This Bosnian man gets a kick mimicking the mighty Nordic warrior legends
Stipe Petic, 57, often dresses as a warrior, flaunting his weapons. Pics/Facebook
Stipe Petic, a 57-year-old Bosnian man with no nordic background, was so impressed by the Vikings TV series that he started calling himself Ragnar Kavurson and making axes for a living.
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Petic claims that his fascination with the culture started with a binge-watching session of History’s hit series, Vikings. Coming back to his hometown of Tomislavgrad in Southern Bosnia after 10 years of working on construction sites in Germany, he became fascinated by the saga of the legendary hero Ragnar Lothbrok and his wife Lagertha. After changing his look to mimic that of a Nordic warrior of legend, and borrowing the name of his favourite Viking character, Ragnar, the ‘Bosnian Viking’ started making intricately decorated Viking axes and shields.
“The first season is my favourite. At first, I liked Ragnar’s personality but, to be honest, I like Lagertha too. She blew my mind away,” said Petic. “I had a lot of free time, because I live here alone and then while watching the series I saw Ragnar’s axe, I liked it, and I wanted to make one just like it”. Kavurson’s workshop in Tomislavgrad is now full of Viking axes and shields, alongside portraits of logs used for axe throwing practice, and detailed portraits of Ragnar and Lagertha, as portrayed by Travis Fimmel and Katheryn Winnick. Outside the workshop is a functional ‘drakkar’, a flat-bottomed Viking boat that the 57-year-old made himself and that he sometimes takes out on a nearby lake.
Sporting a long, white beard and braided hair, and wearing traditional tunics, Ragnar Kavurson looks very much the part of a modern Viking. He has a job working as a driver for the regional government, but he dedicates all of his free time to his passion, making Viking axes and shields that he then sells for anywhere between 25 and 300 Euros.
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Before pedalling, factory visitors choose the size of the socks as well as the colours of the threads they want to use. Specialised staff connect the threads to the machine, and when they’re done, it’s time to pedal. Making a pair of socks is said to take about 10 minutes. After you’re done pedalling, the staff sew the toes and press-finish the knitted socks, for you to take home.
With the COVID-19 pandemic keeping people from travelling as much as they used to, many didn’t have the opportunity to visit the factory and knit their own socks, so Souki decided to have their management do the pedalling for them.
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