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Guides & Gifts

Material, care and gift ideas – workshop knowledge around engraving and Norse motifs.

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Guides & Gifts

Your Phone Carries a Viking King

The little blue symbol on your phone is over a thousand years old: two interlocking runes – the initials of the Viking king Harald Bluetooth, who …

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Slate, Wood or Glass? Choosing the Right Material for Your Engraving

Few questions reach us in the workshop as often as this one: „Which material actually suits my motif best?" Whether natural slate, warm real wood or …

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How Does Laser Engraving on Natural Slate Work?

A dark slate plate, a brief beam of light, and where there was deep anthracite a moment ago, a bright, silvery-white image appears. Anyone seeing it …

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Norse Gifts for Weddings, Christenings & Naming Days

The great milestones of life deserve more than an off-the-shelf present. A Norse gift bearing a name, a date and an old symbol is something that …

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Norse Words of Love: How to Say 'I Love You' in Old Norse

A word of love engraved in stone or glass outlasts any card and any bouquet. But how did „I love you" actually sound in the world of the Vikings? We …

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How to Clean & Care for an Engraved Slate Plate

Natural slate is a rewarding material: sturdy, millions of years old and genuinely low-maintenance. Still, there are a few small things that keep …

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Which Norse God Are You?

Are you the thinker or the protector? The trickster or the watcher? The Norse pantheon isn't a distant gallery of idols but a cast of characters …

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Norse Gifts for Women That Delight

The Norse world is full of strong women: Freyja, who rules over love and battle alike, the Norns who weave fate, Idun with her apples of vitality. If …

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Viking Gifts for Men That Actually Land

A tie, another shower-gel set, one more mug with a slogan — for birthdays and Christmas, men often get exactly what already sits in the cupboard. A …

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