Four bar seax

[J W Bensinger]

First attempt at the Norse stacked bar construction-three bars of cable damascus, 5160 edge bar.
Ulfr-tonn, the wolf's tooth.

 

[Gehazi]

very cool, looks great!

 

[1066vik]

like the looks of that a lot

 

[J W Bensinger]

Thanks guys.
The etching-using-nail polish-as-a resist looks an awful lot like the old forge-welded inlays...

 

[1066vik]

so, just to get an idea, what are the specs on that and how much would a similar piece cost as a bare blade, ready for mounting?

 

[J W Bensinger]

This ones a 9" blade, 14(ish) OAL, 3/16 to 3/32" distal taper.
If I do it again i would go 1/4" to 1/8 or so in the taper, just for better feel.
I want to say $300 or so-I didn't do the best job o timekeeping on this because it was kinda in between working on another pattern welded seax that was the main goal that day.

 

[Gehazi]

interested in seeing how some vine or bird patterns would turn out using that nail polish resistor looks like something worth continued experimentation

 

[1066vik]

sooo....
it took a few months to decide what I wanted to do with it, but here's the wolf's tooth with hemp cord wrapped oak scales and a leather covered wood scabbard.

in the scabbard: