A mail shirt with a distinctive 'dagged' (scalloped or notched) lower edge, worn over the torso and upper limbs — worth correcting directly here, since older listing copy for this item mistakenly called it a 'Dagger Shirt,' when 'dagged' actually refers to the decorative cut of its hem.
Mail armour — small interlinked metal rings forming a flexible mesh — was the premier body protection of the Viking Age, worn over the torso, limbs, and upper thighs by those who could afford it, a genuine mark of wealth and status given how labour-intensive mail production was. This piece's 'dagged' hem — a scalloped or notched decorative edge — reflects a stylistic treatment applied to the bottom of the mail shirt, distinct from the plainer straight-hemmed mail more commonly depicted.
Deepeeka's reproduction is part of our Viking heritage range.
Use for:
- Viking living history and armoured display
- Museum-style display on a stand
- Norse-themed home decor and collections
- Historical events and Viking markets
- Costume dressing and themed photography
- Collectors of Viking Age mail armour
