5 Day Class Covering the Forging & Handling of a Patternwelded Seax.
The patternwelded seax has become a specialty of mine. I have spent a lot of time getting to know the form and function of these distinctive Saxon knives.
On this 5 day class you will:-
Make up a 3 bar seax billet using wrought iron and steel, wrought iron on the spine then a layer of twisted steel and iron and then high layer piled steel at the edge.
We will work in pairs and groups to get the pattern welding done, we will also have access to a power hammer……
Our seax billet will be assembled and forge welded into a blade billet.
The billet will then be forged and ground to shape, heat treated and polished. The blade is then etched to reveal the beautiful patterns within the steel.
Finally a handle will be shaped and fitted to the blade using the hot tang method of burning the handle in, the blade will then be secured with cutlers’ resin, a traditional form of pitch glue.
The cost of this course is £540
Course Dates for 2012
4th – 8th June
To secure a place on this course please send a 50% deposit ….. £270
Cheques should be made payable to Owen Bush and sent to East Wickham Farm, Welling, Kent DA16 3DA