December 11, 201411 yr This seax was quite a long time in the making. I forged the blade at the Oakland Axe and seax-in in 2013 as a demonstration piece. A nerve wracking experience ion front of quite a few people who have influenced me along my path. It is based upon a blade in the museum of london that I was lucky enough to document. an elegant blade with very fine forge welded teeth as part of its patterning. I did the forge welding and rough blade shaping in Oakland California and then brought the blade back to the Uk. I finished it up and spend quite a bit of time considering how to finish it. In the end I came to the conclusion that It would want a decorative handle and sheath to do it justice (its defiantly one version of the finest Blade I have ever made). and so after some discussion at my forge in I sent it home with Petr Florianek a Czech bladesmith to put a handle and sheath on it. and I think he did it justice for sure. and som more piccies... * other side of blade with different patterning... * * nice butt
December 11, 201411 yr Absolutely beautiful. The carving and leatherwork are great too. Overall gorgeous piece of work. Congratulations to you and Petr.
December 11, 201411 yr Fantastic! I love to see collaborative works! The artists are generally top notch and well paired... certainly the case here!!!
December 11, 201411 yr Nice one, Owen! great patterns in your pw, as well as your cap, handle and sheath! Great teamwork!
December 12, 201411 yr That's amazing! I think that make one of these knives is the target of almost everyone here. Thanks for sharing! Bacha.
December 12, 201411 yr I yet to try damascus so its hard for me to comprehend how that pattern was even achieved, it certainly is one of the best looking pattern welded blades I have seen. The sheath and handle definitely pair well it too.
January 28, 201511 yr Owen - very nice blade you made!, is the "toothed pattern" from a gear rack that was forged in with the other billets to make that pattern?
January 28, 201511 yr Author Thanks Ric, Jeremy, the toothed pattern was made by cutting individual slots into the edge bar and then fitting individual teeth into them, the whole piece was then forge welded together....
January 29, 201511 yr What a beauty! Your craftsmanship is superb. I like the slots and teeth...a toothy san mai. John
March 10, 201511 yr Author Hi Chance, I am using a few steels in this blade and wrought iron for the spine. If I remember correctly, the teeth and bar they are connected to are 15n20 the edge is probably w2 and wrought iron. The twists will be mixed 15n20 and en42j ( British spec 1080) and probably wrought iron the spine was wrought iron..... Kind of a trixy mix.All the best owen
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