Seax???

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Derek the Destroyer

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There is a Seax coming in the mail soon. They look really cool and are probably good at being "stabby". What do YOU use your seax for? I am not into collecting blades just so they can sit on my wall and look pretty. I work them and push them to their limits. I know this is a type of Germanic utility knife but what does it excel best at?
 
Traditionally there were two main types of Seax, the scramaseax (food knife) and the usual Seax and Langseax which performs pretty much exactly the same functions as the Kukhri, Machete or Leuku.
 
Well this one has like a 1/4 inch thick blade that is like 9 inches long. I suppose it could be used as a large food knife... Maybe chase I could down a cow and cut me off a steak or something.
 
One I gave as a gift has been used to butcher a lot of meat for the table, including a bear.
They are also great for any "camp" duty that a Bowie does.
 
Below is the main website picture of Himalayan Imports Seaxes
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As a weapon:
"The physical features of the broken back seax itself provide some clues to how it might have been used in combat. Even in its longest forms, the seax allowed a warrior to fight in close. Its sharp wedge shape gives it great—even armour-piercing—strength. A cutting blow would smash flesh and bone beneath mail. On an unarmoured body, a cut would prove to be crippling or deadly. Likewise, its needle point would make thrusts devastating to the human body." From An article by Frank Docherty

As a tool:
The Seax was primarily an everyday tool so you can use it for all camp duties.
"(scramaseax) It's main employment was probably as an eating and all-purpose 'pocket' knife. The blunt reverse edge of the seax could be used as a hammer to break bones to extract the marrow, or even hammered through materials via it's blunt back as a sharp wedge. It also gives a lot of strength to the whole knife." From Arms and Armour - Part 2 - Scramseax
Hope it helps. I personally use the Seax like any other knife. The Seax is just stronger.
 
I've had mine for years. It's split kindling, trimmed meat, opened packages, and pretty much any kind of camp chore you could think of.
My ancestors used these for centuries, and I've gotten a LOT of good mileage out of mine:) Enjoy!
 
Hey thanks for the great info guys. And thanks for the sweet video on youtube CostaRica. It seems like the seax would be a useful for making primitive tools because of its strong tip. I'll give it a nice review after I get it in the mail.
 
parbajtor said:
Traditionally there were two main types of Seax, the scramaseax (food knife) and the usual Seax and Langseax which performs pretty much exactly the same functions as the Kukhri, Machete or Leuku.
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With apologies for being pedantic and focusing on the non-important, scramaseax means "wounding knife," and to my knowledge, was never called that by the people who used them.
 
MagenDavid said:
With apologies for being pedantic and focusing on the non-important, scramaseax means "wounding knife," and to my knowledge, was never called that by the people who used them.
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Looking forward to your take on the HI Seax Derek the Destroyer.
MagenDavid you a quite "literally" right. There are so many types and names for the Seax I think most layman (including myself) just call it a Seax or scramaseax. As long as everyone knows what blade we're talking about it should be cool I think.
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Several forms of the seax (knife) as with all "knives". Enjoy your seax when it comes. Merry Christmas
 
sweetcostarica said:
Looking forward to your take on the HI Seax Derek the Destroyer.
MagenDavid you a quite "literally" right. There are so many types and names for the Seax I think most layman (including myself) just call it a Seax or scramaseax. As long as everyone knows what blade we're talking about it should be cool I think.
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Agreed. Also, as long as I'm offering useless information, I can see why people like the seax. One Germanic tribe liked them enough to be named for using them. We call them the Saxons
 
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