Two more seaxes for your viewing pleasure....
The smaller of the two is forged from Aldo's 1084 with a suger maple handle... the blade is 10 3/4" long and about 1 1/8" wide at the widest point... the handle is 7 1/2" long, 18 1/4" overall. This one is based on some of the narrower seaxes, almost mini-langsaxes in shape that one occasionally sees. The blade is not quite 1/4" thick, and very lively in hand.
The big one is 22 7/8" long overall, with a 14 1/4" blade (1 11/16" wide at its widest) and a 8 5/8" handle... the blade has a 1095 edge, twists of 1080 and 15n20, and a wrought iron spine... the handle is olivewood. This is the biggest patternwelded blade I've made so far.
I spent a lot of time trying to line the twisted bars up just right, but somehow they ended up offset. I also drawed the billet out longer than intended so the twists are not as tight as I'd originally planned. Next time, tighter twists....
Thanks for looking!
The smaller of the two is forged from Aldo's 1084 with a suger maple handle... the blade is 10 3/4" long and about 1 1/8" wide at the widest point... the handle is 7 1/2" long, 18 1/4" overall. This one is based on some of the narrower seaxes, almost mini-langsaxes in shape that one occasionally sees. The blade is not quite 1/4" thick, and very lively in hand.
The big one is 22 7/8" long overall, with a 14 1/4" blade (1 11/16" wide at its widest) and a 8 5/8" handle... the blade has a 1095 edge, twists of 1080 and 15n20, and a wrought iron spine... the handle is olivewood. This is the biggest patternwelded blade I've made so far.
I spent a lot of time trying to line the twisted bars up just right, but somehow they ended up offset. I also drawed the billet out longer than intended so the twists are not as tight as I'd originally planned. Next time, tighter twists....
Thanks for looking!
