Viking Seax...Light WIP

Chris Railey

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I forged this thing to shape and cleaned (the profile) it up a little on my grinder. I did a lot of research on these, they had long handles and the widest part of the blade was at the broken back. There were many many variations but this to me is the coolest (and hardest to forge). Its maybe 19.32 inches long overall it will have about 13.24 inches of cutting awesomeness when I am done. I will keep yall in the loop on this one I am not sure what handle material I will use. The steel is 3/16” 1075. Historically they were thicker but I want to use this in the cane patch this year so I want it lighter and fast.
 

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