Specs And Pricing For The Greatest Viking Battle Sword Of All Time!!! . . . The Viking Long Serpent Is Coming Tomorrow Afternoon, 6-13-2025

Jerry Busse said:

The Greatest Viking Battle Sword Of All Time!!! . . . The Busse Viking Long Serpent Pics Are Here!!!​

Why is it called The Viking Long Serpent?​

The Ormen Lange, also known as the "Long Serpent", was a legendary Busse Viking Longship built for King Olav Tryggvason.

It was the most powerful Viking Longship of all time!

Our Viking Heritage . . . The Busse Viking Warship​

The Busse class longships were the most prestigious Viking warships.
The Busse was large, with sizes up to 50 meters, or approximately 160 feet in length.
Fitted with both sails and oars, a Busse could have up to 35 pairs of oars, allowing it to travel with speed, utilizing any propulsion method.

The Busse was capable of carrying a large cargo, which was beneficial on large-scale raids, where the Vikings would look to take as much treasure home as possible.
The Busse was thought to have carried a crew of around 80 Vikings.
The scale and size of the Busse also allowed the Viking raids to travel further afield.
The larger cargo holds meant the journeys across the oceans would be feasible compared to the smaller ship classes.

The design and balance make this my favorite sword of all time!

Let's Drink!

Jerry

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Finally!!!
 
We went with the handle length of what the vast majority of all Viking swords featured.

I have not seen any 2 handed Viking designs.

Typically, the Vikings had their sword in one hand and a shield in the other.

I don't have a Viking Shield, but am able to hold my bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue in my left hand while swinging my Viking Long Serpent with my right hand.

Here's a pic in Garth's hand.

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Looks like Convexed penetrating tip, with deep dish hollow grind blade. I would have preferred hollow grind instead of deep dish down the blade, thinking like a Viking here ..
but for what I would use it for it might fill the niche….
 
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The Long Serpent blade is a full 2 inches wide in front of the handle and tapers down to 1.2 inches when measured two inches from the tip! 🆒

The fuller tapers its full length as well.:cool:

The only problem we have seen firsthand with this sword is ever putting it down!!! :eek:

Jennifer has now requested that I stop bringing it to the dinner table!:mad:

Having shown her how handy it is when buttering my toast has made her request a bit moot since it now serves a purpose! 🤣

Very Cool!!!

Let's Drink!

Jerry 😁

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Dang... 🤯

David Brown said:
judging by the fact that the tubes are usually in .25" holes the handle area looks to be 5.5 to 6" or so between guards ?
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Yep. And the holes in the handle tubes are usually just about 3/16". If you use that assumption, the flat portion on the top of the handle scale is 5.9" end-to-end. That puts it at ~25" blade, OAL right under 31". 😎 :thumbsup:

ETA - well, with Jerry's new info a couple posts above, my estimate might be a little optimistic. BRB with a new guess, lol...

ETA2 - If the handle is 2" across at it's full width, I estimate the handle scale is 6.5" end-to-end down the centerline. OAL is then a touch over 34", with a ~27.5" blade! :cool::cool::cool:

ETA3 - But using the 1 picture of the whole thing, and saying 2" in front of the guard, I get OAL of 28.5". So 30" plus or minus a few inches would be a pretty good guess lol.
 
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SpyderPhreak said:
Dang... 🤯


Yep. And the holes in the handle tubes are usually just about 3/16". If you use that assumption, the flat portion on the top of the handle scale is 5.9" end-to-end. That puts it at ~25" blade, OAL right under 31". 😎 :thumbsup:

ETA - well, with Jerry's new info a couple posts above, my estimate might be a little optimistic. BRB with a new guess, lol...

ETA2 = If the handle is 2" across at it's full width, I estimate the handle scale is 6.5" end-to-end down the centerline. OAL is then a touch over 34", with a ~27.5" blade! :cool::cool::cool:
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I got 30 to 31 blade length estimate based on :
"The Long Serpent blade is a full 2 inches wide in front of the handle and tapers down to 1.2 inches when measured two inches from the tip! 🆒"

With about 6.5 -7 inch handle
 
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