Info Favorites Register Log in
myArmoury.com Discussion Forums

Forum index Memberlist Usergroups Spotlight Topics Search
Forum Index > Historical Arms Talk > 8th century Frankish single-edged swords and seaxes Reply to topic
This is a standard topic  
Author Message
E. Storesund





Joined: 10 Jan 2011

Posts: 101

PostPosted: Sat 30 Jul, 2011 2:51 am    Post subject: 8th century Frankish single-edged swords and seaxes         Reply with quote

Hello, I'm doing some research for my late vendel kit and in relation to this I am looking for source material regarding Frankish single edged blades in the 8th century. Though beautiful, I'm a bit tired of the "broken back" types, and feel I rarely see much of other blades apart from the early single edgers of the Viking Age.

Any info on books or articles written about the subject would be helpful. Also, pictures are more than welcome if people have any.
View user's profile Send private message
Andreas Becht




Location: Germany
Joined: 13 Feb 2010
Likes: 1 page

Posts: 102

PostPosted: Sat 30 Jul, 2011 6:34 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Here's my 8th century sax found in Sarstedt, Germany.


 Attachment: 39.64 KB
ec1ddc4d.m.jpg


 Attachment: 28.23 KB
01335bfd.m.jpg


 Attachment: 52.99 KB
1d3a963d.m.jpg
and my carolingian shield

 Attachment: 237.56 KB
[ Download ]
View user's profile Send private message
Peter O Zwart




Location: Ontario Canada
Joined: 28 Nov 2010

Posts: 69

PostPosted: Fri 05 Aug, 2011 7:16 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Andreas, that's a beautiful sax. I saw some images from a museum recently that showed similar saxes in various lengths, though they seemed to be fairly long. I should have taken a closer look but I will try to track them down. However this post is really just to bring it back to the top as I am interested in this as well.
View user's profile Send private message
Jeroen Zuiderwijk
Industry Professional



Location: Netherlands
Joined: 11 Mar 2005

Spotlight topics: 2
Posts: 740

PostPosted: Sat 06 Aug, 2011 4:28 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Here's a lecture I did earlier this year on saxes:

http://1501bc.com/files/saxes/lecture_saxes_final.ppt

It's a nice summary of the archeological data that I've been able to find. Regarding literature, there's not much published specifically on saxes. One of the best sources of data for Frankish saxes are the German catalogs from graveyard excavations. Some examples:
"Das frühmittelalterliche Gräberfeld bei Weingarten I"; "Die Alamannen im Zollernalbkreis"; "Frühmittelalterliche Gräberfeld von Altheim". Next to that there are a few documents worth getting your hands on:

"Berichten van de Rijksdienst voor het Oudheidkundig Bodemonderzoek, jaargang 42 1996-97", which contains an article on longsaxes from the Netherlands "Untersuchungen an Langsaxen aus niederländischen Sammlungen"

And there is:

"Franken oder Sachsen? Untersuchungen an frühmittelalterlichen Waffen".

And finally I also recommend looking through the many photo pages from the link in my signature Happy

Jeroen Zuiderwijk
- Bronze age living history in the Netherlands
- Barbarian metalworking
- Museum photos
- Zip-file with information about saxes
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
Peter O Zwart




Location: Ontario Canada
Joined: 28 Nov 2010

Posts: 69

PostPosted: Sat 06 Aug, 2011 6:35 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Wow! That is amazing Jeroen, thanks so much for the pictures.
I found the pictures that I was referring to on the blade forum, with a good bit of info on them as well:

http://forums.dfoggknives.com/index.php?showtopic=15743

The more I read about these the more interested I get... Big Grin
View user's profile Send private message


Display posts from previous:   
Forum Index > Historical Arms Talk > 8th century Frankish single-edged swords and seaxes
Page 1 of 1 Reply to topic
All times are GMT - 8 Hours

View previous topic :: View next topic
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum






All contents © Copyright 2003-2024 myArmoury.com — All rights reserved
Discussion forums powered by phpBB © The phpBB Group
Switch to the Basic Low-bandwidth Version of the forum