Seax use review

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Dino in Reno

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I will post more when I get the photos, but the seax I bought as a gift about six months ago got a real in the field test.
Quartering and butchering a bear. HI seax one, bear... dinner. The users loved the way it kept it's edge all the way, including splitting the ribs and spine, then cutting the meat into final sections. "cut like a razor".
Lots of comments, all real good, but we knew they would be :-)
More to follow.

Dino in Reno
 
Great review, thank you Dino
 
JayGoliath said:
20" Seax!

Was there even such gargantuan?:eek:
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Historically yes. Some even were long enough (grettirseax) to be swords and even had sword hilts affixed to them.

I'm not talking about necessarily going that large but a 20" Seax getting into the category of a Langseax would be some good stuff.
 
Dino in Reno said:
I will post more when I get the photos, but the seax I bought as a gift about six months ago got a real in the field test.
Quartering and butchering a bear. HI seax one, bear... dinner. The users loved the way it kept it's edge all the way, including splitting the ribs and spine, then cutting the meat into final sections. "cut like a razor".
Lots of comments, all real good, but we knew they would be :-)
More to follow.

Dino in Reno
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What does bear taste like?
 
Bear's not the easiest thing in the world to cook, as I understand it: even my grandfather warned me that it could be very, very dry. Having said that, there ARE recipes, and i think I may have something on my hard drive, somewhere. Stay tuned.

Yes, big seaxes. I've actually HANDLED them at photo shoots, during my brief acting career. In fact, the larger seaxes are very likely to be where the falchion/messer/hauswehr came from. A 20" piece (is that BL, or OAL?) would be perfectly "correct," historically speaking.
 
I consider my H.I. Seax to be an important piece in my pillaging gear.

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Still want a 20" Seax though. :cool:
 
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Hey Dino,
Good to hear you put your seax through some real bear work:)
I sure love mine with the Neem wood scales. They sure chop and slice and dice well and that point is a real fine part of this excellent tool.:thumbup:

The top one I modded from an old Kyber bowie I had with a mangled tip. The middle seax I was privileged to get the chance to try in a passaround, made by Andy C.:D

Nice pillaging kit, Wolf_1989:thumbup:

Mark
 
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I must say you both beat my stuff by a mile so I think this is one of those times I will not be posting a picture. ;)

Really nice stuff you too, and I really like the middle one made from a file Mark. :thumbup:
 
O.K. it's time for photos.
I could not find one of the seax in use... but here is the meat, and the rug in making. OK, not a rug, it will be a bed throw.

The seax was used for the cleaver, splitter, and long butcher's knife duties. After being used to split the ribs, all the long cuts on the meat were done, with no sharpening needed or done.

The gal working on the head of the skin is the seax owner, and did the skinning and a lot of the butchering. And is bringing me on a pig hunt this fall :-)
The other picture, just friends having fun, seax owner on the right.

Dino in Reno
 

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