toothy seax

GHEzell

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I was commissioned to make a replica of this blade. The buyer, he said the blade was about 9" long, and that it had a wolf's tooth weld... after a bit of discussion back and forth, we decided it needed a twist too. I'm not sure either of us expected the result...

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Not precisely the same, but within 1/16" to the original blade shape.

Wrought iron spine, 11 layer 1084 and 15n20 twist, more wrought, W2 edge... the handle is walnut burl, and the overall length is just a hair over 16 1/2". It has an auto-hamon that just barely shows in the pictures. All that's left is making a sheath and sharpening the edge, although it is already pretty sharp, it has bit me twice... it has a bit of an attitude (or perhaps an appetite) I think.

Thanks for looking.
 
Looks very nice from here. Where did the original blade come from?
The original is in the National Museum of Ireland, I'm not sure where it was found. The style dates it around the 10th century.

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The wrought iron has a definite brownish/coppery hue in some areas, I suspect due to phosphorus content.
 
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