[TheForge] Viking Padlock

[irontree]

Pictures of viking padlocks from the three books that I have on hand can be
found at the following addresses.  Note that some letters must be in upper
case!

I hope this helps.  It looks like the there might be two different
possiblities.  One lock has one spring and one ward and another has no wards
but three springs.  I have not included the picture from the The Mastermyr
Find by Greta Arwidsson and Gosta Berg (Larson Publishing Company, since
most of us have that book.  I think the picture in the Cultural Atlas seems
closer to what Bob Morris was talking about, though the one in the book the
Vikings is easier to make.  I made a Viking style lock using alittle
artistic license.  It has only one spring and no wards....but it works okay.

The Vikings by Barnes and Noble Books (a coffee table book)
http://www.irontreeworks.com/Lock1.jpg
Cultural Atlas of the Viking World by James Graham-Campbell, Colleen Batery,
Helen Clarke, R.I. Page, and Neil S. Price
http://www.irontreeworks.com/Lock2.jpg
Viking Age York by Richard Hall
http://www.irontreeworks.com/Lock3.jpg

My version of the lock (if your interested) can be found on the bottom of my
Mastermyr page http://www.irontreeworks.com/mastermyr.htm

Hope the pictures help.

Dan
www.irontreeworks.com