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medieval finnish swords / saami weapons

8th July 2008, 06:01 AM	#3
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,300	'passim' Though the Saami seem not to have had thier own weapons, they were known to have given hlifsteinar (=protection stones) actually of stone or metal to warriors to place in the grip of the sword. These were to give power to the sword.

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