Some of my spare time...

[Ferrous Wheel]

..goes to projects such as these.

Seax:
11"OAL, 7"blade. Made by Bob Stine. Etched, gilded, pinworked, carved by me:

The gilding is gold and copper, laid in etched channels.

This shows the carved elk antler handle, with apout 80 handmade copper pins hammered in.

This was my inspiration, a historical example:

Thanks for letting me share.

Keith

 

[Keith Montgomery]

I like the work you did to this knife. It gives the impression of being very old. The carving and copper pins make for a very nice handle.

 

[Ferrous Wheel]

for the compliment. The seax was historically the 'englishman's bowie.' A piece like this would have been right at home in pagan europe, around the migration age (approx 500-900 C.E.). The handle has that sort of woven look you see on some Scottish dirks and sgean dubhs, but I tried to make it a bit more organic.

Surprisingly, the woven look handle has really firm grip in the hand, I guess because of increased surface area for the hand to hold.


I'm not a bladesmith, but I have friends who are, and I do sheaths, fittigs, and blade decoration for a wide variety of historical pieces. I have sold some art pieces in this way.

Thanks again for looking, Keith!

Keith

P.S...Damnn fine first name ya got there.