VIKING Lantern Rawhide Lamp | Viking Bushcraft - Viking Crafts Guide (Ep. 11)

THIS LAMP IS NOT BASED OF SOURCES OR FINDS FROM THE VIKING AGE

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Im in the south part of Denmark in an old bronze age ceremonial site.
In this video i will show you how to make your own "viking" lantern using very simple tools.

This type of lamp is not know from the viking age in Scandinavia, but it is used widely among reenactors in the viking community. It is relatively easy to make, pretty safe since the flame is closed in and wind doesnt blow out the flame if used outside or in the opening of a viking tent.

Except from my modern mora knife, a modern spiral drill and the scribe ALL tools and gear used in this video is based on actual finds from the viking age and is reproductions of tools and gear. Most is made by me.

I used some scraps I had lying around. The top disc is beech wood, the bottom disc ash, the round sticks red alder and the wedges ash. There is many ways to make this type of lamp (try and do a youtube seach) but this way made sense for me and the posibillities my tools provide me. I am especially fond of my replica of the little hack saw found in the tool chest of Mästermyr. It does such a great job for many little cuts in both wood, bone etc.

Raw hide is a great material. Basically animal skin, dehaired and scraped for fats and membranes and then streched and dried. It is hard as cardboard when dry but becomes flexible in any direction when wet, stretches, and the dries up and tightens up again. And its more or less transparent.

Making of the shoes Im wearing in this video:    • Making VIKING Shoes - Viking Crafts (Ep. 6)  
Making of the backpack I wear in this video:    • VIKING Backpack from Gokstad | Viking Tuto...  

Recording gear:
Canon 600d
kit lens, 50mm 1,8 and 70-300mm zoom lense for wildlife
DJI mini SE drone
Boye recording mic

The music is a traditional russian tune I recorded on my homemade Hurdy Gurdy.
The lyrics in the russian version speaks of rising spring, the melting snow, the forest and the nature returning to life after winter sleep and the wakening of the bear. Its a tune that is often in my head this time of year in early March.