Viking Clothing | Bjørn Andreas Bull-Hansen
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- Опубліковано 6 січ 2018
- In order to better understand life in the Viking Age, I believe wearing Viking clothing in real life situations is a must. Viking clothes were not only made for survival in the harsh climate of Scandinavia, they are also comfortable and practical.
Keep in mind that the clothes in this video are not made from handwoven fabrics, so they do appear somewhat different or not entirely historically correct, but for someone who aims for better understanding of the Viking Age, they serve their purpose.
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What region and period are you portraying?
I like the Russ trousers but am confused by the fact your shoes have laces and the extremely low neckline on the very short under tunics rather than knee length under kirtle.
We have a lot of evidence for long narrow leather belts with decorative strap ends for men but absolutely no evidence for wide, modern style. belts.
Could you provide sources for the wide, shorter belt and laced shoes?
Hilarious to see all of this ancient Viking stuff and then hear you talking about having car keys and cell phone.
I think about Skyrim watching your videos, brother.
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Anyway to tell me ending music my lord 8)
Hey man,
i know this is kinda old but if you need any histrical leatherwork done ,please contact me.
I´m a german leathersmith looking to make this my fulltime job.
I work completely by hand .
Cheers Ravenskull
Massive thanks Bjorn!! I’m a primary school teacher and we copied your hood pattern because as you said it is very simple. Now I have a whole band of boys roaming the school field at lunch time dressed in hoods pretending to be medieval archers! Thanks so much for the inspiration and sharing what you do with others!!! Keep it up!!
That is wonderful!
Dang, you must be an awesome teacher to do that!
That's so awesome :D
Skål!
Thats wonderful!
I loved playing fantasy when I was a kid with my friends and cousins.
Pretending to be archers and mages, knights and nobility.
Protecting the castle (school or closest house) from the "dark forces"
Best teacher ever!
Now work on the rest of the getup!
You're raising an army of conquerers!
"I think my cape vanished during a party" is the most viking thing I've ever heard. Btw, your hood lokks great. Such simple yet good-looking design.
Hope someone sees this and returns it 😅
Odin is watching through the eyes of the raven my friend.
I like to think that he is!
I figure that is quite likely- seriously.
That raven was a good sign :)
Odin Approves
Oden is watching
Which one do you think it was? :)
@@davecrupel2817 Muninn actually because it means Memory and he is showing history or Memories
James Konrad Odin
Dude I don't know about everyone else. But I'd pay serious coin for them clothes. U should start a company.
It really is great kit, but its worth saying that most of it can be made using relatively simple hand-sewing techniques. There are plenty of tutorials and patterns available on the internet. The shoes are probably the trickiest to make, but even this is do-able. If you've not gotten kit together yet, then i strongly encourage you. There is great satisfaction to be had walking around clothed only in garments you've made yourself!
This is the first video I've seen with a very simple breakdown of basic clothing. Very educational and quite enjoyable.
Thanks a lot, just doing my best. Glad you liked it!
Yeah, exactly how I felt while watching this
Try prior attire
I love that you have to try and remember English words. It reminds me of the effort you put into these videos.
I can only hope to gain the command of another language the way you do.
You are exactly correct, Viking clothing are far more attractive than modern.
I know this is an old video and someone may have already said this but "brikkevev" is called "tablet weaving" or i guess it would be a tablet woven band in English. Fantastic video thank you for sharing with us your viking clothes.
It is great to see this... These TV series and movies nowadays give us the impression that all that Vikings wore were beaten-up leather clothes that were either gray or black, and nothing else...
One other thing is that wool is much more practical in real life situations. It stays warm even when wet. Leather gives you all kinds of problems out in the wild.
Exactly!
And massive amounts of fur wrapped around their bodies.
@@gvis3880 I could see that being true. Fur is warm.
As a cape, I have found that military surplus stores are GREAT! I bought a grey and an olive drab wool blankets and they are the best! Sooo worm! Just plain grey and a plain o.d. Green and they go great with my winter kits!, I even took the first one I ever got and put a clasp on the neck and used some tablet weave for some trim on the bottom and neck line. It came out great! So I have 3 wool caps but having some spare tablet weave left over from a beautiful grey wool tunic.
Wow you looked Viking! Standing on the rock fully dressed in the Viking clothes overlooking the water, just needed a Viking ship sailing in the back ground to complete the scene.
Thanks a lot, Rick. This place has a deep significance to me. And also, if you sail down that way, you come to Denmark. If you turn to starboard a few hours down there, you come to England.
It must be humbling in a way, to think your Viking ancestors undoubtedly stood in the exact same spot as you, gazing out to the ocean wondering or knowing what is beyond. Quite a time in history, no wonder you are proud of your heritage and lucky to be so physically close to the actual happening.
Bjorn Andreas Bull-Hansen we have had enough of the vikings in England thank you very much ;)
On a more serious note awesome vids, loved the one on stoic thinking and the one on city’s making men more feminine.
Yes, i was watching him stand there, and i imagined a Viking knarr slowly rowing out from behind the point, bringing a look of shock and excitement to Bjorn's face.
I found out several years ago about how I am related to a knight of Willam the Conqueror. The knight's name was Alvared and he originated my family name somewhere around the 1100s.
So proud to be a viking!
As of yesterday I have officially converted to Asatro, I would like to thank you Björn for being on of the "catalysts" for me returning to my roots. Thank you, you are a great man.
Great to hear, my friend!
It would be nice to compliment this video with woman wearing a dress.. and detailing her outfit. I was thinking of buying a woman viking outfit and seeing what it is like to wear. It is fun to explore older cultures. :) New sub here.
Thank you so much. I follow your channel already (it's a very good one). Yes, maybe I should try to find a female Viking reenactor with a speciality in clothes? That could be an interesting video.
Would love to see more on womens clothing
The women's clothing is also very comfortable and warm and practical. And very pretty! I love historical clothing, and the women's dresses are actually warmer in winter than many of my modern clothes. I think it's because they're a little like a mitten compared to a glove -- in a skirt, my legs keep each other warmer, than when I'm wearing jeans. I wore my historical clothing a lot this last winter, because it was very cold where we live.
Bjorn Andreas Bull-Hansen I am one :)
Best representation I've seen in regards to Viking clothing!! I love it when someone starts questioning the authenticity of historical reproductions. Especially when there are hardly any original designs to go by!! Great job!!! Cheers!!🍻
I'm into XVIIIth century dress, and it's so amazing to me how this Viking/dark age attire looks much more like today's clothing than Renaissance/baroque/rococo clothing
I too am sorry about your cape, I frequently lose trousers so I understand. The struggle is real.
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Norsemen, from what I gathered, were very practical, people. If they would have needed a thicker leather belts, they would have.
Thank you for sharing.
Bjorn, thank you so much for sharing! A couple of years ago, my daughter had a 'medieval' wedding, so I made myself a linen underdress and apron dress to wear for the event. It was so comfortable, that I have made myself some tunics for everyday wear since then. I am also thinking about making some linen and wool 'trousers' to go with my tunics. Seeing your post is inspiring and gives me more ideas for the garments!
Do you have a website where I can get dimensions to make one?
I was hoping you would do a clothing video. Found your channel through Grimfrost about a week ago and haven't stopped watching since then. Keep'em coming. Happy New Year
Dear Rocky, that is so good to hear. Thank you so much and a Happy New Year to you!
Really beautiful scenery at the end of your video. You are truly blessed to live in such beautiful surroundings with so much history. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Ravens hovering above, a lost blue cape...hmm sounds like Odin has "an eye" on you Bjørn! :) Happy New Year by the way and all the best in the new 2018! Amazing outfit! Simple and yet so extremely efficient and comfortable as you pointed out. Thank you for showing every bit of it.
Maybe we all need Odin's eye on us from time to time! Thank you and a Happy New Year to you as well.
The perfect outfit: basic, functional, easily repairable, and warm. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!
I don’t know if you believe in the Old Norse religion, but I find it so fitting that some of óðinn’s ravens were listening and watching you share these pieces of clothing from Viking history. I have a strong feeling that óðinn and all the old gods are keeping a close watch over you as you keep the history of your ancestors alive and well. Skól to you Bjørn!
Thank you, and skål!
You are doing a great job, much love brother. Thank you for all your hard work.
you have an unmatched scenic beauty in your videos!!! Super genuine i love it!!
Thank you, Hector. I am very lucky to live here by the sea in southeastern Norway!
thank you for taking the time and effort to share this. well done !
Thank you for the information, I’m really into Viking culture , and clothing , this has helped me out working out a Viking costume, love the video please make more . I’ve enjoyed watching and learning .
Yes it sure does look better! I particularly like your hood, really cool design. Cheers Lee
Thank you!
Great video ! Thanks again for your hard work and actually sharing your knowledge. Your my favorite channel.
Hey thank you so much for posting this. It was a great video
Thank you for sharing, you have a real appreciation for what you do, therefore we the viewer are enveloped in the story!!
Your videos are always interesting, thank you for showing me different Viking things.
I hope you get your cape back Bjorn.
Happy new year
Sandy
I hope so too! Or maybe some Englishman is walking around with it as we speak, haha!
Great video as always, thoroughly enjoyed it, straightforward and practical. I love your hood!
Thank you, Jase.
Epic omen, haha... Odin approves of your clothing. :D
I Always Enjoy Your Common Sense And Clear Insight Into Most Things !!! Thank You !!!
Your clothes are beautiful and well made and I love the music. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks! Best video i have ever seen so far about Viking clothing.
I went through your videos, good job. Keep up the great work! Thank you
TRCustomKnives Awesome! Subbed to your channel.
Oh, thank you very much!
I know this is an older video, but I hope you find this comment. Thank you for all your research and knowledge. I discovered recently that I am descended from Ragnar Löthbrok and have been trying to learn more of my Viking heritage! I am always excited to see your videos and hope you get your books published in English so I can enjoy more. Thank you and Skol!
Thank you for showing the different pieces and explaining them!
You have talented and generous friends Bjorn! ❤ It’s nice to have such a wonderful support system around you that you can reach out to. It sounds like you have a great community around you.
Thank you for creating this!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge Bjorn, I always enjoy your videos and it is always great hanging out with you via UA-cam :) be well kindred spirit, always.
Thank you, Daryl. I'm so glad to have you with me here. Kind regards, Bjørn
Thank you very much for making this video and your other work. I really appreciate your common sense historical perspective.
As practical as can be. Thanks so much for this today friend. Take care eh !
Nice to go back through the videos every now and then
Very very interesting video with a great content. Very informative and well told. I like your Viking theme and wish I had your knowledge. Thanks for sharing your interest with us 👍🏻😁
Thank you, mr Bushcraft. I guess we're all students and there are always new things to learn.
I'm a new subscriber and I'm loving your videos
Always a pleasure to see somebody paying respect to his culture and ancestral traditions! :))
Thank you!
Dear Bjorn, Thank you for your inspirational and informative video. Excellent! Open my eyes to Viking world. Cheers
I love your videos. I can tell you are a very mindful person. Thank you.
this is the first of your videos to cross my path and I absolutely loved it. I have been dressing Viking for special occasions for a few years now, definitely not as often as I would like to. I have less than 7.5 years until I retire from my profession and then I can dress Viking much more often! I make the majority of my own Viking attire. I have aprons, kirtles, shieldmaiden warrior attire. and i'm getting more and more accurate with my attire as time goes on. thank you so much for your videos! excuse me while I go binge watch as many as I can!!!
Thank you Bjorn. From America here.I have just started to learn nålbinding, and it was exciting to see those warm socks and mittens. I certainly want to wear those clothes.
Thank you so much for sharing this amazing and informative video with us, I'm in the process of making my own viking/viking inspired cloths, so far I have a dress made. The raven is a very good sign and a blessing from the gods
watched this with Tyr playing softly in the background, it was pretty great
This is so epic :D You look just like Qui-Gon Jin, from Star Wars! Love the clothing. Viking history is super interesting. A lot of vikings settled here in Ireland too!
The wool socks and mittens are made by crochet. If you soak your timic in 1-2 cups of boraxo or oxy clean for laundry in a bucket filled with between 7-11 liters of water for 24-48 hours and then dry it on a clothesline in the sun, all the staining will be gone. Plus your tunic will look like new.
Very interesting, thanks for sharing this
I'm very interested in the clothes you showcased! Thank you so much for sharing :)
Great video. I have just joined a Viking re-enactment society in England and am about to start making my kit. So this was useful. You have a new subscriber! I like your sensible and non-dogmatic approach. Makes perfect sense to me! Love the party trousers as well.
Every Viking should have a pair of party trousers! And good luck with your new hobby! It is very interesting to gradually get more and more historically accurate, if that is your focus... It doesn't have to be!
Brilliant video, love the dress/costumes. LOVE the whole thing
Thanks you for these videos Bjorn I'm going through the catalog , enjoying all the content !
Skal\Cheers
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comfort and very functional clothing, i love the linen and wool clothing, thanks for the video, have watched several times
very interesting video. I love these types of informative videos! Happy New Year! ATB -Michael
Thanks a lot, Michael! Happy New Year!
I love your videos, and have followed your channel long enough to know that you are the real deal, but the way you stopped everything when you heard the raven, shows that you are truly a man of the old faith. I have many ravens where I live, and they not only follow on a hunt, but they lead me in the right direction so they can feast on the gut pile. I have several that I can feed by hand, and one that will perch on my shoulder .
That is awesome. And thank you for recognizing what could be called autheticity. Thanks a lot for that, it means a lot to me.
Excellent video. Lots of good information and most interesting!! Thanks for sharing. Ax
Brilliant. Thanks for taking the time. :)
Really loves your videos thank you
Thank you, Naor!
Just found your channel my friend and thus far this is awesome stuff man. thanks for the videos
Thank you, Payden. Glad to have you here. I have a "Winter Wonderland" video coming up next weekend, hope you like that too.
FANTASTIC video! Thank you!
I saw and heard it! 😊 thank you for showing us.
Thank you for the introduction to Viking clothes! My great grandparents from both sides of my family tree are from Sweden (one from Norway). I really didn't realize that Viking re-enactments were a thing! I'd love to visit Norway so I'd love to attend one if I had the chance. Stay warm, friend!
Another great video thanks for sharing and every reenactment I have went to there's always one that knows it all and I will agree with you I have a couple tunics of wool and when it gets cold you just can't beat them
Absolutely. They are great. The fashion police, as someone else here called them, are not so great, haha.
Love the pouch at the end!
Thanks so much for posting this hope all is well over there :) take care
Thank you, Kyle. Yes, we're fine. Almost summer here.
I'm just starting doing more "accurate" clothes, but seeing you lay them out so I can get a good look at how they roughly should be put together, really helps me. Thanks
Glad to help, Gina!
Great presentation I really enjoyed this video, thanks
Love it. Great looking clothes. I want a wardrobe like that :-) Slowly I'm getting there. Thanks for sharing ATB / Marcus
Thanks for the comment, Marcus. It takes a bit of time to get all the clothes, but it's worth it in the end!
This was wonderful! Thank you.
I like that you have budget and DIY options!
I've spent a good part of this long snowy COVID winter here in Minnesota/USA cutting, clearing, burning nasty invasive buckthorn (thanks, Europe!) and I find myself longing for some authentic Viking clothing, because I am sure those crafty people had staying warm and dry all figured out. Looks so comfy, especially those boots. Enjoyed your vid. Thx.
You look fabulous!!! That looks warm and comfy too.
Very educational, thank you Bjorn!
Quite dashing,Viking style!Awesome!
Another great video Bjorn.
That sounds like a plan!
Another great video Bjørn. Hilsen Jørn. :)
Takk, Jørn!
Thank you Bjorn, I learn much from you.
the tunic I have I didn't regret owning however I quickly realized it was not at all like the seller made it out to be, a new one is most definitely needed
Well about the belt thing, I don't know about Vikings but I read in a book written by an archaeologist about southern Germanic tribes that lived here in Germany that they can pretty much determine the age of grave findings by just looking at the belt/belt width. So with fashion the belt width changed and it got wider first (at some point really wide) then after 500 AD thinner again. So there probably was a certain fashion like that among Vikings as well (depending on the period), but I also think that exceptions existed, so then you're maybe not a "trendy" Viking ;)
Also, I know you're not going for 100% accuracy but let me say this, today we think people from the past were all gray and brown and clothing colours like gray, brown, black look cool to us now but the Vikings and other Germanic people were actually quite colourful, they had a large variety of colours such as blue, yellow, green, etc. and the more colourful the more wealthy you were.
Anyways, still an epic outfit, wish I had one like that :)
Bjorn,
Thank you for posting your video. My wife has started to produce our families clothing for the viking festival this August in Norway. We are looking forward to our first visit with the entire family for 20 days and hope to experience as much of your rich culture as possible.
Leinaia and Charlie
San Diego
Thank you for sharing your wardrobe. Very informative and interesting. Subscribed.
Hi my friend, first of all only the best to you and yours in 2018! I really like this why to wear clothes, looks great! Thanks for sharing and explaining, take care, Taro
Thank you, Taro. And keep those videos of yours coming!
This was a nice presentation. The sound was good. I thought using the rock as a backdrop was a nice touch because the natural scenery near you is beautiful.
Avid follower. Nice video. I'm am enjoying keeping up with you. Thank you for your efforts.
Ty very much man I will be watching more of your videos
Thank you very much for putting this together. 😀
And thank you for commenting and watching!
Enjoyed it Bjorn!
Thank you, Ludvig!