Description
This Seax is a 6 Bar construction . With a layer of wrought iron on the spine then a pinstripe of steel and then two layered bars of alternating twist and straight, there is then another steel pin stripe and finally 500 layer random pattern damascus on the edge of the blade. This Seax is made using the same techniques that are used in the making of legendary Saxon and Viking swords.
Broken back seax blades have a very distinctive and stylised geometry, seax are often thicker at the broken back and taper in both directions in thickness, I have kept this blade thin to keep the blade light but it follows the same form. The Anglo Saxon broken back seax is the iconic tool and weapon of the Saxon. And found almost exclusively in the UK. Historically the blades have lots of subtle differences in profile but often share communality with the broken back part of the blade being the thickest.
This Seax has a damascus steel ferrule around the Elm handle with a single silver pin on each side. There is a varigated horn plate that has been pinned on with silver pins as a but cap.
The sheath is oak tanned leather with copper fittings with silver rivet washers and forge welded iron rings.
