Rituals for drawing blood?

[Sanguina Cruenta]

While that would work, I wouldn't recommend it myself for a couple of reasons. First, it won't be clean. Sure, you could clean it, but it just seems a bit manky to me and not something I would recommend. Secondly, you'd have to get it off the pencil sharpener, which seems rather fiddly. You may end up hurting yourself unintentionally.  

[Esiris]

Rachel The Squidray

If one day I find it important to me to draw blood then perhaps I will. For now though, it probably won't be happening. My friend once suggested using the the blade off a portable pencil sharpener. eek

That sounds like a bad idea. I'd want something sharper.

Sanguina Cruenta

Not as far as I know. Traditionally they would have been made of wood if anything. I'd say cow bone would be a good bet, and one of the easier ones to get. I've seen camel ones, but I'd rather get ones made from the bone of an animal the Norse would have actually had contact with wink

I was thinking elk. What do you think?  

[Danny Cheltyka]

Sanguina Cruenta

While that would work, I wouldn't recommend it myself for a couple of reasons. First, it won't be clean. Sure, you could clean it, but it just seems a bit manky to me and not something I would recommend. Secondly, you'd have to get it off the pencil sharpener, which seems rather fiddly. You may end up hurting yourself unintentionally.

Yeah I told her that. If anything, I would use a knife.  

[Sanguina Cruenta]

Esiris

I was thinking elk. What do you think?

The Norse lot wouldn't have come into contact with them, I don't think, unless their historic range was quite a bit larger than their current one (possible).  

[Neime-chan]

I have only done one ritual involving blood before and it was to bless a friend of mines jewelry in the name of Apolo. I used a simple kitchen knife for this, mostly because I could not afford a ritual knife and my athame I made myself out of wood. But I believe that in a ritual involving the shedding of blood that the tool used to extract the blood is of little concern as long as it is clean. The blood it self is the main focus here.

 

[Esiris]

Sanguina Cruenta

Esiris

I was thinking elk. What do you think?

The Norse lot wouldn't have come into contact with them, I don't think, unless their historic range was quite a bit larger than their current one (possible).

They call Moose elk in Europe and the Cervus elaphus look just like American Elk.  

[Sanguina Cruenta]

Esiris

They call Moose elk in Europe and the Cervus elaphus look just like American Elk.

Oh, "European Elk". Or Eurasian Elk to yon Brits. I was looking under a different genus entirely. Like in the same way Americans call bison "buffalo", yeah? Alces, not Cervus.

I'd say both Eurasian Elk and Red Deer would be fine, sure.