A type iii/ii seax, with an 11th century Hiberno-Norse sheath.
The blade is hand forged spring steel, set into a shapely, Thuya Burl handle with historical cutler's resin.
Blade length: 18.5cm
Width at break: 28mm
Thickness: 6.5mm, tapering to the tip and hilt.
The sheath is based on DLS 19, from Dublin, and is hand tooled, 2.5mm veg tan. The seam is sewn with a half tunnel stitch, so, the stitching is only visible on the reverse.
The leather is dyed to represent a possible brown from bark tanned leather; the rich, polished finish coming from my home made leather balm, of neats foot oil, goose tallow, and beeswax.
