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Post by Nilfgaardian on Jul 19, 2013 14:59:51 GMT
This is a seax I made a while back. The blade originally belonged to my first sword: a crappy re-enactment type XIIa warsword. The blade on this sword broke in half after hitting a soft, rotten board. The blade had horrible temper and small cracks forming in it, It was no better than a stainless steel wall hanger, despite being made of high carbon steel. Also it was more expensive than, for example a windlass. All this was before I discovered this site. The part of the blade near the guard was free of cracks and the tempering appeared to be ok, so I decided to make a seax. I shortened the crossguard to viking sword length, made a new grip core from an axe handle and made a primitive brazil nut pommel from a square piece of brass. Then I peened it all together using a blowtorch and a normal hammer (didn't have a real ball peen hammer). After that I blued the crossguard slightly, wrapped the grip in leather and cord and sharpened the edge. This project was mostly meant as a way to learn how to peen swords, make grips and so forth, but it all turned out alright. I like to think that I got at least something out of the price I paid for the original sword. Although it isn't historically correct and also quite heavy for its size, I think this seax is a far better sword/knife than the sword it once was.
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Post by randomnobody on Jul 19, 2013 17:01:42 GMT
Very interesting; great way to re-purpose something.
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Post by Talon on Jul 19, 2013 17:54:57 GMT
Nice work,and a great way of resurrecting a broken sword.
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Post by Timberwolf on Jul 21, 2013 13:02:42 GMT
I agree, that's very cool, and a good job of it!
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