basher Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 This seax blade is made from ore from various smelts that have been held at my forge. and also from phosphoric iron smelted by lee sauder. It is my first attempt at making a "saxon " blade from smelted material . I have made 2 "japanese" blades before this but they were just strait laminate (clay coated) . It is not perfect.... but gives a good idea of what these blades may have looked like , or at least a grasp in that direction. its a 5 bar blade at the back tamahagane zuku wootzu ( remelted in a crucible bloomery cast iron and grumps of steel ) folded forever and then mixed in with low C bloomery iron . 2 oposing twists from phosphoric iron and low c bloomery iron then a fine layer spacer in high c and low c strips and the edge of same . the blade hardened well.... It is subtle , I will try a different mix to get more "show" in the twists ... this bladewas hard work , but it is a start. Many thanks to all the people who helped to make the steel at various smelts .... Mike Blue ( who got us going on all this smelting malarchy) , Mick Maxen (who had a hand in most of this material), Jack Hobson , Colin , Jake Powning , Niko , Jeff pringle , Rowan Lee sauder and more besides ........ This one will be a keeper...there is too much work in it to sell...... I shall be doing more..... the blade at 7 inches and 8mm thick at the hump... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felix24 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 that's really interesting stuff, and an acomplishment to be very proud of. congrats and thanks for sharing B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 To my eye it's dang near *perfect* as an example of what they were like back then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithl Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Wow! Very beautiful, would love to see it handled. I'd keep it too if I made it. Keith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonjic Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 blade from dirt?????? ive been at your place enough times to have a hint of an idea just how much work has gone into that. That is a real achievement and if you have not done so already reach and give yourself a pat on the back, pour a mead and smile ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Masterful work from "dirt"! I like that a lot. :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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