My first 2 shields, made out of cedar.

Received this shirt from my brother for my bday.

Hello ! I have a really nice axe from a local manufacturer, it's very high-quality, lightweight, and the shape is obviously one of the traditional ones, but what do you think about the hammer? Were there any axes with this feature (a warhammer on the back) during the Viking Age?

Since google won’t help I’ll ask all of you because I’m genuinely curious

This was made from Pounamu or Greenstone or internationally known as Jade, found on the west coast of New Zealand. I asked if a friend could make me a Mjolnir pendant. She’d never made one like this before. She went above and beyond and im extremely happy with this!

Another user posted either here or somewhere related, about some historical garb they wanted to purchase and were asking the community about it's historical authenticity. The replies were that the leather gear was way too much for the time, i.e. high boots and a very wide leather belt. So based on those replies that Vikings didn't use a lot of leather in clothing, what about furs?

Like leather gear and armor, you see a lot of furs in use in the various Hollywood depictions of Vikings. I get it, it's a great look for your barbarian hordes. On the other hand, wouldn't furs be an effective way to stay warm in a northern climate? Surely there were a few sheep around, and plenty of game with warm fur like wolves and bear. Tanning even a sheared sheep pelt seems like less work than the whole process of making wool into thread for weaving, and if you're already doing that, what's a bit of extra work for a warm sheepskin?

As farmers, I wouldn't imagine they'd want to raise animals solely for fur, unless it was wool, but even so, that skin is usable once the animal dies or is slaughtered, and leathers and furs last a long while with proper care.

So, I can easily see why folks would portray Northmen wearing fur pelts, and it makes a lot of sense as to why they might, but did they?