These Seax blades were roughly based upon the blade in Winchester Museum. I chose this kind of blade as I thought it would be a good example of what a seax blade would look like to match in with some fittings from the Staffordshire Hoard. These are very complicated blades and represent my modern interpretation of the best a Saxon smith would have been capable of. The by-knives are not historical but I thought they would look cool. They are forged from the same billet as their parent blade.
I made these blades as research for a TV program on the Staffordshire Hoard…to be shown on November the 7th this year
Main blade 14″ by 7mm at the hilt.
By knife 3.5″ by 4mm
Blade construction:- From back to edge 6 bar construction. Wrought iron at spine. Then 2 layers of opposed twist both made up of a mix of wrought iron and 30 layer Damascus combined in a low layer bar.
There is then a layer of wrought iron that has been dogs-tooth welded to a layer of steel to give a wavy transition line.
Finally the edge is Sam’Mai random pattern Damascus with wrought iron.
these blades are now sold .
If you would be interested in me making some blades for you like these please email me and quote 201
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Main blade 14″ by 8mm at hilt By knife 5.5″ by 4mm
Blade construction:- From back to edge 6 bar construction. Wrought iron at spine. Then 2 layers of opposed twist both made up of a mix of wrought iron and 30 layer Damascus combined in a low layer bar.
There is then a layer of wrought iron that has been dogs-tooth welded to a layer of linear pattern weld to give a wavy transition line.
Finally the edge is Sam’Mai random pattern Damascus with wrought iron.
these blades are now sold. If you are interested in me making you some blades like these please email me and quote quote 202
Close up of by-knife (202)