Medieval Wax Tablets - Viking Gear Review #1

I'm the woodcarver and reenactor and that's the first video of the Viking Gear Review series I'm planning to make on semiregular basis.
The first video is about the wax tablets I've made, ancient portable writing tool.
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[@tauIrrydah]

I made one today, very basic from some scrap wood, not as nice looking as yours! Didn't realise you could thread through the wax. I used an iron oxide powder so my wax is red. Now I'm going to learn Latin Cursive for wax tablet writing on top of all that.

[@geegnosis8888]

Yes, I like your idea of daily living tools and such like. Please do a lot more.

[@svartalfheim4753]

Thank you so much! I'll try to continue with the channel and this series, but I'm usually really busy with actually making stuff so it's difficult to find time for making videos, but I'll try my best.

[@lad7534]

there are not many videos about this topic here, nice to see something so well explained

[@svartalfheim4753]

Thank you so much!

[@rubenskiii]

I am doing research for making my own wax tablet and this video was helpful. Thank you for making it!

[@samurguybriyongtan146]

There are some really ancient ones, from the Assyrians as well!

[@svartalfheim4753]

Yes, really. The first google result leads to the neo-assyrian ones in the British musem. They look amazingly alike!

[@bastienguilbaud5768]

I wonder what ancien technology could be added to it to make it more like a smartphone. Like, an abacus to make it a calculator, a mirror, a solar clock, an oil lamp for the torch. Stuff like that. Any ideas ?

[@svartalfheim4753]

I haven't seen any devices like that in historical sources so I don't know if they thought about it. I just called it like that in a thumbnail because of the screen-like look of the wax. I guess you could add a few more pages to the wax tablets so you have space for other devices. Thin abacus, a mirror and solar clock can be fit there. Viking "compass" also should fit fine. An oil lamp can work too but will definitely do damage to the "smartphone" if used. Small plumb line, ruler and square ruler also should be fitable to one of the pages. Of course this kind of a device won't be historically accurate but is fun as a fantasy experiment.

[@bastienguilbaud5768]

@@svartalfheim4753 Although I do like historical accuracy, I was indeed aiming for a fantasy experiment. LARPers like to get inspired by history but create original things. So I was wondering how far I could take it. Your entries are very interesting, never thought of adding a ruler and a plumb line.