Bushseax

[Snufkin]

I like the seax style of knife and have tried a few. here is my latest.
3mm 01 tool steel, laburnum handle with black liners, convex grind. Haven't tested it yet as it's only had one coat of oil on the handle.

A few more coats of oil and then the sheath.

 

[Tor helge]

Looks very nice. It looks a little like the bushcraft knives.
The handle looks nice and comfortable.

Tor

 

[British Red]

Super knife Snufkin - really like the scales but isn't it a little short for a seax? If Tor and Abbe come sailing into Norfolk and stand in a shield wall, I reckon they will want a few more blade inches (kind of Roman Gladius length). Then again perhaps that wasn't quite what you had in mind for it

Red

 

[Snufkin]

Super knife Snufkin - really like the scales but isn't it a little short for a seax? If Tor and Abbe come sailing into Norfolk and stand in a shield wall, I reckon they will want a few more blade inches (kind of Roman Gladius length). Then again perhaps that wasn't quite what you had in mind for it

Red

If Tor and Abbe come sailling across I shall just make them a nice cup of tea, and then wittle them something with my seax .
Seaxes came in all lengths, from small utility knives to big longseaxes for fighting, but I'm not really into weapons (although I'd like the skill to be able to make long blades ).

 

[British Red]

Me neither on the weapons but I'm into the third of Bernard Cornwells Saxon / Danish novels now and he talks about the seax as a shield wall weapon (the sum total of my knowledge on the subject) -I didn't know they came in a range of sizes...very cool...BB says its "sexy" by the way - and wants to know if you plan on selling it ?

Red (just as I try to fight my knife addiction she catches it )

By the way - Tor - row faster - Abbe wants to waterski

 

[Snufkin]

Me neither on the weapons but I'm into the third of Bernard Cornwells Saxon / Danish novels now and he talks about the seax as a shield wall weapon (the sum total of my knowledge on the subject) -I didn't know they came in a range of sizes...very cool...BB says its "sexy" by the way - and wants to know if you plan on selling it ?

Red (just as I try to fight my knife addiction she catches it )

By the way - Tor - row faster - Abbe wants to waterski

A woman with knife addiction, brilliant. She buys them and you get to test them. Don't know about selling it, I just make them for my own amusement and curiosity about designs. I'll see how it performs and if I do decide it's worth selling I'll let you know.

 

[directdrive]

Damn! It's lovely. Please tell me, what makes it a seaxe? Is the blade sharpened on one edge only? The seaxes I've seen are all more like short swords or long daggers than knives.

Bruce

 

[British Red]

Thanks Snufkin - it sure looks good enough!

Red

 

[KevB]

Nice Knife Snufkin. I never got to see the home-made blade you brought to the meetup - pity.
Is a convex grind typical of Seaxes ? How did you achieve your grind ?
On the subject of convex grinds (maybe I'm off topic now) - I've decided to remove mine to a flat grind. I prefer a little more 'bite' when working finer wood. Any tips on how to do this ?
Presently I'm using a 1200 Waterstone to take it down - probably because I'm a bit 'scared' of hacking away at it with anything coarser!

 

[BorderReiver]

Really nice. :notworthy

Pictures of the knife and sheath together please.

 

[Snufkin]

Damn! It's lovely. Please tell me, what makes it a seaxe? Is the blade sharpened on one edge only? The seaxes I've seen are all more like short swords or long daggers than knives.

Bruce

I don't know that there are hard and fast rules to define a seax. It's just a style of blade that was popular with the saxons, although it is probably older than them.
I just define a seax as having that shape of blade with a relatively straight cutting edge and the back of the knife dropping steeply to the point.

 

[Snufkin]

Nice Knife Snufkin. I never got to see the home-made blade you brought to the meetup - pity.
Is a convex grind typical of Seaxes ? How did you achieve your grind ?
On the subject of convex grinds (maybe I'm off topic now) - I've decided to remove mine to a flat grind. I prefer a little more 'bite' when working finer wood. Any tips on how to do this ?
Presently I'm using a 1200 Waterstone to take it down - probably because I'm a bit 'scared' of hacking away at it with anything coarser!

I'm not sure if seaxes were convex ground. The pics I've seen look to be either full flat or with a slight secondary bevel but I haven't really researched the design in detail.
To convex mine I just filed in flat bevels and after heat treat I did the mousemat and wet and dry trick to bring in the edge.
As to tips to remove a convex edge, I've never done it myself but I recon it'll take you a while with a 1200 stone. You might try gluing some coarse wet and dry to a flat board to take it down some.