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Cool! Of course if you add a false-edge and guard to a sax you have a Bowie Knife more or less...

Thanks

From the fall of Rome to the early medieval period the sax ruled supreme as every man's all-purpose tool and weapon. It's roots go back to the Celtic La Tene period. Every free man in western europe, from Iceland and the Viking settlements in the Americas in the West to Russia in the east...

Pretty damn cool! Great concept and workmanship.

My statement was incomplete and I should have clarified which part I was referring to as 'myth.' They could and did kill live prisoners to test their swords but this was seldom a formal thing. There were incidents (like the one from 'Shogun' if I remember correctly) where a fellow had just...

Some Saexes that I have made recently Used from a period spanning from roots in the Celtic La Tene up to the early Medieval period, the Sax or Saex was a stout single-edged knife used as an all-purpose tool and weapon. They were used all across Northern Europe from Russia in the east to...

Very nicely done!

Overall Length: 8-7/8 inches Blade Length: 4-3/8 inches Hilt Overall Length: 4-1/2 inches Blade width @ Base: 7/8 inch Blade Thickness at base: .210 inch Center of Gravity: 1 inch from base of handle Inspired by blades and scabbards from Sweden from the 7th-9th C. Depending on who you...

Yep- the term 'Sax' as it turns out is about as inclusive as 'Bowie Knife.' HUGE variety of shapes and sizes and styles.

Overall Length: 10-5/8 inches Blade Length: 6-1/4 inches Hilt Overall Length: 4-3/8 inches Blade width @ Base: 1 inch Blade Thickness at base: .210 inch Center of Gravity: base of blade Simple hand-sax in the style of the Carolingian Era. The flat-ground 6-1/4 inch long blade is...

Overall Length: 15-1/4 inches Blade Length: 10-1/4 inches Hilt Overall Length: 5 inches Blade width @ Base: 1-1/4 inch Blade Thickness at base: 1/4 inch Center of Gravity: 5/8 inch from base of blade Scottish Dirk in the style of the pre-Culloden period. The 10-1/4 inch long blade is...

Thanks! I like to include stuff like that. makes it more interesting I think.

Don't be silly- that's what the sheath is for!

What an astonishing dagger! Beautiful- but for it's condition it could have stepped right out of a history book. I am very impressed.

Well OK then! Wouldn't want to offend... :-)

I do not know if it is appropriate for a maker to post his own work here, but I just finished this and I am rather pleased with it. If I should not be posting this here please let me know! Overall Length:@ 13-3/8@ inches Blade Length: 8-1/4 inches Hilt Overall Length: 5-1/8 inches...

Hi Erin! Thanks for the welcome- I remember that evening at Josh's. Good times!

define 'crazy'... hey George! Good to see you here too!

TY all!

Bainite is good for specific purposes- If toughness is the main consideration Bainitic L6 is hard to beat. The ideal for L6 would be a Bainitic body and a martensite edge. This would be the best of both worlds- the toughness of Bainite for the body of the blade, the hardness and wear...