Seaxe Pic heavy

[Singeblister]

I have been hearing Seaxe a lot recently and started doing a bit of research, I decided to make one and I am rather pleased with the outcome my pictures don't do this justice sorry
Have a look and let me know what you think.

The Bolster is made from copper , the wood is very old box wood I have had for about 20 years, this was cut into three sections and copper spacers put in so the figure of the wood matches up the handle.

The pommel is made from laminated copper and steel I am very pleased with this piece of metal, when i buffed it the copper wears away faster leaving the steel raised it then got a wipe over with ferric chloride to darken the steel.

the blade is 195mm long and has a hammered finish with a polished convex bevel wiped over with ferric to show a very faint quench line. The overall length of the tool is just over 300mm long and it had a triple quench as do all my knives.
Let me know what you think guys.

 

[Mesquite]

Very nice indeed Singe, very nice indeed. A real piece of quality there

 

[andywinkk]

Very nice mate cant wait to see it,


proper knife makers hands them mate, you cant see any any tatoos though lol

 

[Shewie]

Lovely work again fella


Rich

 

[mentalnurse]

you finished that off quick mate,looking good.

 

[Simon H]

I like that a lot. Very nice.

 

[g4ghb]

Very nice, i'm not a great lover of large knives but I like that a lot. The pommel is ace, I wouldn't have thought you could 'join' copper and steel as they are so different in hardness - you learn something new every day!

 

[Pignut]

Wow!

That is a lovely knife!

 

[Bernie Garland]

Very nice knife John,love the pommel

Bernie

 

[EdS]

nice.

Would make a good alternative to the billhook

 

[singteck]

That is very nice John! I love it. And the pommel is fantastic too!

singteck

 

[Singeblister]

Thanks for the comments guys , anyone that has met me would know i dont use or make large knives usually but I really like this it has that " Must chop something " feel to it when you hold it lol , I will have a go at a sheath for it when i get a bit more spare time.
The Pommel I have done a lot of experimenting with this kind of materials Singteck got one of the early experimental bits i made quite a while ago , I have found you can join most kind of metals together if you do it right
Glad you like it

 

[littlebiglane]

That is a gorgeous blade. Full of character. Expertly crafted. What steel did you use for the blade? Nice alternative to the Leuku....which I am in the market for. Hmmmmmm

 

[addo]

Grand stuff John, as always. Love the hammered finish against the bevel.

 

[Singeblister]

That is a gorgeous blade. Full of character. Expertly crafted. What steel did you use for the blade? Nice alternative to the Leuku....which I am in the market for. Hmmmmmm

The Steel is 1080 I think its a batch I bought a long time ago and never used so it might well be something else lol its high carbon steel anyway.