MEDIEVAL IRON SINGLE-EDGED SEAX KNIFE
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Ca. 1100 AD. An iron-forged single-edged knife or seax with a thick back, ellipsoid lower guard, short tang, and thin handle. This fighting-knife, or 'seax', has a blade forged from a technique called 'pattern welding'. Bars of iron and steel were twisted and hammer-welded together while white-hot, welded to a steel edge, and ground and polished. For a similar, see The Royal Armouries Collection, accession number: X.1602.Size: L:585mm / W:25mm ; 355gProvenance: Property of a European collector; ex. German collection formed between 1990-2010.
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MEDIEVAL IRON SINGLE-EDGED SEAX KNIFE
Estimate £300 - £600
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