Viking Bronze Pricker from Björkö

Viking pricker replica based on a find from Birka.

Here you can buy a faithfully crafted replica of a historical pricker or awl, made after a find from the Viking town of Birka in Sweden's Lake Mälaren.

The original Viking pricker dates back to the 10th century. Link to the historical model...

In addition to ear spoons and tweezers, an awl or pricker was often an indispensable part of a woman's costume in the Viking Age, as it was useful for all kinds of tasks around the house, farm and wool processing.
Awls were therefore found in many different forms everywhere in the settlement areas of the Vikings.

The awl was often attached to a long chain or a leather strap on the shell fibulae of the women's garments and hung down from there at belt level - ready for use at any time. Often a pair of tweezers and an ear spoon or nail cleaner were also attached in this way.

The Viking awl is made of high-quality bronze and is also available in genuine silver-plated.

The Viking pricker has the dimensions: 7.5 x 1.3 cm.

A black leather cord of 1 m length is included.

As early as the Bronze Age, small prickers or awls were used for personal hygiene alongside the ear spoon and fine bronze tweezers. For Egyptians and Romans, these were even part of the medical instruments, and they were also very common among Germanic and Viking peoples as an important part of hygiene and beauty care.