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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2009 16:26:25 GMT
For those of you living in a hole for the past two days, they found a huge hoarde of Anglo-Saxon Gold in the UK. Among the objects found were gold and silver sword fittings. From what I understand, there were chests of them. Here's a link. Enjoy! ;D www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/sep/24/staffordshire-anglo-saxon-gold-findEdit: If you check the PDF, look at the guard. Is it just me, or does that appear to be a single-edged blade fitting?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2009 1:07:33 GMT
If you check the PDF, look at the guard. Is it just me, or does that appear to be a single-edged blade fitting? Yes it is. It's been described as a seax hilt which is promoting a bit of talk on myArmoury.com as it is unusual to have such hilts on these. I guess this is one of those discoveries that will re-write the reference books, or at least fill in many blanks. A tremendous find. Any one know where I can buy a cheap metal detector ;D
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2009 16:14:50 GMT
I've been reading a lot of Viking/Saxon fiction and the seax sounds pretty useful if not quite pretty.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2009 3:09:47 GMT
soo cool.wish i had some land in england to dig on.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2009 12:59:52 GMT
The seax was the most common blade type for the Anglo-saxon people and they can be very pretty or very plain depending on who carried it and also what its function was. The vikings are well known for making their killing weapons into artistic pieces as well.
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