Anglo-Saxon Seax Archeological Replica-Fully Functional
Anglo-Saxon Scramasax – Fully Functional Archaeological Replica Step into the early medieval and antiquity battlefields of Germanic Europe with our Anglo-Saxon Scramasax Replica, a faithful reproduction of the iconic long seax blade found throughout Migration Period Anglo-Saxon archaeology. The seax (also spelled sax, sæx, or scramasax—“wounding knife”) was a single-edged blade carried by warriors of the Germanic tribes, particularly by the Saxons, from which they take their name. This style of scramasax, typically longer than its Scandinavian and continental Germanic counterparts, was used more in pre-Christian Anglo-Saxon England. Many identical pieces have been unearthed across Britain and are currently displayed in The British Museum, dated between the 5th and 11th centuries AD. See some of these on display [here at the British Museum Website.] Fully Functional Anglo-Saxon Seax for Combat or Collection This seax is hand-forged from high carbon spring steel (54SiCr6) by master black