Seax Styles
The seax covers a lot of ground, historical examples run from 2 to over 20 inches in blade length. Profiles run from the famous broken back straight edged seax, to bowie-like clip points and long spearpoint fighting blades. I make three primary types of seax right now- a modern EDC styled seax, a larger modern seax, and a traditionally styled spearpoint langseax.
The modern EDC seax is a nearly straight cutting edge, with just a light belly near the tip. Generally blade lengths for these are in the 4.5 to 6 inch range, with .095 or thicker 15N20 and distal tapered 8670M in 3/16 at the tang. I prefer to do a convex grind, either the partial 'scandi style' convex on the thinner blades or a full convex on the thicker models. These are typically paired with a ranger sheath.
The large modern seax is long handled, with the same overall profile as the EDC modern seax, and generally is going to be done out of 5160 or 8670M with a full convex grind. Blade lengths for this range from 9 to 14 inches. Standard sheath is the explorer model.
The traditionally styled spearpoint langseax is - almost- a short sword. With a full convex grind and a single edged spearpoint, these range in blade length from about 10 to 16 inches. I do these with a fairly short, traditional dogbone styled handle and a full tang, though I could do a through tang variation. Again, steel on these is generally going to be 5160 or 8670M with my preference being for a distal tapered 1/4 inch thickness. This also comes with an explorer sheath.
Modern Seax:
Large Modern Seax:
Langseax:
