Any seax experts out there?

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From what I've read on them they tended to be on the larger size. 10 inch plus. Do any of you guys know if there were shorter seax or maybe knives made out of broken seax near the 4-8 inch range? I like the blade shape of the broke back seax and I was thinking about cutting a machete down to use as a light weight hiking knife and figured I'd give a broke back knife a try. I realize I can cut it to whatever size/shape I want, I'm looking to see if there are any historical examples I can get some ideas off of. Thanks.
 
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Man that's nice. Thanks for the link. I've always liked the looks of the broke back seax. I don't really need it as a weapon. More of just a utility knife with a shape that has some history behind it.
 
certainly not an expert, but I do like a good langsax or seax. Some years back, I had forum member Kevin_the_Professor make these. The langsax is 22 inches. Hundreds and hundreds of pattern welded goodness. Razor sharp, and evidently indestructable.
The broke back seax is 11 inches. It shares the same walnut grips, copper accents as the larger langsax. Another beautiful, yet very functional blade.
 
They kind of were all over the map, really. Many were short utility knives, all the way up to the full-blown sword sized ones.
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
They kind of were all over the map, really. Many were short utility knives, all the way up to the full-blown sword sized ones.
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I wonder then if the long ones just have more written about them because they're "cooler." Some small knife that was used to peel potatoes isn't as attention grabbing as a short sword. :D Could also be because the longer ones were buried with the owner and therefore we have more examples of the longer ones. Just guessing but maybe.
 
Mannlicher said:
certainly not an expert, but I do like a good langsax or seax. Some years back, I had forum member Kevin_the_Professor make these. The langsax is 22 inches. Hundreds and hundreds of pattern welded goodness. Razor sharp, and evidently indestructable.
The broke back seax is 11 inches. It shares the same walnut grips, copper accents as the larger langsax. Another beautiful, yet very functional blade.
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Nice. That small one even has a bit of a belly. I bet it's a good working knife.
 
Shotgun said:
I wonder then if the long ones just have more written about them because they're "cooler." Some small knife that was used to peel potatoes isn't as attention grabbing as a short sword. :D Could also be because the longer ones were buried with the owner and therefore we have more examples of the longer ones. Just guessing but maybe.
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There's some good info/pics HERE.

Also, see #20 in this image:

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Our forum member and maker Csizmar Szilard (hellize) is the go to guy for a Seax. He does awesome work and very reasonable price point. He made a great blade for me a while back and I could not be more pleased.
 
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