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Testing a hypothetical all-organic-materials Finnish shield inspired by the Tira bog shield in Latvia, dated to middle Viking Age 875 CE, against a two handed Petersen type M axe (the so called Dane axe), dated to late Viking Age, ca. 950 onwards. This shield and axe are really not from the same time, but similar shields might have been used until the period when Dane axes were used. And in any case this test was made for testing the durability of a thin shield. Read about the building of this shield: Read about everything the shield has gone through (like this test.): The playlist of testing a thin shield:
