My Viking Necklace


I finally had the time to sit down and finish my necklace.  This is a project that I've been wanting to finish now for several years and while I have a few days off till I start my new job I thought I'd finish it before life gets too busy again.  That and I've started going squirrelly  not having any big projects to do, nor a blacksmith shop easily available and not knowing the area really well to go exploring either.

 This necklace is one of my memories and good times in Ealdormere.  Lets  see if I can give you a run down of the beads shall I :

-all of the lite amber is from Maunus' old necklace that had broken a few years back,  I was originally going to just fix it but thought I would "take" a few in good old viking fashion for my necklace( with his permission of course) .
- the two big black round beads supposedly based on a norse design on either end right after the amber were bought at my first crown event with Maunus in Kingston(Greyfells)
- from the left the next bead which is dark blue and cylindrical is also bought at a crown event.
- the norse head in (pewter)silver is an example of hack silver made by Wareham Forge (Sylar) and bought at the Althing three years ago, all Norse all the time, it was a super fun day and I hope it stays a constant in Ealdormere too.
- the next brown bead was given to me by a my friend Gerhard.
- the next blue bead was bought at the Althing, a great example of a traditional norse bead.
- (I'm skipping the amber since they are all from the same necklace)
-the next bead was  one that i had given to an armoured combatant( Lord James) as a thank you for helping out during my first crown that I had autocrated; he then turned around a gave me the bead back as a thank you for all that I had done during theday, such a sweet man.
-the next was a coin made by Sylar, here is the link to the coins info, very cool: http://warehamforge.ca/NORSE-REPRO/npenny.html

-the next green bead is one that was won by my lord at an event and given to him by Baronness Lucia then given to me as a favour for my necklace

-the two shells are from a necklace that was my mothers from the seventies, I remember her wearing it and I am glad to be able to have a piece of her memories on my necklace
- the next to blue and orange beads are another representation of a traditional bead pattern from the norse ear
- the thors hammer is a replicat that I made in my forge,
-then on down the line there is an Ealdormere bead that I bought at the Ealdormere Althing,
- the next coin is a repica of a roman coin,  it is my first coin that i  had ever collected,I bought it in Petawawa at a mall there from a coin seller.
- the next is a wooden bead from an old necklace of mine from SiouxLookout
-the next bead is broken but is one that I had made at a Trillium War when there was a bead forge there, that was totally fun
-the next two green beads are green jade, they are from a necklace that my father had given my mother
- the large black bead in the middle of the green beads is a replica of the byzanitne era( I still have to confirm this one)
-the bunny bead was given to me as an autocrat gift for my first event ,given to me by Baron Menken and Baroness Elanor
- the next brown marble bead was given to me by Baroness Lucia for passing my fencing authorization
-the lite blue bead was bought at a crown tournament, and is based on a norse pattern( still checking on this one too)
I may add a few more as time goes on but only if they are ones from my time in Ealdormere.
 However I can always add other lines of beads to my necklace too.