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RobbieMcSweeney — Germanic Long Seax (Langseax)
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Published: 2016-07-25 21:01:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 10512; Favourites: 316; Downloads: 0
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Quite quick to illustrate. This is one of the longer types of seax blades, and was quite popular in Scandinavia and other germanic regions in the dark ages.Related content
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beautiful work. I'd love to have one that looks this good to wear.
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Yes, this the fighting seax, not the brush chopper or utility knife version. Not a true sword, but very useful in the rough-and-tumble fighting of the shield-walls in contact. ANd since it is not a sword, one may wear it indoors or at a friendly meeting without offending one's host.
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What's the difference? Is it scale, or in the construction of the blade or the handle?
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The relatively long straight blade is a hint, along with the extended edge to get as much of a cut as possible. Those are key features to me. The engraved blade ornament seems more like something for a weapon, not a tool. The tool-types lack the extended edge and are sometimes wider at the cutting end. that is about all I can say on it without getting out a book. 
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Precisely
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Many of the excavated seaxes of that approximate size in England have a fair amount of decoration on the blade and pommel. They were definitely owned by men who cared about the things they wore out in company. The plain seaxes tend to be the smaller utility knife types, which were obviously meant to be used a lot.
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Yeah I agree, and when ever I so the multiple design piece I'll put that across
Quite an interesting subject because we have quite a lot of excavations of seaxes as they were very popular in the period.
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