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Berhthramm Le Prevot
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 Posted: Mon 31 Aug, 2009 11:28 am Post subject: seax Wheeler type III |
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A little bit more than one years ago a friend asked me for a seax, it must be a type III (Wheeler typology), it must be long an dit must be elegant and razor sharp.
I start working…
Here’re pics just after fire work, I try to push the hammer work a lot (my grinding machine is not a performer and hammer work is more histrically accurate than « stock removal »… I finish the work with a little hammer based on Mastermyr (that’s just for fun)…
and finished :
(the last pics was shoot with the flash an dis more accurate with the wood real color)…
And here’re test video :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dluuNcvBnEo
here’re dimension :
total lenght : 590 mm
blade : 460mm
wide : 32mm at base of blade et 36mm at the « broken back ».
weight : 360 grammes
thickness : about 4mm (a little bit less)
steel is « carbon steel » (XC75)
tempered in oil and selective heat treated
It’s based on the big war saxon seax of the Xth and XIth.
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Bartek Strojek
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| Posted: Mon 31 Aug, 2009 2:01 pm Post subject: |
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Beautiful work, and it's scary weapon too.
Did you test how well it thrusts?
Only one side is edged ( as I only suppose of course), but it's wickedly pointy 
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Berhthramm Le Prevot
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| Posted: Mon 31 Aug, 2009 2:13 pm Post subject: |
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I have to test the thrust but no good idea of how to proceed, milk box could be to easy and not very interesting.
Don't know how.
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Bartek Strojek
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| Posted: Mon 31 Aug, 2009 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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Well, AFAIK from this superb site, people often thrust the plastic bottles with water, to see how far it will go trough before bottle moves.
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Berhthramm Le Prevot
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| Posted: Tue 01 Sep, 2009 9:59 am Post subject: |
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gonna try that.
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Berhthramm Le Prevot
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This is a standard topic