scottish Seaxs? a thing or no.

[oolong dao]

i was wondering if seaxs were a thing in gaelic scotland. if not what tool was used in this time period in the same niche as it. im basically looking for a 17-1100's scottish equivalent to a bowie or kukri.

 

[EricV]

A believe the Dirk would have been a more prevalent pattern, but single edge Seax style knife wouldn't be out of place I don't think. You may want to check out the myarmoury forum's historical arms section, its basically a haven for guys into these things.

 

[DShiflet]

Based on what I can find, there isn't a specifically "Scottish" dagger until the dirk and sgian dubh came about(the dirk WOULD be the "Scottish equivalent to a Bowie or kukri"), though the dirk was just a variation of continuation of the old rondel/ballock daggers that had been around since the 1200's, so it falls pretty close to your time frame. To answer your question about "Scottish seaxs", I guess the answer is yes and no. There's no specifically Scottish style seax that I'm aware of, but since in the time period you specified in what is now Scotland there were elements and influences from both the Saxons to the southeast and the Vikings to the north, there's a good chance seaxs were carried and used...they just weren't culturally associated with the Scots.

 

[R.c.s]

I think the Dirk is going to be your best bet . Google early Scottish weaponry .

 

[oolong dao]

thanks for the help.