Asgard

Asgard are makers of re-productions of archaeological finds of the Viking Age in pewter, bronze, and
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16/10/2026

Get ready to cozy up with our brand new Sleipnir collection! Stay warm with our new Sleipnir long sleeve tee, pullover hoodie, and zip hoodie. Whether you're lounging around or running errands, our Sleipnir collection has got you covered! 🖤❤️🖤

14/10/2026

Keep your Little Berserker warm this winter with our new pullover and zip up hoodies!

07/10/2026

Today we learned that the first re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings took place, at Battle Abbey, in 1966!

That is really quite a landmark in the history of re-enactment. The UK's oldest re-enactment society is the Sealed Knot, which was formed in 1968. The Vikings (formerly the Norse Film and Pageant Society), the UK's oldest and largest Viking-age re-enactment society, was founded in 1971.
So this event really blazed a trail for future re-enactment events, even if their kit and weaponry were a little.... ad-hoc! 😂

Of course this little nostalgia trip has a purpose, as this year's re-enactment of the battle takes place this coming weekend.

We won't be there, although the event has a special significance for us, as Jim and Cat met at the 2000 re-enactment of the battle, and were handfasted there in 2001. But the last time they trekked all that way was 2006, for the really big one, where Jim carried Harold's personal standard at the top of the hill.

But you will still be able to find our jewellery there, with several of our re-enactment stockists being in attendance. Give us a shout in the comments if you are planning on being there. 😃

03/10/2026

Now for something a bit different....

Back in the rather weird days of the Covid lockdowns, Jim and Cormac got really into Saga. This is the skirmish wargame that works in various historical periods, using 28mm scale miniatures. Obviously they concentrated on the Viking-age setting, and built warbands and scenery. But Jim wanted details that better reflected the material culture of the period, and looked around for chests that could be used as objectives and loot. There weren't any specifically early mediaeval options available at the time, so Jim made his own.

Fast forward to just last week, and we came across the moulds for these two Viking-age chests, which is when we realised that we hadn't made them available on the website before.

So here they are, in their very own Gaming supplies section on our website (we will put a link in the comments). These models are supplied as raw metal castings, and require clean-up and painting. Models pictured all painted by Jim.
Obviously these are the only items in this section, for now, but we could be persuaded to expand this. After all, modelling and painting wargaming miniatures is one of the reasons we got started on making reproduction historical artefacts in the first place. 😁

02/10/2026

This coming Sunday, October 4th, we will be at the market at Loch Lomond Shores, with SHS Events. We will have a good selection of our wares, including jewellery, t-shirts, and horns. The market is open from 10 til 4. Stop by and say hi!

See you there. 😁

01/10/2026

As we are all catching the news of the wonderful excavations at Lismore, Argyll (we'll put the link in the comments), which has identified an early mediaeval monastery near the mediaeval St Moulag's Cathedral, there is one particular part of the news coverage that has caught Jim's eye.

While we are always happy to hear about any new archaeological insights into life in the early middle ages, Jim gets particularly excited about anything to do with non-ferrous metalworking. And in this case it is the crucibles and moulds that have been found on the site that are particularly interesting. Mainly because earlier this year Jim made one of exactly the same type of crucible as one of the finds from Lismore.

This was for our metalworking demonstration at the Lochgilphead Celtic and Pictish Festival, back in August. And while Jim didn't actually get to use the crucible ( he was a little busy trying out some other types, and getting the moulds to work!) it did get fired in the open hearth, and is ready to be used in the future.

Of course, its not as if we had a crystal ball, and saw the news of the Lismore finds in advance. The crucible Jim reconstructed was one found at Dunadd, also in Argyll, which has parallels at other early mediaeval sites in Scotland. It is a small thumb-pot, with a handle like projection to one side, that was, presumably, used to lift it out of the fire with a pair of tongs.

Why this particular shape of crucible was produced, and what it was used for, when other forms were also produced and used, is Jim's next question. Hopefully it won't be too long before he gets a chance to fire up the hearth, melt some metal in it, and, maybe, find out.

25/09/2026

Remastered and re-released for 2026!

Our Younger Futhark runic t-shirt is based on the Danish younger futhark that was used in the Viking age.

This design shows the futhark arranged over 3 lines - in 3 aetts. These groupings of runes were used to aid memorisation, and could also be used to code and read cipher runes.

Designed and printed by us in Scotland on a 100% cotton t-shirt, and available in sizes S-5XL.

11/09/2026

Grab yourself one of our limited edition grey Sleipnir tees before the vanish at the end of October!

Sleipnir is the eight legged horse of Odin. The child of the union between Loki and the stallion, Svaðilfari, Sleipnir carries Odin across bifrost, the rainbow bridge that leads to Asgard, and is described in the prose Edda as being the best of the horses belonging to the Aesir.

The fact that Sleipnir has eight legs is clearly intended to indicate that he is twice as fast as any normal horse, making him a fitting steed for the chief of the gods.

Jim has drawn our Sleipnir design in the Urnes style, taking inspiration from Urnes style brooches of the 11th century that have been found in Scandinavia and Iceland. By adding eight legs to the design it is clear that this might not work as well as the writers of the Edda, or the skalds of the oral traditions before them, thought it did. But it does lend itself very well to being formed into an interlace design! The prose edda specifies that Sleipnir is grey in colour, hence our new, limited release.

Designed and printed in Scotland by us on a 100% cotton t-shirt, and available in sizes S-5XL. No AI was used in the making of this design.

07/09/2026

Did you know, we now make am******on for siege engines? 😂

Well, t-shirts designed to be launched from a trebuchet - that still counts, doesn't it? 😁

Ever since Jim spent his summers as an archaeology student, excavating at Dolforwyn castle, in Wales, where stone catapult balls were a regular find, he has had a fascination with the machines designed to launch them.

So when our good friends, Sellsword , asked for a shirt they could launch into the crowd from their trebuchet, there was only one design that seemed appropriate for the task - the well known siege panel from the 13th century Maciejowski Bible!

There is literally only one way to get one of these, and that is to turn up to a Sellsword gig, and catch one! 😁

04/09/2026

AI art? No thanks!

All of our designs are hand made by humans.

From the masters used to mould our jewellery, which are carved, chased, engraved, or wrought using ancient techniques. To the hand drawn designs that adorn our clothing, everything we do is based on archaeological finds, and historical designs.

And it is all done by us, here, on the west coast of Scotland.

Real art, made by humans, for humans.

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15 Highland Avenue
Dunoon
PA238QZ

Website

http://www.asgard.scot/

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