Viking Handshake

The clasping of the Lower arms is a traditional Warrior greeting on Nilfeheim. It is also practiced on Pan Saran planets and usually referred to men.

On Nilfeheim it is used exclusively by peer ( Clan Chief to Clan Chief, Warrior to Warrior) A Freeman or a Low Man is never greeted that way.

The origin of the gesture is a symbolic checking of hidden weapons. (Or the old Pan Saran "Do you have a Dagger up your sleeve")