 5

Stainless nakiri style cleaver with flat blade and cord wrapped handle lying on a stone step beside a leather sleeve

Stainless kitchen cleaver with a tall rectangular blade, knotwork panel and cream cord wrapped handle held in a leather glove

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Boardkeen Hand Forged Stainless Steel Viking Kitchen Cleaver | Flat Nakiri Style Blade | Cord Wrapped Handle and Engraved Knotwork Panel with Leather Sleeve | Cook Gift | RK-1801

Engraved & Personalized, Viking Knives, Chef Knives

Rated 5.00 out of 5

Damascus steel hawkbill knife with ram horn handle and brass bolster laid beside its brown leather sheath on dark planks

Damascus steel hawkbill knife with curled ram horn handle resting across an open palm above green fields and a stone wall

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Ramclaw Hand Forged Damascus Hawkbill Knife with Ram Horn Handle & Leather Sheath | Tactical Gift | RK-1026

Damascus Knives, Damascus Skinner Knives

Hand forged viking helmet in the Sutton Hoo pattern, 18 gauge steel face mask with brass eyebrows, nose and moustache and embossed panels, on weathered grey decking

Steel Sutton Hoo helmet with brass eyebrows and embossed panels worn by a bearded man in a dark embroidered tunic beside a fire

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Wyrmgaze Hand Forged Mild Steel Sutton Hoo Viking Helmet | 18 Gauge Full Face Mask | Brass Crest Eyebrows and Embossed Panels | Norse Reenactment Gift | RK-1493

Engraved & Personalized, Viking Armor, Viking Helmet

Ancient Persian sword pattern hand forged as a shamshir with a deeply curved polished blade and carved vine scroll grip on a stone ledge before an arched doorway

Deeply curved steel shamshir with brass cross quillons raised in a gloved hand against a misty autumn valley at dusk

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Vinecrest Hand Forged High Carbon Steel Shamshir | 39 Inch Overall with 33 Inch Blade | Collector Display Gift | RK-1397

Swords, Scimitars

Rated 5.00 out of 5

Blackened smallsword trainer with a rolled safety button, pierced oval shell guard, dark wire bound grip and olive pommel on grey

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Hrafnstede Hand Forged 51CrV4 Blackened Smallsword Trainer with Pierced Double Shell & Olive Pommel | About 39 Inches Overall | Dark Wire Grip and Care Card | Fencing Gift | RK-3010

Swords, Rapiers, HEMA Swords, Smallswords & Spadroons, Engraved & Personalized

Hand made steel scale armor shirt with brass riveted scales and russet leather binding displayed on a wooden armour stand against a grey stone courtyard

Steel scale armour shirt with russet leather edging worn by a bearded man with a brown leather belt, standing in a stone courtyard

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Wyrmscale Hand Made Steel Scale Armour Shirt | 18 Gauge Mild Steel Scales | Russet Leather Binding and Brass Rivets | Norse Reenactment Gift | RK-1531

Viking Armor, Scale & Lamellar Armor, Engraved & Personalized

Rated 4.67 out of 5

Hand forged Roman pugio dagger with raised midrib blade standing upright on gravel with fallen leaves and its sheath behind

Roman pugio dagger with double edged midrib blade, engraved bronze guard and dark grip held beside its leather sheath

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Wasptooth Hand Forged 1095 Carbon Steel Roman Pugio Dagger with Raised Midrib Blade | 15 Inch Overall | Engraved Bronze Guard and Leather Sheath | Legionary Collector Gift | RK-1698

Engraved & Personalized, Norse Arms, Dagger Knives

Rated 5.00 out of 5

Hand forged halberd with a polished steel spike, crescent blade and rear fluke on an ash haft with brass langets lying on grey flagstones by a leather cover

Halberd with steel spike and crescent blade on a pale ash haft with leather wrapped grip held out at arm length

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Wardenpike Hand Forged High Carbon Steel Halberd | 60 Inch Overall with a 16 Inch Head | Reenactment Display Gift | RK-1363

Norse Arms, Halberds

Rated 5.00 out of 5

Polished high carbon steel celtic bearded axe with knotwork etched along the beard and a dark hardwood haft, laid on a split log in a wooded clearing at dusk

Bearded axe with Celtic knotwork etched along the edge, dark wood haft and wrapped grip held in a gloved hand

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Braidhewn Hand Forged 1095 Steel Bearded Axe | 20 Inch Haft | Celtic Knotwork Etched Head and Leather Edge Cover | Norse Woodcraft Gift | RK-1832

Norse Arms, Bearded Axes, Engraved & Personalized, Viking Axes

Rated 4.60 out of 5

Silver tone Viking rune ring with an Elder Futhark band cut into a brushed centre panel and polished bevelled edges standing on wet moss beside a grey suede pouch

Silver tone rune ring with elder futhark band worn on a man's finger, hands clasped over a mossy rock with a suede pouch

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Everrune Hand Made Viking Rune Ring with Elder Futhark Band & Bevelled Polished Edges | 6mm Wide | Norse Wedding Gift | RK-1603

Damascus Steel Jewelry, Viking Rings & Bracelets, Engraved & Personalized, Wedding & Groomsmen Gifts, Accessories

Hand forged arming sword with a flame bladed edge, scrolled crossguard and Valknut stamped leather rain guard lying on a tree stump beside its brown leather scabbard

Gloved hand gripping a wavy edged arming sword with scrolled guard and Valknut leather rain guard in a sunny forest

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Scrollward Hand Forged 1095 Steel Flame Bladed Arming Sword with Scrolled Crossguard | 36 Inch Overall | Valknut Rain Guard and Leather Scabbard | Norse Collector Gift | RK-1764

Swords, Arming Swords, Flamberge Swords, Viking Swords, Engraved & Personalized

Rated 5.00 out of 5

Sawback machete with an angled chisel tip and etched knotwork panel resting on a weathered stone step beside a stitched brown leather sheath in low sunlight

Sawback machete with polished blade, knotwork etched panel and leather wrapped grip held above a sea cliff

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Sawmarch Hand Forged 1095 Steel Sawback Machete | 26 Inch Overall | Etched Knotwork Panel and Leather Wrapped Grip with Brown Leather Sheath | Bushcraft Camp Gift | RK-1938

Short Swords, Engraved & Personalized, Bowie Knives

Rated 5.00 out of 5

Overhead view of an open Damascus folding knife with wood handle and brass bolster beside a brown leather sheath

Damascus folding pocket knife with wood handle and brass bolster open on a wooden table, side view with leather pouch

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Brasswood Hand Forged Damascus Folding Pocket Knife with Wood Handle and Brass Bolster & Cowhide Leather Sheath | Everyday Carry Gift for Him | RK-380

Damascus Knives, Folding Pocket Knives

Rated 4.80 out of 5

Hand forged Damascus kukri with a flowing pattern welded blade, etched knotwork panel, brass bolster and rosewood handle, on a weathered tree stump beside a leather sheath.

Damascus steel kukri knife with etched knotwork panel, brass bolster and dark wood handle held up in one hand outdoors

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Foldcurve Hand Forged 1095 and 15N20 Damascus Kukri Knife with Rosewood Handle & Brass Fittings | Camp Chopper Gift | RK-1564

Damascus Knives, Engraved & Personalized, Kukri Knives, Hunting Knives

Rated 5.00 out of 5

What is in here, and how it is sorted

The catalogue runs from a three inch pocket knife to a sword that needs two hands and a wall bracket, so one alphabetical list was never going to help anybody. It is sorted into six groups. Blades is what you hold in one hand and cut with. Swords is anything longer than a forearm. Norse Arms is steel on a haft, so axes, spears, hammers and polearms. Viking Armor is what stops all of that, shields included. Damascus Steel Jewelry is the same pattern worn rather than swung. Gifts and Gear is everything practical that is left, and it is a larger group than the name suggests.

Pick the group first, then narrow inside it. The tiles at the top are the doors most people use, and the full list of collections sits at the foot of the page. What follows is what each group holds, and what is worth settling before you spend money.

Blades

Most people arrive wanting a knife and leave with a very specific one, because these shapes are not interchangeable. The Damascus knives are the ones that get photographed: 1095 and 15N20 forge welded and etched so the grain reads, no two the same. For the same steel behaviour without paying for the pattern, the plain high carbon pieces sit in hunting knives, where a drop point of four or five inches does field work without complaint. The Viking knives and the seax under them are the long single edged shapes the Norse carried, bought as often for the history as for the cutting. Kitchen blades, folders and the curved shapes each have their own collection further down.

Swords

The Viking swords are broad, double edged and built to be used alongside a shield, which is why they are shorter than most people expect. The Damascus swords take that same geometry and carry the pattern the length of the blade. Everything later than the Norse, meaning arming swords, longswords, messers, rapiers, katana and the film blades, sits in the wider sword collection. Settle the length first. Overall length is the number that matters, not blade length, because that is what has to fit the wall and the box. Anything over 44 inches ships oversized.

Norse Arms

Viking axes is the busiest door on the site and probably the reason you are here. Inside Norse Arms the axes split by head shape. A bearded axe has the long lower beak that lets you choke up behind the edge for fine work. Battle axes are heavier through the eye, and Dane axes are the two handed version that wants floor space. Spears, maces, polearms and the Thor hammers sit in the same group, because they are all steel on wood and all ship in a long box. Between an axe for a wall and an axe for a woodpile, head weight and haft length decide it, not the pattern on the steel.

Viking Armor

Viking Armor holds the mail, the plate, the lamellar, the gambesons and every helmet on the site, plus the shields. The round shields are the Norse answer and the ones that hang best above a fireplace; kite shields and bucklers cover the centuries after. Fit matters more here than anywhere else, because a helmet that is nearly right is a helmet you wear once. Measurements and steel gauge are on every listing, and a tape measure round the head above the ears takes ten seconds.

Damascus Steel Jewelry

Same billets, much smaller pieces. The Mjolnir pendants are what most people come for; the rings and bracelets are what they still wear a year later. The etch is real, so the pattern runs through the metal rather than sitting on top of it, and it goes flat and grey if you wear it in a shower. A wipe and a smear of oil keeps it dark. Arm rings, torcs, beard beads and the plain Norse pendants sit in the same group.

Gifts and Gear

The practical end of the catalogue. Engraved and personalized pieces make up the largest group in the shop, because most things bought as gifts here end up with a name or a date on them. Wedding and groomsmen gifts is the same idea with a fixed date attached, so order earlier than feels necessary. Drinking horns, tankards, rune sets and hnefatafl boards sit alongside the stands, scabbards and spare hafts in accessories, which is the drawer everything else goes in.

How to choose: steel, size and handle

There are two steels in this catalogue and no others. Plain 1095 is about one percent carbon in iron with nothing else added that changes how it behaves, run at 54 to 58 HRC. It takes a very fine edge, comes back on a stone in minutes, and rusts if you leave it wet. That is the whole trade. Damascus is 1095 and 15N20 forge welded and acid etched, run harder at 58 to 60 HRC. The two alloys etch at different rates, which is where the pattern comes from, so it runs through rather than sitting on the surface. It holds an edge a little longer and wants the same oiling. The steel and hardness page sets out the reasoning at length, and the comparison guide puts the two side by side if you want the short version.

Size next. Three to five inches of blade is a knife you carry and use daily. Seven to eight inches is camp and field size, and it wants a belt rather than a pocket. Past that you are into sword territory, where the number that counts is overall length.

Handles last, and this is where most of the regret happens. Stag horn, buffalo horn and bone look best in photographs and forgive a wet hand least. Rosewood, walnut, olive and ash are the sensible choices and take an oil finish well. Micarta and pakka wood ignore weather entirely, so pick one of those if the piece lives outdoors. Every listing names its handle, so read it before the photograph decides for you.

Engraving

Almost everything here can be cut with a name, a date or a mark, in the United States, after the piece has landed and passed inspection. That is why it adds days rather than weeks. Text is 19 dollars. A symbol is 39 dollars, and the set covers the runes of the Elder Futhark along with the valknut, the vegvisir, Yggdrasil and the helm of awe. A family crest, redrawn from whatever image you send us, is 49 dollars. The engraving page shows what fits on which piece and how much room a blade, an axe cheek or a pendant gives you. One warning worth reading twice: once an engraving is cut the piece cannot be sold to anyone else, so the window to change the text or cancel is 12 hours from purchase.

Where these come from, and how they reach you

Ransack Viking is a United States company based in Chicago, Illinois. The pieces are handmade in the Czech Republic, by workshops that still work at the anvil and the grinder rather than on a line. We import them, inspect them in Chicago, and ship from the warehouse there. Engraving is cut in the United States after arrival. We do not run a forge and have never claimed one, and the country of origin page sets out which stage happens where, because a lot of shops in this trade stay vague about it.

Because the stock is already in the country, a United States order clears no customs and pays no import duty. Processing runs one to two weeks while the piece is inspected and oiled, then three to seven days in transit, tracked. Shipping inside the United States is free on most pieces and 49 dollars on the heavy ones, meaning the longer swords and the hammers. Oversized items, meaning polearms, spears, shields, armor and swords over 44 inches, are 69 dollars at home and 90 abroad. The order and shipping page carries the full table and the timeline. Outside the United States the rate is a flat 69 dollars per order however many pieces are in it, with duty and VAT paid by us, and the worldwide shipping page explains what duty paid means at your door.

Questions people ask before they buy

Should I buy plain 1095 or Damascus?

Both are the same family of steel and both need oiling. Plain 1095 runs at 54 to 58 HRC, takes a very keen edge and comes back on a stone in minutes. Damascus is 1095 and 15N20 forge welded and etched, run at 58 to 60 HRC, so it holds an edge a little longer. If the piece is going on a wall, buy the pattern. If it is going in a pack, buy the plain.

Will these blades rust?

Yes, if you let them. There is no chromium in either steel, so a blade left wet shows grey or orange spots by morning. That is the composition, not a fault. Wipe it dry, oil it lightly, and it darkens into a patina instead.

How long does an order take?

Processing runs one to two weeks, then three to seven days in transit inside the United States, tracked. Engraving adds a few days, because it is cut after the piece has passed inspection.

Do I pay import duty?

No. Stock is already in the United States, so a domestic order clears no customs. On international orders we pay the duty and the VAT ourselves, so nothing is owed at the door.

What can be engraved, and what does it cost?

Text is 19 dollars. A symbol, meaning a rune, a valknut, a vegvisir or the helm of awe, is 39 dollars. A family crest redrawn from an image you send is 49 dollars. The engraving page lists what fits where.

Which handle should I pick if the piece goes outdoors?

Micarta or pakka wood. Neither cares about damp. Rosewood, walnut, olive and ash are the sensible timber options. Stag horn, buffalo horn and bone photograph best and forgive a wet hand least. Every listing names its handle.

Can I send something back?

You have 7 days from delivery to return a piece you changed your mind about, and a lifetime warranty against a defect in the forging, the grind, the heat treat or the fittings. Engraving is the exception: once cut, the piece cannot go to anyone else, so the window to change it is 12 hours from purchase.

If that did not settle it, the guides cover steel, fit, care and knife law at length, and the returns and lifetime warranty page says what happens if the piece turns out to be the wrong one.

Every collection

How a piece is made

Forged

Makers in the Czech Republic work two steels and no others. Plain 1095 high carbon at 54 to 58 HRC, or Damascus of 1095 and 15N20 at 58 to 60 HRC.

Hammered

Drawn out and shaped by hand in their forge. The Damascus is forge welded and acid etched, which is where the pattern comes from.

Fitted

Rosewood, ash, walnut, stag horn or wrapped leather grips set and finished before the piece leaves the bench.

Shipped

We import every piece, inspect it in Chicago, Illinois, engrave it in the US if you asked for that, and ship it free. No import duty, no customs delay on US orders.

Put a name on it

Most pieces can be engraved with a name, a date or a line of Norse runes. It is the difference between a gift and a keepsake.

See engraving options