Copied from one on display at the British Museum. Its blade is decorated with letters of the runic alphabet. The Vikings believed that runes possessed magical power and often inscribed them into blades to increase power. The leather-wrapped handle gives you a firm grip on this surprisingly light and..
Replica of a 9th century Anglo-Saxon seax. The master was found in the river Thames in 1857 and is displayed in the British Museum nowadays. That’s why it’s also called Thames scramasax. The blade is complexly decorated and provided with a runic inscription. On one side you’ll find engraved the comp..
Beautiful reconstruction of a typical, early medieval short scramaseax, which was very popular with several Germanic tribes (not only the Saxon).These seaxes were not only used as weapons but also or even mostly as cutting, edging or curving tools.The guard consists of two sheets from stee..
The seax, or sax, was universal in Northern Europe. Carried and used by the Saxons, Angles, Vikings and German tribes, its use probably dated before the fall of Rome and continued on into the early Middle Ages. Always single-edged, the profile of the seax varied from small knives with a blade length..
Broken Back Seax, Viking Knife with Damascus Steel Blade and Wood-and-Bone HandleThis hand-made Viking Age sax knife, known as a broken back seax owing to its particular blade shape, features a sharpened 256-layer Damascus steel* blade and a wood-and-bone handle with brass collar and butt ..
Seax Knife with Leather SheathReplica of an early medieval short seax, a knife that was popular with Germanic tribes throughout Europe.The carbon steel blade is hand-forged. The guard and pommel are crafted from solid brass and the handle is made of wood.The seax comes with a brown suede sheath equi..
The terms Damascus steel or pattern welded designate a compound steel forged out of two or more different types of steel. It is named after its birthplace, the Syrian city of Damascus, a former stronghold of the patterned steel production.
As a common practice, a harder high carbon steel and a mi..