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  Fire Striker, Birka Grave Pattern

  SKU: AH3955F

  A fire striker, or fire steel, is a piece of high-carbon steel struck against flint or similar hard stone to shave off tiny particles of metal that ignite as sparks, hot enough to catch tinder such as char cloth. This version is styled after fire strikers recovered from grave finds at Birka, Sweden, a major Viking-Age trading centre whose burials have yielded numerous genuine examples. Birka’s cemeteries have produced some of the most extensively documented fire strikers in Scandinavian archaeology.

  
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  Fire Striker, Oval Shape

  SKU: AH3955D

  A fire striker, or fire steel, is a piece of high-carbon steel struck against flint or similar hard stone to shave off tiny particles of metal that ignite as sparks, hot enough to catch tinder such as char cloth. This version follows an oval profile, a form documented as particularly common in areas of Swedish influence, including finds from Finland and Eastern Europe. Regional variation in striker shape reflects genuinely local blacksmithing traditions across the medieval and Viking-Age world.

  
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  Fire Striker, Viking Lyre Shape

  SKU: AH3955C

  A fire striker, or fire steel, is a piece of high-carbon steel struck against flint or similar hard stone to shave off tiny particles of metal that ignite as sparks, hot enough to catch tinder such as char cloth. This version follows the distinctive lyre-shaped profile associated specifically with Viking-Age fire strikers, a form apparently unique to that culture. Museum shops in Scandinavia commonly sell reproductions of this shape as the archetypal Viking striker, based on genuine archaeological finds.

  
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  Fire Striker, Classic C-Shape

  SKU: AH3955B

  A fire striker, or fire steel, is a piece of high-carbon steel struck against flint or similar hard stone to shave off tiny particles of metal that ignite as sparks, hot enough to catch tinder such as char cloth. This version follows the classic C-shaped profile, the most common and enduring fire striker form, found from Roman times through the Medieval and Viking eras. Its curved shape fits naturally over the hand and fingers, a design so practical it changed little across many centuries and cultures.

  
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  Medieval Fork & Knife Set II

  SKU: AH4380

  This fork and knife set is designed with ease of use and storage in mind, highly useful for campers at re-enactment events. Forks reached Western Europe only slowly and controversially, first documented in Italy through an 11th-century Byzantine marriage and not widely accepted for centuries. This version offers an alternative build to our other fork and knife set.

  
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  Medieval Fork & Knife Set

  SKU: AH4381

  This fork and knife set is designed with ease of use and storage in mind, highly useful for campers at re-enactment events. Forks reached Western Europe only slowly and controversially, first documented in Italy through an 11th-century Byzantine marriage and not widely accepted for centuries. A practical, compact pairing suited to camp cooking and dining.

  
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  Medieval Cutlery Set with Leather Holder

  SKU: AH3345

  A dedicated camp cutlery set gives a re-enactor practical, period-styled tools for eating at camp, holding a knife, fork and spoon together in one leather case. Knives remained the dominant eating utensil through much of the medieval period, since the fork was still a rare and even mildly scandalous import from Byzantium and Italy that took centuries to gain wider acceptance. This set is crafted with genuine attention to practical use, suited to regular handling at re-enactment camps and events.

  
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  Grinding Stone (Quern), Working Replica

  SKU: AH3981C

  This working replica recreates the traditional hard stone quern, its upper and lower wheels turned against each other by a wooden pin, with grain poured into the centre to be ground between them.

  Neolithic and Upper Palaeolithic peoples used millstones of this kind to grind grains, nuts, rhizomes and other plant foods for consumption, relying on saddlestones or rotary querns turned by hand well before mechanised milling existed. The same basic devices were also used to grind pigments and metal ores prior to smelting, making the quern one of the most versatile and enduring tools in early human technology.

  Deepeeka’s reproduction is inspired by quern stones held in the Whithorn Museum, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, part of our historical camp range.