Review on Seax...

SamuraiDave

SamuraiDave

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Seax...yup... it's GOOD!

One of the best convex grinds I have ever seen, even and all the width of the blade. This thing is Very Very sharp and due to the grind will pass through anything up till what ever you are cutting hits the fuller along the spine.

I am really impressed with this one. I have owned probably a dozen or so HI knives over the past few years. This one has really impressed me the most as far as acute grinds are concerned. It seems as if it would pass straight through darn near anything with little if any pressure felt.

I am going to be a PITA to Uncle and say that HI needs to make more straight and pointy knives. Why does HI need to make more straight and pointy knives? So I have more things to dream about that I cannot afford.

Yall need to get one of these guys! It is pretty darn cool. And at UBDOTD prices you shouldnt pass it up!
 
Im a seax man too. they are very agressively designed.

With the seax, exsanguination and deanimation is a whiz.
it is the ultimate humanoid terminal involuntary relaxation tool.
 
Its amazing what the relatively thin bladed seax will do with a nice convew grind. There is something magical about these knives of the Norse. i used mine yesterday to first bore a hole into a coconut to get to the water inside, then with a sharp whack to the spine with a wooden baton, i split the sucker in two. The funny thing is i tried chopping on the dang thing for 5 mins with my AK bowie while the coconut wobbled around and laughed at my glancing blows. Coconut number two did not get the chance to chuckle at me. Used the seax again to drain it, then used the 22" GRS to split it. I love my seax. probably in my top three favs of my collection.

Jake
 
I stand by what I said after making and then holding the wood model...It inspires confidence in the hand.

I've run my seax past some hardheaded knife afficionados who didn't care for my "oversized, bent machetes"...:rolleyes:....and this one got only praise.

I gave mine a gentle convex edge the day I got it. I need to make a new scabbard, though....I've beat this one to death having worn it and used it many times now.

I should really make a lil' "Sarge-made" puukko as a companion for it. That would be a nice touch, I think.....a la DannyInJapan's khuk-tracker.



Time for a little story (if time and patience might allow):

My wife is a wonderful seamstress and every once in a while, will make me a shirt, or a pair of pants, etc. A while back, she made me a shirt out of "Harley Davidson" fabric, and as soon as I put it on, I started dancin' around the room - which made her crack up big time. She told me that the way she knows if I like what she's made for me, is that I start dancin', hoppin' around, groovin', etc. I denied it, of course. :o But I know it's true...:D

Anyway, I've noticed the same thing when I pick up knives. There are some that I immediately start waving around...imagining it's uses....fabricating defenses.....and so on. Those knives I know are special. For me, it's the equivalent of what's said around here: "It speaks to me". I don't hear any words....:p....but I definitely "feel" something alive in the design and execution of it.

That's what I mean when I say "It inspires confidence". That's the feeling I get when I pick it up. Didn't matter whether it was the wood model or the real thing. Felt the same.
 
Dave - the handle was too small....remember? I copied your blade to the "T" though....excellent work.
 
finish the seax-ual song, done to the theme of "Mr. Ed":D:D

The seax spread all over europe and took many forms, but the originators of the version made by HI is commonly attributed to Anglo Saxon British Isles. the give away feature is the sharp angle of the clip, straight to the blade. In continental seaxes, the spine rounds to the point, more like the spine on a "Wharncliffe" or "sheepsfoot" style blade.

Continental germanic tribe (b4 the romans moved them off their land and into Britain) the Saxons = 'People of the S(e)ax" They had a had a sky god/sword god as their main deity, named Seaxneat (Saxnot). Tacitu's book Germania records much else of the tribes, like how some were ruled by wonen, which ones were monogomists/polygamists, and other interesting cultural traits.
 
Seax, very large, pointy, straight razor. I love mine, it sleeps at the head of the bed, right beside my Browning HP.
 
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