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Hi, i begin with the carving. Ruggero

Hi guys, here the designs i carve the handle. At moment i not have the time to carve, so i beginn with the sheath Ruggero

Hi Guys, the seax is now ready for handle carving

Hi all, yesterday i grind the bevel edge. The seax its ready for hardening. I make it this evening. Ruggero

Hi Guys, i begin to punch in the runes. If i finish with the runes, i etche the hole blade. Then i grinde the cutting edge. Ruggero

Yes, i see the seax from Tod Cutler.Perfectl inlays. Very nice Beagnoth Seax. But my customer not have the money for a expensive reconstruction. So i make him a simply variation. Ruggero

Hi all, i just begin my next custom seax. A long broken back seax. The blade is 500 mm long, 34mm high and 7.5 mm thick by the tang / 6 mm at the point. Steel is a C105 forged flat bar. The customer want punched vikink runes on the blade. So i prepared the blade, without cutting edge. So i can better pounch the runes in. For handle material he want yew and rendeer antler. Spacermaterial in not definded. Just at moment, he not now, if he want a silmly sheath, or a viking sheath reconstruction. This seax is just the simpler

Hi Guys, this morning the customer becoms his seax. Sorry but i cant turn the pics Ruggero

Hi all, i now, i now, its not my first broken back seax. The opening have the same widnes the broken back have. The draw its not correct. Rugegro Ruggero

Sorry i c`ant finish my thopic. I must go to take the ordered pizzas. The customer want : Handle from goldrain wood, with wrought iron fittings. Leather sheath with brass fittings and leathercarvings. Ruggero

Hi all, i just begin my next custon seax. Here the draw i make with the customer : Blade from wrought iron / 1.3505 sanmai. 210mm long and 6mm thick. 40mm high at the broken back. Ruggero

Hi all, here a Viking knife i make last summer. Blade from our friend Ondrey. Back from folded wrought iron, cutting edge from very sharp W5 Steel. The blade is 140mm long, 28mm high and 5.5mm thick by the handle. Handle from carved, 5000 years old bog Oak. Leather sheath with colored carving. Ruggero

Hi Joshua, yes i know, the germans used the same form. But this is a Swiss " Holstein " Dagger. In Switzerland this form is used just from 14th century. And yes without critique or observations we cant learn. The handle and the blade chanched always a bit. 1400 1570 Ruggero

Hi guys, here the finished dagger : Ruggero

And the next steps : Ruggero

I begin with the handle And here the bog oak and the piece of brass for the back of the handle. Ruggero

Hi guys, and here a otherone : Blade sanmai, folded wrought iron with 1.3505 core. The blade is 120mm long, 28mm high and 5mm thick. The handle i make from gold rain Wood and elk antler, with brass Fittings. With a colored cow leather sheath. Ruggero

Hi all, after long time, my next work. A swiss Dagger. Blade 250mm long, 40mm large and 6.5 mm thick at the handle. From damascus 1095/15N20. The sheath i make from a old transmission belt. The handle i want make from bog oak and brass. Ruggero

Hi guys, her my and my son raphael ( 11 years ) stand at the medeval market. Its the 4. year my son sell flint stones, firesteel and tinder fungus. He make all him self. With the money he earn, he can make wath he want. He love do that. [/IMG] [/IMG] [/IMG] [/IMG] [/IMG] [/IMG] Ruggero

Hi Alan, the stabilized coral go very easy to grind, drill......The piece was very stable and compact. Ruggero

Hi all, here my newest seax for a customer. Blade from Ondrej, wrought iron and ? . 180mm long, 28mm high by the handle and 5mm thick. Handle from stabilized red coral, bone and brass. The customer wanted a turned one ( viking sign for lake ) on the blade. The sheath he make him self. [/IMG] [/IMG] [/IMG] [/IMG] [/IMG] Ruggero

Hi Alex, the Antler is one piece. I cut the channel freehand with the anglegrinder and finish with file. [/IMG] Ruggero

Hi all, here a simply friction folder : Damascus blade from 1095 / 15N20. 110mm long, 25mm high and 4.5mm thick. Total lengt 250mm. Handle from Deer Antler [/IMG] [/IMG] [/IMG] [/IMG] [/IMG] Ruggero

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