Here is a seax I am working on for a customer. 5160 blade, hammer finish back bevel and 1/2 of the front bevel with the forged ridge line highlighted. The egde is ground a bit to improve the geometry from as forged, and it is gonna be a mean cutter. holes are drilled for pins, all that is left is to heat treat and mount the handles, then make the scabbard.

Sam, That is a good looking piece, I like the makers mark you stamped in.
That last picture of you holding the work...looks wild!!!

Thanks Chef, yeah, we got to messing aorund that day hehe and I love doing the weird pictures:D.

Nice blade, Sam. Good enough to gut a moose.

Last pic is a hoot! "Would you buy a blade from this man?"

Christopher

Hehe thanks Christopher, a couple of students came up from NJ, and we were messing about the whole day. I showed them how to forge and stuff, then they made they're own knives:D.

Cool Sam! Scary, Dude! You and the blade!!!!
Nice looking blade!
Bb

Thanks BB! I am honestly not like that we were just messing around hehe.

Sam,
If my mother in-law tries to commission you to make a sword like that, please refuse her.
After seeing the transformation that came over you while you are holding that sword in your hand, it gave me the willies!
Why, I could see where “you could have been a ferocious pirate” at an earlier point in time! LOL
Be safe!
Old Rusty Ted

I was just wondering if the Jeep behind him was to be his test subject for that thing!
Sam, I've been following the progress of this blade in various places that you have posted it. I have to say that it has come out nicely. I like the makers mark also and it has inspired me to think up a way to make my own for my projects. Your skill is improving all the time. Keep it up.

Eric

Thanks guys. Ted, i'll be sure to screen her calls:p. I am going to have to make up for this scary picture by taking a picture of me holding some soft cuddly kittens:D. Ecart, thank you very much. I forged the stamp for my mark YEARS ago, and only recently found it and heat treated it. I guess it would be nice if I explained what it means. My name is Sam Salvati, my business name is River Valley Forge, being that my shop is located in the Delaware River Valley, only 100 yards away in fact FROM the river itself. The mark sort of works out to convey both my name and business name, being that it is two Ss side by side, and it also happened tolook like a little bendy section of the river, which is very bendy around here.

Sam, that is very interesting. I knew what the SS stood for, but it is neat to see how you incorporated the idea of the river into it.

Honestly, it was sort of accidental:D. Oh, and i would NEVER, EVER take anything other than a sopay spong to my beloved Jeep.

I have a Blazer you can take anything you like to as long as I can have the leaf springs.
But I'm taking us off topic. The Seax is looking good. One day I'll have to try one.

Ohhh i'll have to take you up on the blazer offer someday for sure:cool:. Thanks again, they are a great challenge to get the shape right, with the edge on the straight part as opposed to the curvd part.

Sam, your talents are progressing with every project you do. What kind of handle willl this have?

Now, as for the last picture.......lets just say that I've met a few people that would identify with that look, in my line of work......of course, they were on their way to the state hospital to hang with the guys in white suits for some r&r:D.......you are such a ham for the camera. Oh well, as long as you are having fun doing what you do, who cares, right?


Keep up the good work.

aaron

Here she is all handled up. All that is left is the final polish and sharpening after the sheath is made. Handle is light brown syed Amboyna Burl, sealed with clear lacquer (which I am thinking of doing a couple more coats to give it that DEEP look). Pins are brass. I LOVE the brass against the what-i-thought-was-gonna-be-brown but is red, along with the hammer finish and high polish edge, both much cooler in person. ENJOY.

Here it is with the sheath! A big thanks to my teacher John for showing me how a proper sheath is done./

Very nice Sam! Thats a whole lot of blade you got there!
The handle and sheath look very good, compliments the blade very well!
Keep up the good work!
:cool:
Bb

it came out nice Sam, have you tried water bottles with it?

Thanks Andre and Victor! Victor, as soon as I put the final edge on i will try cutting some with it, no doubt it will go through like a lightsaber, but just to make sure:D.

Cuts like a razor! Details here from the customer, and a reveiw.




http://forums.swordforum.com/showthread.php?p=947687&posted=1#post947687

Sam ,that Seax Appears To Be Master Work!
Change Your Name To At Least Journey Man!;)

Sam,

You need to post the pictures of it finished from the other forum,, that turned out very nice. Simple clean and effective.