At the NLHF I talked to a guy called Dariusz Wiewiórka (he's Polish, I think, judging by his email address ending in .pl). Actually, he started talking to me first because I was wearing the Wychwood t-shirt and he'd been on our website and identified us as a group who is more than average interested in authenticity. He's been working with several museums, among them the Viking museum in Stockholm and is a professional when it comes to authentic reconstruction of Viking archaeology.
Anyway, we got chatting and he said that, sometime when he's in England again (which is twice a year normally), he'd be happy to chat to our group about reconstructing Viking (and to some extent also Saxon) life/kit/etc. What do people think about this? I think it would be a great opportunity, and it's allways good to have contacts as well.
Obviously he also sells stuff, although it's worth pointing out that for every item he sells, he can tell you exactly where the original was found etc. If you're interested, his website is www.nordulf.net.
I've got his full contact details, in case we decide to invite him to allow us to partake in his wisdom. Of course, he can't promise that he'll be able to make it when it just suits us, but he seemed optimistic that we should find a time. Next time he'll be in England is, I think, February (around the time of the next NLHF, incidentally).
So what does everyone think about this?
(Notice also that he has a link from his website to ours! Even though he got the address wrong, so it's not working, which I shall mention to him when I contact him anyway)
