I thought some of you may be interested in the silver inlay and general shape of this attractive little seax/knife.

Pretty cool. :cool:

http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/Coll...p;id=29492

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The Museum of London Group

Thanks for sharing that Jeremy, it is a sweet little knife and one day I hope to make a repro of it, but until then I shall just cherish the picture.

Tod

I wonder what the construction of the blade is on this knife. If the blade is iron and the edge steel would this show in the corrosion? The metal looks to be homogenous to me.

Thanks for the image, I have a small low-res image of that one and have wanted one that showed more detail.
Neat little knife/seax...

It does appear to be homogenous steel.

[quote="Neil Langley"]

Philip Montgomery wrote:

...The lettering on one side says 'OSMHND', which was probably the owner's name. The name Osmund suggests that the owner was of Anglo-Saxon descent. Neil

Hi all...

Here are a couple of pictures of the other side with the OSMHND inlay...

ks

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More pics and info here:

http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/Even...p;id=29492
http://www.museumoflondonprints.com/image.php...earch=true
http://www.museumoflondonprints.com/image.php...earch=true
http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/Coll...p;id=29492
http://www.fioredeiliberi.org/gallery2/main.p...emId=12255

Danny

These are great pics!

This sets the stage for a fabulous reproductions. So much detail is evident. Someone needs to take the plunge! ;)

I love this knife but I have my eye on a different little knife with similar proportions.

I don't see how the blade could be homogenous though. With this level of inlay and attention I would think that a steel edge would be incorporated.

The tang looks to be corroded differently than the rest. Any thoughts on whether that's a different material than the rest of the blade?

It's not possible that the grip influenced the corrosion? I would have think that it would have reduced it, but maybe a wooden one would soak up water and corrode the tang more readly...

Or (as a river find) if it was buried blade down the tang may simply have been in shallower, more oxygenated mud - causing this area to corrode faster.

Neil.

Hilts always make the tang corrode differently. Frequently there is remains of the hilt included on the tang. It's possible that this one may have had hilt remains too, but they may have fallen off/removed. One of the other saxes in the Museum of London still has remains of the wood on the tang (identified as possibly box). You can see more photos here:
http://1501bc.com/page/museum_of_london/index.html

Cool little knife. I want Tod to make one :) Interesting how the back of the blade is beveled.