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Heisenblade — Gotland Seax
Published: 2013-09-28 15:08:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 3059; Favourites: 32; Downloads: 18
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A Gotland style seax that holds truer to the historical form. 10" 1084 carbon steel blade and curly maple handle (the dark lines are wormholes). Sheath is 10oz tooling leather with the archetypal brass work of these knives. Nothing fancy on this blade - just a straight-up cut-the-carrots/carve-a-stick/stab-Sven kinda blade.Related content
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As a historian, I can't help but be happy about this piece.
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Glad you like it. I try to alternate between attempts to reproduce historical pieces so I understand them well, and making my own versions that are extensions or extrapolations off of the historical pieces.
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That is the sign of a good craftsman, I feel - the traditional form is the traditional form, but every smith or woodcarver or leatherworker or what-have-you must experiment on the theme of those traditional, historical forms. Do you do commission work? I have begun a Historical European Martial Arts organization and may need a durable, rounded-edged working/sparring seax in the future.
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Thanks for your interest! I don't take commission currently - my life is too unpredictable and my day job often requires long hours. I will take commissions in the future when things settle down - certainly by June 2017 when I plan to quit my day job
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Elegant in its simplicity, and a lovely scabbard too!
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