Show Us Your Saxes -- myArmoury.com

Harry Marinakis · Posted: Sun 21 Jul, 2013 9:07 pm Post subject:

Wow, Boris, looks great!

Scott Hrouda · Posted: Mon 22 Jul, 2013 8:43 pm Post subject:

Honestly Boris,

When are we going to see "Industry Professional" under your name?! How you find the time for side-projects between your large-scale projects and everyday life eludes me.

Your brass work is very attractive! Cool

Boris Bedrosov · Industry Professional

Thanks a lot, guys! I appreciate!

# Andrew
I used both of them. The fittings were made from brass, while the rings are bronze.
Additionally, I used copper for the rivets.

#Scott
I'm not sure, but hope this would happen soon. In any case, it depends only on the community.

Matthew Bunker · Posted: Wed 14 Aug, 2013 3:01 am Post subject:

Something I've just finished, a 7th century English seax and sheath based on two very similar finds (one from Southampton and one from Suffolk).
P/W blade by Paul Binns, stud castings by Blue, both of whom did excellent jobs of making exactly what I wanted.

Everything else is by me.

Robert Muse · Posted: Wed 14 Aug, 2013 8:17 am Post subject: Seax

Very nice all around, but I am especially impressed by the scabbard! Really outstanding.

Robert

William Swiger · Posted: Sat 17 Aug, 2013 3:37 am Post subject:

Michael Pikula:

D. Bell · Posted: Fri 13 Sep, 2013 9:20 pm Post subject:

Here is my latest addition, by George Ezell. The blade is a 11 layer 1084/15n20 twist on the back, with a 1095 edge, and is 92mm long, 5mm thick, and very sharp. The runes spell out George Ezell, which is a nice take on a maker's mark. The handle is laurel burl. The sheath is leather with copper fittings and brass rivets and rings, and looks great.

I have been wanting a small seax like this for some time so when the opportunity presented itself I did not hesitate. This is my first knife by George Ezell, but I hope it will not be my last.

M Boyd · Posted: Fri 13 Sep, 2013 10:52 pm Post subject:

Boris Bedrosov · Industry Professional

Oh, man, it really looks like B-2 bomber Idea

I've never noticed this similarity so far.

Honestly, I've never intended to get such result.

Robert Muse · Posted: Fri 27 Dec, 2013 7:55 am Post subject: Warg Tooth

Well, this was posted elsewhere, but to keep my favorite string alive I added her in here.

This is by Luke Shearer a new, but very accomplished smith. Anyway, early this summer I saw this seax he was making and arranged to purchase it. When finished it went straight to George Ezell who created this sheath for it. Great work to set off the knife. Another highly recommended craftsman!

The Seax is named Warg Tooth, which I will change to a slightly more Anglo Saxon version. The work strongly reminds me of Owen Bush’s work and has a Kentish Notch along the spine. The blade is 11 inches long.

Highest resolution photos here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/100474669@N06/11538497335/

Robert

David Clark · Posted: Wed 07 May, 2014 8:59 am Post subject:

Here is my new seax from Iron Badger on the Armour Archive.

Mercer L. Blaire · Posted: Wed 07 May, 2014 10:59 am Post subject:

Here's the ones i currently own

Harry Marinakis · Posted: Mon 19 May, 2014 11:45 am Post subject:

Just got this seax from Ben Potter. It's got a 3-bar pattern-welded blade by Owen Bush, and the rest of the work is by Ben Potter.

A real beauty! He did a fantastic job at finishing this knife to my specifications. I am extremely pleased.

Edit: I think the website where I originally hosted the photos had some bandwidth issues, so I reloaded the photos to this site.

Carl W. · Posted: Mon 19 May, 2014 6:52 pm Post subject:

Harry - Hope its just my pc but nothing to see? If its not just me please repost the pics, I miss Ben's work, & a mix of his & Owen's...!! - Carl

P Ullrich · Posted: Wed 21 May, 2014 1:18 pm Post subject:

Great stuff on this thread. Here's one that I dont think I've placed here. Blade by Michael Pikula, the rest by me. Overall length 24", blade length 16.5". Width at base: 1.8". Thickness at base: 0.2", more like .25" towards the break. Width where the spine breaks: 1.7". Handle of old ash.

Boris Bedrosov · Industry Professional

Three recently finished (in the end of May) langseaxes:

They share almost identical blades with close lengths, and equal widths and distal tapering. The main differences are in the tip areas and quite obviously - in the hilts.
For the future projects I definitely need narrower blades (36 - 38 mm instead of 40 as now) - then the hour-glass shape of the grips would be not such extreme. The other things I'm not quite pleased with, are the metal fittings of the scabbards, and particularly the rivets - this time I didn't managed to make them as I usually want.

* The Norwegian - my chopper for the events I participate in Big Grin

One particular reason I made the hilt in such manner was my desire to test a multi-layer construction - here I have steel-copper-bronze-copper-steel billet, all held together with rivets.

** The guard and the pommel of this one

have a historical analogue, kept in the Museum in Nijmegen, Netherlands.
The grip - core of an oak, brass, bone, bufallo horn - is, of course, purely fictional.

*** The last one with non-riveted construction

is fully product of my imagination - of course, as always, I've tried to make the things historically correct.
The guard and pommel are bronze, the grip - buffalo horn, brass, accacia, walnut.

Perhaps, I should try to cut the motif in the middle

in opposite manner - convex ropes and immersed surrounding area - but anyway the result is good for a first try.

The last two langseaxes are intended for sale.
So, if someone is interested in - please, send me a PM in order to provide more images and to discuss the details.

Kai Lawson · Posted: Sun 15 Jun, 2014 8:09 am Post subject:

Love the variety, Boris. I quite like the stacked construction seax, and the gentle hourglass grip!

Also really diggin' your admitted fantasy-but-functional looking seax: the world needs more really good looking fantasy pieces

Karl Edgar · Posted: Sat 21 Jun, 2014 10:37 am Post subject:

Blunted seax for reenactment fighting.
Oak, deer antler and leather in the handle. Made by me.

Blade based on Bjäärs 17 (Gotland, Sweden, 7th century) and made by TC. Its a realy nice blade, but a bit on the heavy side.

D. Bell · Posted: Sat 12 Jul, 2014 4:14 am Post subject:

I have recently received my latest seax, made by Ryan Stevens, and thought this would be a good time to show off some of my collection.

Matias Tonazzi · Posted: Sun 13 Jul, 2014 10:51 am Post subject:

I've made this one for myself and don't actually use it for reenactment, but when I go camping. It's a rather crude work recycling an old machete I've found once. The blade is 25cm long.