Langsax as a cutter

Mannlicher

Mannlicher

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some years back, Professor Kevin Colwell made me a 22 inch Langsax. It is several hundred layers of hand hammered, pattern welded steel, in the Norse tradition. It hangs on my wall, along with the companion sax knife.
Watching some videos the other day, with a blade smith cutting bottles, so I thought i'd try it with the langsax. Half gallon milk bottles, two liter soda bottles, filled with water, and then struck.
I was not surprised that the langsax went through those bottles like a knife through butter. I was pleased. :)
 
The Langsax is my favorite long knife/short sword, that one there is really nice. I like the contours on the handle, but is that a different color of wood in the center swell or a copper band? Either way, it's a good looking weapon.
 
That is a copper band. The wood is Walnut. He made a Walnut sheath for it as well, and I had a leather harness for it made.
 
I have to say that I like the look of that piece as well... and it's no surprise that a war knife the mainstay of many a norse warrior could handle a fearsome bottle or two! :) Again, really nice piece from what we can see.
 
that is good to see! I remember dealing death to a number of maple saplings with that back when I had it!

Thanks for sharing.
kc
 
well Hello Kevin. Yes it's a sturdy blade. A number of years now, and it shows no wear. I'll be taking it, and the companion 11 inch sax, on a camping trip next week.

It is a hard item to get a good picture of, at least with my crummy Canon Point and shoot camera. This the Langsax in it's sheath, with leather support

The Langsax and it's companion knife
 
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