March 28, 201313 yr These two blades are a commission piece . The blades were forged as a set of blades for a Nat Geo Tv program on the staffordshire hoard. These blades were the in progress blades that I worked on in front of the camera.....The final blade i made for the tv program was a lot more subtle in pattern having wrought iron mixed in with all the patternweld. These paired seax are handled in bog oak (3000 years old possably a lot older ) and sterling silver. the dimentions of the blade are based on a seax blade in salisbury museum. The by-knife is made from the off cut of the bigger seax. the large seax is 25 inches from butt cap to point. close up Here is another seax made for the same client from the same blade series. shorter in walnut and silver plated copper wire.
March 28, 201313 yr First off these are absolutely beautiful, i have always loved clean beautiful lines like those present in these. The bog oak is beautiful too, mind telling me the thickness, and width of the larger of the 2 blades?
March 28, 201313 yr Author Thanks for the comments, The program was aired over a year ago ( I am behind on commissions) , I had the honour of having Donald Sutherland doing a voice over as I worked. The big blade is 6mm thick and 43mm wide.
March 28, 201313 yr Mad Skills.....to see work of this caliber on the same page as mine is truly inspiring!
March 29, 201313 yr Beautiful blades Basher. I guess I'll have to search Discovery online to find the episode. Do you remember the name of the episode? How many Discovery Channel shows have you done now? Frosty The Lucky.
March 29, 201313 yr very nicely done sir, but we have come to expect great things from you, and you never disappoint.
March 29, 201313 yr All three are truly great looking blades and the wood is really nice looking too but I think that black of the bog oak is outstanding and it really sets the silver off. You done good :P
March 30, 201313 yr The first word that came to my mind was:"luxurious"......like a Mercedes or something with fine leather.Beautiful work!!
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