Started redoing old photos that were taken at the start of my Viking Age journey with my current and highly-accurate kit. It's amazing to see the difference in the items worn and carried between the two photos!
The photo on the left is the old photo, taken back in 2015, not long after I had just started studying Viking Age Scandinavian history and culture. It was my first attempt at a Klappenrock, and even though many folks still thought the outfit was cool (even I myself did at the time), comparing to the photo on the left, which was taken this year in the Fall of 2020, one can see how much needed to be improved. Literally nothing worn in the left-hand photo carried over the five-year gap into the current kit, all of which was made by studying original examples of both textiles, as well as leather and weapon goods from the Wikinger Museum Haithabu, as well as works the like of "Textilfunde aus Haithabu" and "Lederfunde aus Haithabu". This goes to show that, while many of us want to believe our first kit on a subject is all we need, there is always room for improvement! If one had confronted me five years ago and told me that nearly everything about the photo on the left was wrong, I would have fought them tooth and nail, but now, looking back, I am willing to admit I knew next to nothing about what I was attempting to portray, and hopefully this admission will be cause for others to look at their outfits and kits and look at improving them, as well! Comments are closed.
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