http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/04/17/scans-viking-swords-reveal-slice-norse-culture.html

Bernard:

I thought you’d be interested in this article and was not sure if you’d seen it.   Although I can certainly believe these swords may have been more ornamental than battle-worthy, I believe there were also fighting swords in use.  Perhaps, the ornamental swords are the ones that were kept over these many years while the rest were turned into plough-shears and such.  Please keep writing well into your 90s — so much yet to cover!

As always,

Scott