Leather laces were sometimes employed at the top to improve the fit
whilst narrow surcottes were favoured by the aristocracy
the belt is well-suited to a waist circumference of 97 to 116 cm
It is a wonderful and stylish defence weapon
Sallets of this kind were mainly worn in combination with a bevor
thors hammer with triquetra silver Valentijn Leather laces were sometimes employedThe pendant depicts a Thor's hammer with a face and a triquetra. Thor's hammer, Mjlnir, symbolises strength and protection, whilst the triquetra symbolises the present, the past, and the future. Thor was the most venerated god in the Viking Age. His symbol, the Thor's hammer (Mjlnir), was worn by both men and women, and around 1,000 examples have been found in Scandinavia, England, Germany, the Baltic states, and Russia. Most hammers are simple,