The Tattershall-Thorpe Seax is based on an 8th century Anglo-Saxon find at
Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire. The blade is forged from 1095 high carbon
steel. The blade has differently hardened with a clay coating. The handle is
made with stag and brass.
The overall length is 14" The blade length 9" long and is
1" wide.
The Green Seax is
forged to shape from 1095 high carbon steel. I did a diferential tempered with a
clay coating and a 1500 grit hand rubbed polish to bring out the hamon (temper
line.) The handle material is dyed and stabilized camel bone with brass pins.
The overall length is 12" with a blade length of 7-1/2" and a width of
1-3/8"
This little Persian style blade is forged to shape from
5160 spring steel. The handle is Honduran rosewood and the bullseye mosaic pins
are copper and brass. The over all length is 6-1/2". The blade length is
3-1/2"
The Tactical Fighter is forged to shape from 1087 high
carbon steel the handle is wrapped with para-cord. The overall length is
11-1/2" long. The blade length is 7" long and the blade width is an
1-1/2" Comes with a molded kydex sheath.
This Persian style dagger is ground from
1070 tool steel with a Purple hard wood grip and brass pins. The over all length
is 8-1/4" with a blade length of 4".
This broken back style seax is forged to shape from 5160
spring steel and hand polished with stones. The handle is Honduran rose wood
with a liner of fiber spacer material and brass mosaic pins. The overall length
is 14-1/2" The blade length is 9-1/2" and 1-1/2 inches wide.
My Persian Style Fighter is forged to
shape from 5160 spring steel and flat ground. The handle is Honduran rose wood
with a liner of fiber spacer material. The pins are brass mosaic.
The blade is 7"long with an over all length of 13"
This
Korambit was forged to shape then flat ground from 5160 spring steel. The
handle is made from purple heart wood and brass rivets. The overall length along
the back curve of the knife measures 15-1/2" and the blade length is
10". The overall length measured straight across is 12-1/2" and the
blade length is 7-1/2". The sharpened back edge is 4-1/2" long and the
width is 1-5/16" The spine is 1/4" thick.
This little
3 finger skinner is ground from O-1 tool steel. The handle is made from Micarta
and the tube pins and guard are brass. The overall length is 6" with a
blade length of 2-3/4" The sheath comes equipped with a belt clip.
The scales on this little O-1
tool steel skinner are imitation mother of pearl held in place by
small mosaic pins. The blade is 5 inches of 0-1 tool steel.
This Sombar Stag Seax
is forged from 1087 with Mokomae fittings forged from quarters and a mild steel
rivet. The overall length is 10 inches with a 6 inch blade length.
(The glass drinking horn
was made by my friend Hannah Rosner at Good
River Gallery)
This forge finished Seax is forged
to shape from 5160 spring steel . The guard and end cap are textured pewter
which was poured right onto and through the textured and dyed bone handle.
The full hardened blade is 10" long is 1"wide The overall length is
16-3/4".
This Cocbolo Camp Knife is
forged to shape from a roto-tiller tine. It's
overall length is 12 1/2 inches with a 7 inch blade. This is some of the toughest steel I've ever tried to put an edge on. Once there it's
durable as hell.
This cord wrapped shop knife is forged
from 5160. The blade is forged to shape from 5160. The blade is 3"
long 3/4" wide and has an overall length of 8-1/2".
This micarta handled 3 fingered skinner
is has small mosaic pins and an overall length of 5-1/2 inches of 0-1 tool
steel.
These 3 fingered paduak handled skinners are forged
from O-1 tool steel. The overall length on the top knife is 6 1/2 inches with a
blade length of 3 1/2 inches. The bottom knife has an overall length of 6 inches
with a blade length of 3 inches.
The Fossil Seax is 10"
long with a blade length of 5 1/4". The blade is forged and flat ground from O-1 tool
steel. The grip is shaped from a piece of fossilized Stellar's sea cow rib.
The fittings are brass fittings.
The Ring Pommel Seax is forged from O-1 with a cocobolo grip and brass
pins. The overall length is 11 1/2" and has a blade length of 6 1/2"
I forged this 1087 blade in my one brick forge at an
SCA event In the Shire of Mugmort. I have offered to donate 1/3 of the profit to
The Barony of The Middle Marches. The overall length is 8 1/2 inches the handle
is 4 inches. The handle is Cocobolo with steel and brass pins.
Cable Damascus seax with very
fine pattern handles are tulip wood.
Here is yet another
variation on the Seax with steel pins and a purple heart wood handle. The
overall length is 13 1/2 inches with a 9 inch blade. The blade is forged from
the other 1/2 of the lug wrench that the thorn & rose was made from.
The steel sparks 5160.
Here is another Iron Age Seax I
just finished. The steel is the blade is just over 9.5 inches of tough as hell
L-6. The over all length is 15 inches. The grip is purple heart wood with 5160
pins. These curved grip blades have an interesting feel to them. They fit the
hand perfectly especially if you hold the bottom of the grip sitting on your
fingers instead of palm and your thumb is resting on the spine.
The curved handle seax fits the
hand very well for cutting. I originally thought that the grip was 2 small but
it fit's perfectly. The blade is forged O-1 and the handle is tulipwood. The
overall length is 9 3/4" and the blade length is 5"
This curved 3 finger skinner reminded me of rhinoceros beetle.
The blade is ground from 1087 spring steel. It sports a canvas micarta grip with
brass rivets. The overall length is 6 1-2" with a blade length of 3".
This Le Tene Period Celtic Style blade is forged 5160 with
died camel bone and rawhide for the grip. The grip is not riveted but is
attached with rawhide. The blade length is 12" with an overall length is 19
1/4".
Here is a Damascus seax forged
from bandsaw blade and strapping iron. It has mokumae fittings similar
to the bracelet that is resting on the red oak grip.
