Mar 2, 2018 · I'm a seax aficionado, so the first thing that stands out is that this really doesn't look very much like a seax. Right now the seax is suffering from the same thing that happened when the bowie knife suddenly became popular: everybody wants one, but almost no one knows what one is supposed to look like.

Aug 21, 2014 · A seax with a knuckle guard and a big pommel, especially with laminated wood grip, is not a seax. Maybe a bowie or a trench knife, but not a seax. “If you trust in yourself. . . believe in your dreams. . . and follow your star. . . you will still get beaten by the people who have spent their time working hard and learning things, the people ...

Jul 23, 2013 · Judging from the one specimen with an intact handle, the way the sheaths were shaped, other related types of sax, and period illustrations, the handles were long... the Aachen seax (sometimes called the hunting knife of Charlemagne) has a handle of just under 9", almost as long as the blade, made of horn (bovine), and a ferrule at the butt end ...

Oct 23, 2012 · "Seax", or "Sax" is a Germanic word for knife. I believe the "e" is associated with the Anglo-Saxon (usually broken-back) tradition, while the more straight forward spelling is associated with continental and Scandinavian designs. The pronunciations are the same. here's an example of a seax with similar profile to yours...

May 4, 2014 · This Seax was inspired by David DelaGardelles drawings and Dave Stephens Seax knife. I have always loved Seax knives but could never find a blade shape that I liked. This one I like. My idea in this sketch was to forge weld a piece of plain steel with a piece of Damascus steel at an angle, much l...

Jan 13, 2008 · "Another kind of sword, perhaps better described as a long knife, was the scramasax [also called sax, or seax]. The term 'scramasax' has generally been used to refer to the whole class of single-edged swords, but these can actually be divided up into "sax (short sword), langsax (one-edged long sword), and scramasax (dagger)" [Davidson 1962:40]."

Nov 26, 2019 · Greetings Fellows of the forge, While I am waiting for the leather to get shipped to Darwin for the sheath to house my recently finished Seax I have been spending my time making wood carving chisels, gravers, punches and researching how these sheaths were constructed. Well In my research I have v...

Nov 5, 2014 · If a Michael Price or Samuel Bell knife can be considered a Bowie knife then this could also with the right hilt. The absence of a ricasso fits the normal mold for a 19th century Bowie. The blade profile would be considered out-of-the-norm but the terminology has become so generic that who am I to say.

Aug 18, 2017 · While the knife isn't particularly a broken backs style seax, and the scabbard is also quite small I believe, the style does look like broken back style seax sheaths. Knife sheaths are normally very different from contemporary seax sheaths. It's dated first half of the 8th century, so that may be a little early for a broken back style seax.

Sep 24, 2021 · First thing i want to introduce, is my Rohirrim set which consists of small utility knife and bigger broken-back seax. The small one is the first knife where i have used forge welding and it is made of old wrought iron nail which i took from my family´s countryside house roof and the edge is made of my grandfather´s broken drawknife. So this ...