Ragnar's Bookmarks:

Index;

• General
• General Medieval
• Nordic Medieval
• Viking
• Runes
• Asatru
• SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism)
• Living History and Reenactment Groups
• Early American Resources
• Buckskining
• Knives
• Blacksmithing
• Early tools and Woodworking
• Sources, where to get stuff (New!)
• HTML references
• Misc. and not filed yet
• General:
• Project Gutenberg, thousands of books, which can be downloaded for free.
• The Human-Languages Pages
• The Internet Classics Archive
• General Medieval Resources:
• Labyrinth Home Page
• The Strong Collection, an online collection of artifacts
• Ravensgard Medieval Cultures Extensive and excellent!
• The Online Medieval and Classic Library
• Old English Pages
• Medieval Academy of America Home Page
• A hundred highlights from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek
• Archaeology Magazine
• The English Heritage Archaeology Division Homepage
• The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies (ORB)
• The Camelot Project, primary texts, etc. from the University of Rochester
• The Internet Medieval Sourcebook, from Fordham University
• Mediæval Sword Virtual Museum
• Megalithica, a wonderful site on early stone carvings, including Sheela-Na-Gigs
• Mediæval Sword Resource Site
• Medieval and Renaissance Eating Utensils and "Feast Gear"
• Nordic Medieval Resources:
• Ravensgard Norse Homepage Excellent!
• Library of Scandinavian Texts (Project Runeberg)
• Mythology (the s.c.nordic FAQ)
• The Norse Mythology Web Page
• Germanis Myths, Legends, and Sagas
• Swedish Museum of National Antiquities
• Birka Vkingastaden The museum at Birka, a good site.
• The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway, by Snorri Sturlson
• The Saga Page, excellent commentary
• Download Kormaks, Grettis, or Njals Saga, as well as many other early texts in zip format by ftp.
• The Saga of Grettir the Strong
• Heimskringla (The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway)
• The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald
• King's Table: Game of the Noble Scandinavians
• The Kensington Runestone Museum, for believers
• Kensington Runestone Home Page, A good, balanced discussion of this famous artifact. Webbug!
• The Kensington Runestone a new page on the topic, webbug
• Norse-related stuff from the Rialto files
• Homepage of Thorsteinn Vilhjalmsson, time and distance measurement in Viking times, from Iceland
• Fornnordiskt språk, reading rune stones, a primer on old Norse and the runes.
• Ingrid and Urban's Viking age rune stone Worldwide Web documents, an in depth sturdy of selected Uppland stones, and several futherks.
• An entry level course in reading Swedish Runestones by Peter Pettersson. Excellent and in English!
• Norse Naming practices
• Scandinavian Daymarks, Telling Time without a Clock
• The Complete Sagas of the Icelanders, edited by Viðar Hreinsson. This is the complete and definative body of Viking Literature in new translations. It's not inexpensive, but if you like real books rather than downloaded zip files you should at least consider it.
• The Northern Lights Route, the extreeme North.
• General Viking Stuff:
• ODIN, a short introduction to Vikings from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, written by Arne Emil Christensen, who also designed the "Viking Knife" once sold from this web site and the national Scandiavian museums. The original site seems to be down, so here's a cached version. Use your back button to return.
• The Viking Network, an introduction from Norway.
• The Viking Answer Lady, just as it says, answers for today's vikings.
• Hurstwic, the home of a Viking reenactment and reasearch group. 'Excellent in every way. While the group is gone, you shouldn't miss the web page.
• The Viking Age, an introduction from Sweden
• Rosala Viking Centre, from Finland. This is an excellent site on the Eastern Vikings. The Center has a reconstructed village and museum, with online discussion of viking life and culture.
• Viking Heritage page, from Sweden
• The Viking Home Page, another from Sweden
• Vikingskip.com, Viking Ships and Norse wooden boats, excellet!
• Viking Age Club, excellent articles
• The World of the Vikings, from the UK
• Vikings.. a lively, informal page again from the UK
• Jorvik Viking Center
• The Expeditions of the Svear (700CE-1000CE)
• The Germanic Heritage Page, an excellent page!
• Tacitus on Vikings
• The Norwegian king Harald Hardrade's Saga
• Krampmacken, Gotland - Miklagard, the home page of a Viking ship.
• Traditional Boat Building in Sweden.
• Viking Resources for the Re-enactor
• Viking Age Club
• Viking Related Texts
• Borg Viking Museum an exellent site, home of the largest chieftain's longhouse known.
• Viking Ship Construction
• Agnete, replica of the Gedesby Ship, Denmark
• The Hjortspring Boat
• Sigred Storrada, with an interesting theory on early sails
• The Gothenburg Viking Ship Scoiety, has several ships
• The Viking Navy
• Longship Company, Ltd. operates two Viking ships in Maryland
• The Viking Ship Krampmacken, another from Gotland
• The Viking Legacy of Europe, from Norway
• The Rise and Fall of the Hirth, an analysis of the medieval Nordic Warrior class.
• The Ostvik Vikings, a living history group on the East Coast
• Fröjel Gotlandica Viking Re-Enactment Society
• Fröjel Discovery Program, Extentive reports of the excavation of a Gotland trading center, with many photos of artifacts and excellent reports. Don't miss this one!
• THE NORWEGIAN VIKING SWORDS, by JAN PETERSEN (1919, translated by Kristin Noer (1998)
• Viking Glassware and beads
• Viking Ornamentation Styles, from a lecture by Rhett Kincaid Butler, concise and to the point.
• Gear Guide for ASK and Fighters at Moesgård, a one stop guide on how to look more less like a Viking warrior
• My Vikings.org, a selection of all things Viking
• Runes:
• The Runesmith A truly excellent, very readable page. Extensive bibliography and links, on line sales.
• Sunny's Rune Page, another excellent site with great links for further exploration.
• A Rune Primer, from Skvala Press. Concise, clear and accurate!
• Arild Hauge Homepage The best page I've seen for the history and development of the runes, and the different runerows. Excellent!
• RUNES, The Meanings Excellent!
• "Nytt om runer" News about runes, current scholarship
• Information about subscription to Nytt om runer
• THE NORWEGIAN RUNIC POEM, English Translation
• Runic Font Pack Runic fonts and concise discussion of the different rune rows.
• RuneType - The Project: data base of early inscriptions
• RUNER, downloadable fonts from the Runetype project
• Yamada Downloadable runic fonts, as well as special fonts for almost any other language.
• The LINGUIST List: Fonts etc.
• Rune-Net, Rune-Study Networking Guild, an "International network for students of the Runes"
• The Rune Guild, "The Rune-Gild is a school of esoteric knowledge based on the Odian system of the Runes." Modern work with runes after Edred Thorsson's work, online book sales.
• THE N.O.R.S.E PAGES, N on O dinist R une S eekers E verywhere. A cutsie name, but with some good interpetations, articles and links.
• The Rune Poems were used to memorize the runes and their meanings, in the original languages with translations
• Blekinge's Most Anchient Runic Inscruptons, an alternate theory of the origin of the runes by Kjell Aartun
• The Ring of Runes, a mostly New Age web ring, but with some neat stuff in with the funk.
• Runes, from Ða Engliscan Gesiþas, with an excellent (and brief!) article on the origins of the runes
• Svenska Runstenar och Runinskrifter, a collection of Swedish runestones and other runic inscriptions. (Swedish only)
• Nordic Magic Healing, from France with but in English
• Runverket, more Swedish runestones,
• The Rune School, an online course in runic lore. You can access the lessions free, or have your work evaluated for a modest fee.
• Kalle Runristare, (Kalle the Rune Carver) A modern, full-time rune stone carver from Sweden! Don't miss this one.
• Oswald the Runemaker, Anglo Saxon Runes and their development. A slick site with items for sale.
• Asatru, the revived religion of the Norse:
• A recent Google search found 77,900 pages with "asatru" content, this is a less impressive sampler.
• The Ring of Troth: An Association of kindreds (groups) with a similar outlook. Excellent!
• Medoburg Kindred, a kindred associated with the Ring of Troth
• The Assembly of the Elder Troth Inc. Australia and New Zealand
• Asatru Archives at lysator, Sweden
• Asatru Folk Assembly
• Hrafnar Diana Paxson, if you don't know who she is, you should find out.
• Lokis Hem, Loki's Home, in Swedish
• The Irminsul Page Excellent
• Includes an extensive world wide list of groups.
• Foreningen Form Sed, from Norway, English Version.
• The Order of Lidskjalf, from Sweden, in English
• The Swedish Asatru Society, English version
• Norröna Samfundet, another Swedish Asatru group, in Swedish only
• Thor's Homepage, by a young Swedish farmer
• Tor och Attunda gall, from Sweden, in Norden only
• Stilkam's Pages, in German only.
• Nornirs Aett, also mostly in German, most of the internal pages are reached by clicking on parts of the opening picture.
• Aswolf's Home Page - Asatru in the Low Lands, English version
• Asatruarfelagidh: Icelandic Asatru Page
• Bifrost, a Norwegian Asatru fellowship
• Forn Siðr, an asatru branch officially recognised as a religion by the Danish government, partly translated into English.
• Jordsvin's Norse Heathen Pages, formerly the Hammerstead Kindred Web Page.
• Raven Kindred South, (Maryland)
• Raven Kindred of the Asatru Alliance
• Nenne's ASATRU Homepage, Sweden
• Her Stend Ek: an affirmation, this is included elsewhere, but deserves a link of it's own.
• Ravenswood Kindred, Indianana
• Lew Stead's Raven Asatru Page
• Kindred List of the Asatru Alliance
• Thor's homepage, from Sweden
• Gunter Hrafngrim's Homepage Asatru, Vikings and Blacksmithing!
• Thorshof Germanic religions in the UK
• Asatru Tree of Life, From Australia
• AErnfolk Rafblad/ Eagles Reaches Web Page: different
• Auntie Audhumla's Guide to Norse Feasting
• #Asatru Homepage on dalnet (an irc chat group), great links
• "The Religion of the North" by Diana Paxon
• The Update Magazine (Heathen news)
• American Vinland Society
• The Squirrel Asatru Page, some really excellent links, including the best list of on-line period literature I've seen.
• Karl Donaldsson's Hearth, An excellent, individualistic perspective
• Swain Wodening's Web Page Angelseaxisce Ealdriht (Anglo-Saxon version)
• New York Metro Asatru Society
• Valknut, lots of links, on line chat
• Thor's homepage, includes some good images of original Thor's Hammers
• RagnarökR, dedicated to Loki, but excellent never the less.
• The Song Of The Sybil
• Woden's Harrow, just as it says
• Ingemarsson's Asatru page, is mostly in Swedish, but has some excellent runic and language resources.
• Gods & Goddesses of the Norse, an excellent who's who.
• Asatru-U, online courses in Germanic Heathenry
• Northvegr Felag, over 5500 pages, including entire downloadable books
• Raven Kindred North, a nicely designed kindred site, including a newsgroup style forum, and some interesting links.
• Huginn and Muninn, "The Heathen Search Engine"
• The Directory.net Asatru pages, if these aren't enough, here's a few hundred more.
• SCA, The Society for Creative Anacronism:
• Society for Creative Anacronism The National Homepage
• Pennsic War Page
• Upcoming Events in the Hael SCA in Western New York
• Cariadoc's Miscellany
• The Rolls Ethereal: An index of on-line SCA folks.
• Buðgarðr An SCA page with documentation resources
• Historical Costumes and Clothing
• Anglo-Saxon Clothing
• The Known World Architectural Guild Newsletters have plans for furniture, tents, etc.
• Living history and reenactment groups:
• The Brigade of the American Revolution The grandfather of Colonial reenacting groups
• De Liebaart The high middle ages in the Low Countries, recomended
• Le Poulet Gauche, 16th C. France
• "Recreational Medievalism (applied)", by Cariadoc and Elizabeth
• The Historical Armed Combat Association fights with period weapons.
• Regia Anglorum, Anglo-Saxon, Viking, Norman and British Living History
• Elvegrimarne Viking Age Association studies and reenacts the Viking period in Sweden.
• The Frosthim Medieval Society, from Norway
• NADARA, (North American Dark Age Reenactment Association) "dedicated to presenting Viking Age history as accurately as possible."
• Dagorhir, "more violent and less organized than the SCA".
• Anglo-Saxon living history from Angelcyn
• Dahrg De Belne, 10th Cen. Saxons and Vikings.
• The Vikings! (N.F.P.S.) A reenactment group based in England.
• Medieval and Earlier Reenactment and Living History Groups
• A list of groups "Up to 1066", mostly in Britan
• The Hessian Web
• Milice De Chambly portrays 1700's French Colonial life
• The NorthWest Territory Alliance
• soc.history.living The newsgroup
• NARES "the National Association of Re-enactment Societies from the UK, and their world wide list of reenactment groups by era:
• +Roman up to 1066
• +Early Medieval, Medieval and Renaissance
• +Seventeenth Century
• +Eighteenth Century
• +Nineteenth Century A: American Civil War
• +Nineteenth Century B: Others
• Early American
• Eighteenth-Century Resources
• American History Resources, excellent primary souces, from Holland!
• American Memory, from the Library of Congress, photocopies of American documents, letters etc. Excellent!
• The George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress
• Candidus, The Maryland Loyalist, an excellent site!
• The British Brigade, Loyalist in New York, includes several manuals of arms.
• The Early America Review
• SOC.HISTORY.WAR.US-REVOLUTION the news group.
• RevWeb
• Archiving Early America
• National Museum of Anerican History, Smithsonian Instution
• The Town Crier
• Old Sturbridge Village
• Old Fort Niagara
• COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG
• FORT LIGONIER
• The Fortress of Louisbourg
• Fort Necessity
• Fort Stanwix
• American Longrifles
• American Longrifle Association
• Hudson's Bay Company digital collection
• TRADE AXE & TOMAHAWK COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION, has many images of original axes and 'hawks, as well as what to watch out for in "artifakes".
• Trade goods of New France, excellent photos of original pieces with a focus on touchmarks. Good information on early folders as well as trade knives and axes.
• Buckskinner (Rendezvous) pages:
• National Muzzle Loader Rifle Association (NMLRA)
• Muzzle Blasts Online Magazine, the publication of the NMLRA
• Muzzleloader Magazine, excellent!
• White Oak Home Page
• The Coon 'n Crockett Pages
• www.dixiegun.com, one of the oldest sources for supplies.
• Tentsmiths, Very high quality tents from almost any era
• Mountain Men and the Fur Trade
• Two Horse Trading Co, Buckskins, teepee poles, dreamcatchers etc. by Mad Dog and Carla. Such a deal.
• Dutch Muzzleloaders
• The Knapper's Corner, Flintknapping supplies and information
• Blackpowder Shooter's Page
• NativeTech, Native American Technology, focuses on Eastern Woodland. Excellent!
• The fire bow, from MuzzleBlasts Magazine, an alternative to flint and steel.
• Knives:
• BladeForums.com, a comprehensive site with great links!
• Knifeforums.com, similar, another great place to discuss knives.
• rec.knives the newsgroup
• American Bladesmith Society, Bladesmiths
• VIA CLAUDIA, Mitteleuropas größte Auswahl an klassischen nordischen Messern!, (Central Europe´s largest variety of classical nordic knives), in German.
• Sami art and handicraft.
• THE JOY OF SHARPENING
• Care & maintainance of Japanese Swords
• Knife links a list from Norway
• Knife Related Pages from the Art Knife Collector's Association
• Timberline Knives excellent modern pocketknives.
• Bill Moran
• Wally Hayes Knife Homepage
• Johnny Stout Handmade Custom Knives
• Knife Art.Com sells custom knives
• Walt Moreau, sales of antique arms
• A.G. Russell Knives Directory of Internet Services
• THE JOY OF SHARPENING
• Al Bower's Japanese Sword Arts
• Alan Quinn's Meiboku (Japinese Sword translations)
• HOMEMADE KNIFE-e, from Japan
• Canadian knife makers and collectors
• Medieval Sword Resource Site Excellent!
• OH Kniven, from Sweden
• Vinnarna i knivtavlingen, the winners in a custom knofe competition in Sweden!
• Svensk Knivforening, the Swedish association of knifemakers.
• Smaland Knivmakare, and association from Smalands, Sweden
• Roland Stromberg
• Norrlandsk Knivforening, an association of knifemakers from Northern Sweden
• Upplands Knivklubb, from Sweden
• Jan Lindfor's Homepage, Swedish knifemaker
• Damasteel AB
• Anders Fallas - Knifemaker
• Oregon Knife Collectors Axxociation "Knewsletter", some good articles on the Dirk and Sgian Dubh.
• Thorndal Knive, a Danish knifemaker
• Steve's Knife Sharpening Site, excellent instructions for non-Scandinavian knives.
• The European Knife Directory , A work in progress by an English enthusiast, with a nation-by-nation discussion of the history, traditional styles, major companies etc., in each country. There's some excellent information here! If your browser doesn't do Java, use this link instead.
• The Shade Tree Knife Mechanic, by Dick Baugh. How to make a good knife with simple tools. Excellent!
• El Cuchillo Canario, The Canary Island knife, a distinctive and interesting style still being forged in the old style.
• Ethnographic Edged Weapons Resource Site, "traditional handmade edged weapons of many diverse cultures worldwide", has mostly swords, but includes some smaller traditional blades as well.
• Steels used by knifemakers, by Bob Engnth, a primer on the basic steels.
• Blacksmithing
• The Safety Page, start here!
• iForge, The nearly definitive site, great links page.
• Ulfie's Forge, If you are interested in blacksmithing, and interested in Vikings, you have to see this one!
• Anvil, the online version of the magazine.
• Moesgaard Blacksmiths Guild, from Denmark
• BLACKSMITHING in the VIKING AGE
• "Clearing the Confusion Over Wrought Iron"
• The Rockbridge Bloomery, experiments in iron and steel production, the old way.
• hardening and heat-treatment of steel
• What are Martensites?
• English translations from a German 'smithing journal
• Blacksmith's Gazette
• Metal Web News
• The blacksmith shop at Sherbrooke Village
• The Rialto Archive
• The Art Metal Project
• Basic Forging by John Fusco
• The Neo-Tribal Forum Archives, Primitive metalsmithing
• WINIKOFF'S KEEN-JUNK PAGE, Virtual Junkyard For Blacksmiths
• Appalachian Blacksmiths Association, a nice page with some good current sources for smithing coal.
• , almost everything you ever needed to know about building and running a gas forge. Excellent!
• How to pick an anvil, by Darrell Markewitz of the Wareham Forge
• History and Development of the Anvil
• The Old Village Blacksmith Shop, and finally, a nostalgic look at the old time blacksmith.
• Making nails, by Dave Smucker
• Old World Anvils, A great selection of new anvils in double and single horn styles.
• Traditional Tools and Woodworking:
• Western New York Antique Tool Collectors Association
• The Electronic Neanderthal
• Early American Industries Association
• Museum of Woodworking Tools, don't miss this one!
• 18th century tools
• Woodwright WebSite
• Gary's thread on electrolytic derusting
• Woodsmith
• The New Apprentice Neanderthal, good stuff!
• The Old Tools FAQ list
• Links to Other Woodworking Sites
• Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum, Japanese Carpentry tools
• How to carve a noggin or Kuksa
• How to hang (rehandle) an axe
• How to sharpen an axe
• Sources, where to get stuff:
• The Smoke & Fire Company, 18th Century necessities. They have a free catalog with good prices and quality.
• Jas. Townsend & Son, Inc. A complete online catalog for the reenactor.
• Panther Primatives, reasonably priced period tentage of good quality, well as other products.
• Tentsmiths, Very high quality tents from almost any era, solidly reasearched.
• M. Steffan's Sons, Inc. is the oldest leather goods store in the nation under the same name and family. Now operated by the fifth generation, it's a great source for leather and leather working supplies. This is where I get the leather I sell for knife sheaths. If you are going to make more than a few sheaths, you would be better off getting large peices from Linda. Then you can fit the patterns to the leather and reduce waste.
• Will Shaw & Son, Tim Shaw (the "Son") makes some awesome period leather canteens and other artifacts.
• Livonia Smithery, Hand crafted lanterns, cookware and other sheet metal work in authentic 18th Century style.
• Arcadian Forge, hand crafted knives in the Nordic tradition. If you can't find what you want in my catalog, Tony Martin will make it for you.
• Eric O. Bergland, another knife maker in the Nordic tradition, classic designs.
• Jim Chambers Flintlocks, Ltd., kits and bits for authentic flintlocks. The best!
• Wetterlings AB, traditional Swedish axes. Over 100 years of continous production.
• Gransfors Bruks AB, traditional Swedish axes
• Brisa, Scandinavian knife blades and materials from Finland, a competitor. I have better prices for the most part, but Dennis has a better selection of hardware and high end blades.
• Moscow Hide and Fur, a great source for bones, antler, hides, etc.
• The Sutler of Mount Misery, G. Gedney Godwin, the original 18th century sutler.
• Norse Trade Goods from Wareham Forge
• Swords, by Steven R. Marsh, while he does not sell swords directly, this is probably the definitive information source for buying a sword.
• Touch the Earth, Old beads, Carpets, wood carvings, and all types of ethnic goods
• Shrewwood, individually crafted Norse drinking horns and jewelry, including one-of-a-kind amber items. Yes, they're sort of competetors, but they are great folks, and the work is fantastic!
• The Complete Sagas of the Icelanders, edited by Viðar Hreinsson. This is the complete and definative body of Viking Literature in new translations. It's not inexpensive, but if you like real books rather than downloaded zip files you should at least consider it.
• On/Scene Tactical, Custom sheathing systems in kydex by Erik Noeldechen. For those who find stock sheaths a bit whimpy, Erik will make a kydex version.
• HTML:
• NCSA--A Beginner's Guide to HTML Home Page
• Accessable Site Design Guide, "Viewable with any Browser"
• Browser Safe Color, codes for colors
• Hexadecimal Color Codes , another take with links to safe (nondithering) and soft palates
• Weblint Gateways, validators for web pages
• http://www.cc.ukans.edu/about_lynx/about_lynx.html
• The WDVL: Better to Have Validated and Failed
• WebTechs Validation Service
• The Web Developer's Virtual Library
• GIF Wizard from Raspberry Hill Publishing Inc.
• Graphics from www.gandolf.com -excellent Celtic patterns!
• Back to home page
• Misc. & sites not filed yet
• THE HISTORY OF EATING UTENSILS, interesting representations of period objects, with some questionalble interpetations.
• The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. A really neat site that archives old versions of web pages.
• Period Sidesaddles and a modern reconstruction, just a neat page.
• WebWasher, a browser add-on that eliminates banner ads and blocks web bugs and Java that send information to third party data collectors. Free for personal use.
• A Nation of Cowards, the nearly definitive statement on gun control.
• USE-WEAR ANALYSIS OF DRILL BITS, early stone working with bow drills
• Cainteanna na Luise
• Paradoxes of Defence (1599)
• Red Hat Software
• Sammarei: Table of Contents
• pantheon.org mythology and gods
• Index page: Jeff Cooper's Commentaries
• Rapier Manual by Lord Gwylym ab Owain Tatershall
• Sir Henry Bessemer, F.R.S., An Autobiography
• Gargoyles and Grotesques
• !FONTASTIC! Windows True Type Font Archive for PC
• The Book of Five Rings (Go Rin No Sho)
• The Mother of All Maritime Links
• Theodor Kittlesen, evocative images
• Trades in Egypt
• Beads
• Native Web, Resources for Indigenous Cultures around the World
• Fire Pistons