Old Norse Rune signs

Imaginative and well done!

Only scroll saw addicts, know how much work that really is!

-- Wood rescue is good for the environment and me! just rjR

Thank you very much :)

-- The wood often tells me what it wants to be... great... now the voices in my head have company....;-P

Now those are really nicely done. Great composition in the designs, and meanings.

-- John, British Columbia, Canada

Really cool. So, you transliterated, rather than translated. You could probably find an actual translation, in which case, any 800 year-old Norseman would know what it says. What say you, Druid? My Dad’s only 633-1/2 (in dog years), so, he likely wouldn’t, though we are of Norse descent.

-- Mark

Well, I like all 3 signs and the skill demonstrated in their creation. Good work once again.

-- John, British Columbia, Canada

Ok seriously guys? I posted this project to show something I made for myself and to share it with others. I appreciate your compliments, but i feel like I’m being told “It’s nice but you did it wrong”. The Runic alphabet I used here was the Elder futhark. I use the runes in wards and and signs, and also for divination as I make my own Rune sets as well. If I’m interpreting your comments the wrong way I completely apologize. Since you can’t hear tone of voice, interpreting text posts can sometimes be difficult for me.

-- The wood often tells me what it wants to be... great... now the voices in my head have company....;-P

I’ve come back several times to look at your 3 signs, and I realized that I had not mentioned your carving on the knot work of the “Let the energy flow here” sign. That’s another detail that adds a lot to the quality of your work.
Please do not feel that anything about these signs is “wrong”. They were all done beautifully and correctly. I really like to see projects where the “old ways” are being kept alive.

-- John, British Columbia, Canada

Very nicely done. As a scroller, I can appreciate the work. I like the use of the weathered wood although your neighbors might want to watch out if they have a wood fence.

-- Kepy

These are nice looking.

helluvawreck aka Charles
http://woodworkingexpo.wordpress.com

-- helluvawreck aka Charles, http://woodworkingexpo.wordpress.com

Nice work, interesting project

-- Bob in WW ~ "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence

Some very nice signs. Very interesting motives of animals.

-- Ivan, Croatia, Wooddicted