type of grind on Seax

It was more than possible, but if one goes by existing examples, probably not likely. I always prefer to go by what was possible as opposed to falling into the "period correct" trap that everybody from archeologists to smiths get caught in. Imagine yourself 1000 years in the future at an archeological dig on what was known in the 20th century as a shopping mall. You find a cache of hunting tools and in the pile there is a double edged dagger. The resident egghead in charge, imediately proclaims the dig a contaminated fraud because everybody knows that Americans carried Bowie knives and the dagger was used in Europe :rolleyes: .

Common sense says that if it is possible, somebody somewhere is going to do it. Bladesmiths make their living off folks who want something special that nobody else has, as well as making a series of items for a group of folks, why would it be any different back then?

But having said all that, the seax I have examined had flat or slightly convex grinds and this would make sense for the blade design, but very dramatic hollows had been used centuries before the first seax appeared.
 
A couple of years ago I spent some time in the UK visiting the museums specificaly to check out the knives and swords.

Of the seax styles I saw, most appeared to have flat or slight convex profiles..though I did see one in the museum at Winchester that appeared to be a hollow grind.

Kevin.
 
I'm just posting here because there are too many Kevins in this thread.

There. That's better.
 
LOL!!! :D :eek:


me too....



Yes, the only hollow-ground seax I've seen was a moden "interpretation"...
 
Kevin I don't know but the bloke at this site will www.jfmetalsmith.com he goes as far as making his own steel in a smelter. an interesting read on his new site. He goes all out to make them the authentic way.

Guy Thomas from Florida put me onto the site.
 
Sir , I do understand your concern and even one Kevin is more than enough to rectify any situation . Let me satipulate though that I have found that Kevins are rare and unique individuals who when congregating are easily distinguishable from one another . For future reference I am the handsome one ! L:O:L B:T:W: Handsome means slow in some parts of the world !

Thanks for the info on the common Seax grind . As I am making this Seax from a large file I would have to remove a fair amount of material and I wanted to explore hollow grinding anyway . It may not be a beauty as its my first knife . I will be using so many skills for the first time . I hope it does not become problematic .
 
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