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Old 03-20-2015, 04:02 PM
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Gotland style Seax / War Knife



Been a while, but I thought I'd post some things I've made over the past few years...

Here's a Gotland style "war knife" or seax. Historically, most of these weren't pattern welded, but there are a couple. They're roughly Viking Age-ish and tend to come from the Eastern Baltic. The handle is a rock maple from my property.


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Beautiful work J, I've really started to like this style of knife more and more, need to get away from the Saxon blades for awhile...

How did you terminate the wires in the handle wrap?


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Seax Many Variations

Here below are attachments of seax that vary where they originated in Anglo-Saxon civilization. The ones pictured are from Essex and Middlesex in England.
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Looks great!

P.S. My wedding ring is still holding up, though I need to etch it again.


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