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Nathan Robinson
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 Posted: Mon 02 Aug, 2010 12:14 am Post subject: Contest: Back-breaking Seax! |
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Back-breaking Seax!
We are giving away a broken back seax generously donated by Elchon's Workshop.
Michal Plezia of Elchon's Workshop gave us a handmade one-of-a-kind broken back seax so that we could have this contest and give it away to a lucky myArmoury.com member!
 
Click photos for full-sized versions
The forged and ground steel blade has three different metals inlaid into it: twisted brass and silver on one side and copper on the other. A brass bolster and grip of grenadilla wood complete the seax. It also comes with a molded brown leather sheath tooled with a zoomorphic design. More information about this piece can be found in our hands-on review by Chad Arnow.
Please take a moment to visit the Elchon's Workshop Web site and see more of Michal's wares. Give him a big thanks for donating this prize!
This contest is open to all myArmoury.com members.
Here's the twist: The longer you've been a myArmoury.com member, the better your chance of winning! Your odds of winning are based on your registration date. While anyone who enters can win, the weighted odds make it payback time for the old-time site members!
Follow the instructions shown in this button:
- If the button says to click it to enter, just click it. If it doesn't say you can enter, it will let you know. Easy, right?
- Make sure you're logged-in before you try to enter.
- Contest entry is open until Monday September 6, 2010.
- All participants will be entered into a drawing and the winning names will be randomly selected later that same day.
- Domestic shipping charges are included with the winning prize, but international winners will be required to pay for shipping.
Good luck to everyone!!
Contest-specific rules and limitations:
- You must be a registered member of myArmoury.com
- myArmoury.com moderators and Team Members are eligible to win
- The odds of winning are based on each entrant's registration date. The longer a person has been a member, the better the chance of winning
- Shipping charges are included for winners located in the continental US
- Should the winning entrant choose not to accept the prize, another winner will be selected
Please read our detailed Rules and Limitations document for complete information and our disclaimer.
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Jean Thibodeau
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Very nice work and it would fill a gap in the collection as I don't have an actual seax although I do have a custom but modern blade of my design that could be considered " seax - like " in blade profile.
And a few bowie knives that, although not seaxs, do fill the same design niche but of a different time and culture ( Good design ideas seem to repeat over time and place ) .
Very nice of Michal Plezia to support this site with the gift of his work, and my thanks even if I don't win this one.
Best of luck to everyone.  
You can easily give up your freedom. You have to fight hard to get it back!
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Michal Plezia
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I'm glad you like it Jean 
www.elchon.com
Polish Guild of Knifemakers
The sword is a weapon for killing, the art of the sword is the art of killing. No matter what fancy words you use or what titles you put to
it that is the only truth.
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Chad Arnow
myArmoury Team
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| Posted: Mon 02 Aug, 2010 7:36 am Post subject: |
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I'd like to add my thanks to Michal for making this donation. Having had this sax in my hands I can tell you it's a nice, solid, attractive piece of work. The winner will be pleased.
ChadA
http://chadarnow.com/
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Marko Susimetsa
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Ah, so nice to give a nod to old-time members - even though I've been lurking for long periods of time. 
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Tim Lison
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I love these contests! Thanks to Michal for the donation and thanks to myArmoury for running another cool giveaway!
Last edited by Tim Lison on Mon 16 Aug, 2010 9:28 am; edited 1 time in total
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Michal Plezia
Industry Professional
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| Posted: Mon 02 Aug, 2010 11:02 am Post subject: |
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I want to thank Chad and Nathan. Without their hard work it wouldn't be possible.
www.elchon.com
Polish Guild of Knifemakers
The sword is a weapon for killing, the art of the sword is the art of killing. No matter what fancy words you use or what titles you put to
it that is the only truth.
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Neil Gagel
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My chances are slim, but as the SAS says "who dares wins."
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Leo Todeschini
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Addison C. de Lisle
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| Posted: Mon 02 Aug, 2010 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you for sponsoring this contest Michal - it looks like a pretty neat piece
www.addisondelisle.com
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M. Oroszlany
Location: Czech Republic / Slovakia / Hungary Joined: 12 Jan 2009
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I just finished reading Chad's review of the piece, and I really like it. Kudos for offering this in a contest.
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Nathan Robinson
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Sander Marechal
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| Nathan Robinson wrote: | | I figured I'd bump this up and get more to enter. |
Why? You're reducing my chance of winning
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Scott Hrouda
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I'm with Sander.
As a low-posting "medium timer" here, I was hopeful we could keep this quiet after I registered to win.
In all seriousness; this is a great gesture by Michal, a fine weapon anyone would be proud to own, and yet another reason why myArmoury is a premier forum.
-Scott
...and that, my liege, is how we know the Earth to be banana shaped. - Sir Bedevere
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Chad Arnow
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| Posted: Wed 04 Aug, 2010 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Michal Plezia wrote: | | I want to thank Chad and Nathan. Without their hard work it wouldn't be possible. |
Michal,
I appreciate the thanks, though I feel strange about being singled out or put in that company. Nathan dreamed this place up and makes it run. I just referee when needed.
Personally, what makes this place cool are the people who participate: people who ask interesting questions and/or provide interesting answers, those who write articles, those who donate their time, knowledge, experience, and their wares, and so many more. This site's greatness has everything to do with those people.
I just enjoy being part of it all.
ChadA
http://chadarnow.com/
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Jean Thibodeau
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| Posted: Wed 04 Aug, 2010 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Nathan Robinson wrote: | Hey, only 200 entries so far. That means the odds of winning are pretty good for you guys! Then again, it's only been a few days but I figured I'd bump this up and get more to enter.
Cheers! |
Well against my own best interest I'm also bumping up the Topic. The contest may be weighted to give us old " veteran " longtime members better odds of winning than fresh new members but you guys also have a chance of winning, so don't be shy to participate.
You can easily give up your freedom. You have to fight hard to get it back!
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Etienne Hamel
Location: Granby (QC) canada Joined: 09 Sep 2006
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i'm glad i didn't miss this contest i always wanted a seax but hey if i don't win the more important is to particippate right?
thanks for this opportunity
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Nathan Robinson
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Michele Hansen
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| Posted: Tue 10 Aug, 2010 8:24 pm Post subject: I entered! C'est Vrai! |
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Nyaahahahaah! Now you've got a girl chasin' after that gorgeous piece of viking weaponry. My hubby would love it. He comes from fine Norwegian stock. Many thanks to Elchon's Workshop for the donation. And may the best collector win!
Il est apelée de Montfort. Il est el Mond, et si est fort. Si ad grant chevalrie; Je vois et je m’ acort. Il eime le droit, et het le tort. Si avera le mestrie!
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Nathan Robinson
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This is a standard topic