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Ædelwine’s Axe - late 9th Century Anglo-Saxon Axe

I have an interesting and unique axe on my "available" page. I'll post some pictures here, but the fascinating story behind this axe can be found here. It is rather long to read, but I think you will agree it is well worth spending the time to read about it. It is not everyday that something like this comes along.

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I know this axe will be shocking and controversial to many, so if you have questions, please feel free to contact me a ericmycue374@comcast.net

Beautiful workmanship on the axe and an amazing story! Do you have a photo of the original axe?

Great work Eric, I really like this one! Great story too.

I love it too! And the Danish axe in the other concurrent post.

I haven't worked myself up yet to buy a quality axe (as I'm still in love with swords) but I am really enjoying your recent posts on this topic. Maybe you have found your niche? What I notice from your work is that very subtle subtle elements in the angles and curves of the head (or body?) and even the haft make the difference between a prosaic weapon and a piece of functional art.

By the way, some of your comments, like the right way to tighten up the head on the haft and testing your axes, brought back pleasant memories from my youth of chopping down trees and practicing throwing axes against the woodpile at my parent's cottage, imagining I was some ancient warrior.

May many more little old ladies leave you their priceless family heirlooms.

Regards, JD

That is a gorgeous axe! I love the bowed haft. Everything about it is just so good. Well done Eric! My only question is, will you send the buyer some brownies or cookies too...? :cool:

Had to check the calendar and was surprised to find that it wasn't April 1st :cool:

Beautiful axe though.

A beautifully clean a slick axe Eric - really good work.

Tod

Thanks Tod! The encouragement means a lot.

I guess I need to make this clear since I have received a number of emails from people who are thinking that I am presenting an axe that was possibly made 1100 years ago. I hand forged this axe last month. This is completely my work. I was just trying to make an interesting backstory to accompany the axe. Pieces are often presented without any historic context, so I thought I'd supply a bit of historical fiction to help bring this axe alive. There was no intent to deceive or try to pass off this axe as an actual antique. I apologize for the confusion. I will still keep the backstory since I had fun writing it, and I think it adds substance to the piece.

Glad you tried a smaller axe, it turned out great. Well done.

I enjoyed the story, gave me a good chuckle. I did think to myself, I wonder how many people will think this is real...? I guess there's one born every minute!