Sword and buckles, nails and wire embroidery ... were preserved and eventually reconstructed in the Roskilde Viking Ship Museum. To learn more about Viking ship building the museum has since ...

The sword appears to have connections to the Viking Age, an era that spanned from ... sword's original shape and structure. The Military Museum hopes to display the sword this year.

Another possible bit of Viking trivia: The Vikings must have been ridiculously fit. The steel sword Mikkelsen uses in stage battles weighs about 5 pounds, his shield weighs 7 or 8, and his helmet ...