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Old 08-22-2013, 11:42 PM
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a sizable chunk of seax

Not much to say about this one, 1095 edge, 1084/15n20 twists, wrought iron spine... blade is 10 1/4", just a hair over 19" overall. The spine is 3/8" thick at the hump... maple handle treated with aqua fortis.




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Old 08-23-2013, 07:36 AM
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Awesome looking blade.. envious.
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Old 08-23-2013, 08:53 AM
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Ezell ,

fine looking Seax you are well on your way to a Fired Beard. excellent work !

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Old 08-23-2013, 02:52 PM
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Great looking knife. Do Seax always have such a large handle? Is it supposed to be a two hander or a hand and a half? LOve the steel.
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Old 08-24-2013, 02:48 PM
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Great looking knife. Do Seax always have such a large handle? Is it supposed to be a two hander or a hand and a half? LOve the steel.
Steve
The only broken-back seax with an intact handle that I know of is the so-called "hunting knife of Charlemagne", or the Aachen seax. From memory, the handle is a bit over 8", made of horn with a silver ferrule type wrap.

Also, period illustrations show straight, rather long handles.

Earlier styles of continental saxes (langsax, breitsax) had long handles. The only exception to this are the Nordic saxes, which had handles in the 4" to 5" range. The are many seax sheaths remaining even when the knife is long gone, and they also indicate long, straight handles.

Honestly, evidence is scarce so I'm taking a bit of artistic licence when it comes to how long I make the handles, and the shape. The handle cross-section is also a guess. They start out almost circular at the butt and become a flattened egg shape as it approaches the blade. This is based off of much earlier narrow sax fittings. It makes for a very comfortable handle, feeling somewhere between a puukko and a wakisashi in the hand. With the long, lightweight handle, one can chop quite well by holding it near the end of the handle, better than one would think based only on the size of the blade. In some ways they are like a little axe or cleaver with a point.


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Old 08-25-2013, 06:37 PM
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Good looking knife.
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