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PostPosted: Mon 23 Oct, 2017 12:38 am    Post subject: Viking pieces from Tod - Inlay and pattern welding         Reply with quote

Hi Guys,

I had a series of pieces to make for a North American client and here they are...

3 pouches based on various finds, but not slavish copies of any one piece, but what is notable is the way two of the three are fastened using the strap passing through a bracket and the large amount of metal work involved on the front panels.

The seaxes are also based on various finds, though again not slavish copies. The blades in all cases are by Owen Bush and all other work is by myself.

The first was based loosely on the Sittingbourne seax and has silver and copper inlay into the blade with a small panel of engraving onto a silver ground. The blade is largely wrought iron with a piled steel edge. The lettering says 'Robert owns me'. On the other side the letting is the other way up and reads 'Owen and Tod made me'. The hilt is box wood with antler bolster and pommel. The sheath is similar to one I made last year for "The Seax of Beagnoth" shown here http://myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=335...t=beagnoth and here http://myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=32102

The second seax is based loosely on the Aachen seax and has a piled edge with a thin band of wrought and then a pattern welded back. This has been fitted into a simple horn grip finished with a brass cap. The sheath is decorated in carved patterns and has custom sculpted brass plates along the top and decorated brass suspension rings.

The third seax is more of a brute and has a heavily pattern welded blade and has been fitted to a laburnum and horn grip with some silver inlay. The sheath to match this is based on one from Durbheim and is held together completely with studs and rivets.

I hope you like them and of course and questions or comments; please fire away.

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PostPosted: Mon 23 Oct, 2017 12:44 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Damn you Tod, that Aachen seax is lovely but the sheath work is brilliant, especially the fittings.
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PostPosted: Tue 24 Oct, 2017 8:11 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

These seaxes are all fabulous.

Great job and beautiful inlay.

The labumum and horn handles is especially attractive.
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PostPosted: Fri 27 Oct, 2017 6:11 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Those pouches are fantastic, Tod! Maybe I am biased, but they look better than any modern purse design I have seen in awhile. The way you signed that first seax is too clever.
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PostPosted: Sun 29 Oct, 2017 7:39 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I have a question which is tangentially related to the topic.

Why is some horn black and other horn gray to translucent? I've wondered about this.

Thanks
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PostPosted: Sun 29 Oct, 2017 12:02 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

What is approx. size of each sax?

For a collaboration like this to be hatched, typically which is chicken & which is egg? (Owen or you?)

Excellent all around (including the purses), thanks for sharing.
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PostPosted: Tue 31 Oct, 2017 2:26 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Thanks Guys.

Jeremy Krause wrote
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I have a question which is tangentially related to the topic.

Why is some horn black and other horn gray to translucent? I've wondered about this.


Buffalo horn is black and was easily available in Europe and ox horn near the tips is black and then as it gets further from the tips becomes a sort of 'tortoise shell' and more translucent with browns, golds, creams and greys.

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What is approx. size of each sax?

For a collaboration like this to be hatched, typically which is chicken & which is egg? (Owen or you?)

Excellent all around (including the purses), thanks for sharing.


They are now in Canada, so can't measure but the bigger two were almost exactly the same and were around 14" I think and the Aachen was around 10" I think, maybe 11"

This wasn't really a collaboration as such, I ordered 1 blade specifically for the inlay and the client ordered the other two from pieces Owen had. I would say a collaboration is when we both set out on a project and develop it together, but in this case he just supplied the blades. We are good friends though and ocassionally do work together and usually it is just that we would both like to work on.

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PostPosted: Fri 10 Nov, 2017 5:32 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Tod, those are all great, but I really love the last two. The horn handle is a great feature, very nice to see the historical method. The last one really speaks to me. Thanks for sharing.
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