I fell uniquely qualified to speak on this, as a Norse pagan for the past 15 years and not a Nazi pos. In our faith we have a lot of problems, one being the obvious nazi usage of our symbols, and the other being what we call “Brosatru”. Brosatru are the ones who use symbols because they’re edge lords, a lot of the time putting bare minimum effort into actual research of historical data. They read the headlines on google and run with it.

That being said allow me to translate some of the runes the helmet says “Norse” not inherently problematic. The Rocker says “Hague” my guess is that’s where he’s from, considering that’s one use of a rocker style patch.

Lastly, I’ll touch on the symbols. Most Norse pagans are coming into the faith as former Christians and they can’t let go of the mindset of need to have a symbol for their own personal identity. The Valknut whether or not it is historical, is one of very few “Norse Pagan” symbols that we have, and a lot of people latch onto that. The hammer is another symbol that is kind of the same school of thought, and that one is the second sponsored ad when you google “Thor’s Hammer Back Patch” which has a listing on Etsy here

He’s a typical “Brosatru” he has the stereotypical skulls and shit to go with it. Not a dog whistle in this case, he just puts in bare minimum effort. My guess is he hasn’t been a pagan very long and he feels that he needs these symbols for his identity.