Viking Langseax by Tod Cutler review
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
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Would this be a good edc?
You had me at EDC!
"Nimm euer Seaxes" - words that famously spoke to Britons of Saxon treachery. The story, about seaxes secreted under the table at a peace meeting is the chilling reason why it is good manners to keep both your hands on the table at mealtimes in Germany to this day.
Love it. Thanks for sharing. Cheers!
Nice to see a review on this seax. Been following Tod for a sometime now and he dose great work. Good job on the videos your history is on point as far as I can tell keep up the great work.
Thank you for doing this review, it's really helpful!
You’re too kind. Thanks for joining me!!
Great review, I plan to get one myself now! A minor correction though: you got it mixed up when you said the word comes from the tribal name Saxon, it's the other way around as 'sax' was simply the everyday Old English word for a knife of any size. Indeed I theorise the Saxons got their name from using sword-sized knives like those found at Hjortspring.
Thanks. To be fair. Both statements are theory.
Up the Saxons ,💪
Saxon aka knife people
There is absolutely no evidence for this. The name "Saxons" predates the seax...and seax were used all across Northern Europe.
I love it, such a nice piece. Now I want one!
Very interesting. Thank you!!!
Björn Eriksson Galin cheers brethren
Keep going with the videos. You have a good talent.
How has the edge held up? Read somewhere (cultofathena i think?) that it is hardened to around 50hrc which is fairly soft for a knife atleast
It’s a little on the soft side. But with the consistent edge geometry and V grind it’s very easy to maintain the edge.
i mean originals where softer
Please excuse the squirrel squawks
Squirrels in the UK really don't sound like that. Usually, they are silent. Sometimes, they hiss when alarmed.
First of all, I'm jealous. What a beautiful and high quality weapon! You are fortunate to own that. I would like to correct one thing though, the word seax does not take it's name from the Saxons, but rather means "knife ." The Saxons take their name from it, being "the people of the knife."
Neither is absolute fact.
@@SolheimVikings I would humbly suggest that whichever way round, the two were associated with each other, perhaps Saxon was originally a name denoting raider, warrior or whatever, rather like Viking describes what they did rather than who they were. The first Saxons on these shores came as mercenaries and raiders.
@@inregionecaecorum I think that’s a very fair assessment
There is no evidence for this. The name of the Saxons predates any mention of the seax.
Thanks for this review, I've been waiting a while for somebody to do one.
Please could you tell me how it cuts & chops?
I'm not a reenactor. I'm just a Yorkshireman who prefers to use a seax as my woods knife, just like my ancestors probably did?
Hello. After adding a good edge with a file and a stone; it almost was able to chop a water bottle cleanly. With more sharpening I’m sure I’ll work like a razor. The spine has a flat ridge and will enable good fire starting. It can shave bark really well. The handle shape definitely helps for some crafting tasks. The tip is fairly well reenforced so I imagine it’ll hold up to a baton fairy well. Cheers!
Thanks for the review. I been looking at one of these to use in the forest. But, i suck at sharpening and i am a little
hesitant about getting one sharpened, but i guess he will sharp is a good old V.
If it is a fighting knife and not mainly a tool it should have a guard to it. I never been in or seen a knife fight but there must be a lot of grappling to it, and with chainmail, thrusts and stabing is the way i would go. I dont think they did that very often tho. It is not a good hunting knife without a guard.
Indeed. Context really matters. Very much seems suited for unarmored fighting. Like self defense during every day life or last ditch efforts in combat. It also gives us the clue that armor was even more uncommon in combat than assumed. The swords of the age weren’t very anti Maille either. Not very pointy.
Yeh. The germanic raiders and traders of the time was not much for armor more than a good helmet and a thick shield or two depending on what barrage you faced. Armor came later with politics and armys.
For the Saxons it was tool first then self defense. You'd also wear it as a symbol of your freedom/ citizenship status and they even would use their seax to vote!!!
The flair of wood at the back of the handle and the thickening spine over the 'center of percussion' suggests chopping, not stabbing. The profile also makes it durable, as a tool/weapon. I am using my Tod-seax as a camping knife :)
@@Cleanpea But is there any self-defense in it then? Or is is just a stocky
ornament machete used to shop twigs?
hey. where did you get your headpeace from?:)
it can still be used under a modern outdoor context.
Definitely could. Rat tail tangs are however not great for Baton work. As long as it finds itself in a good use context it a good blade. Would be good for fish filet, chopping greens and shaving bark. Also good for making tinder fibers. Can’t go wrong with some self defense as well.
@@SolheimVikings that is a beautiful blade!!! The only sax I have is the cold steel woodsman sax!!! I do have their scottish dirk as well though!!! Both very functional tools
@@Wildwestwrangler some things can be good for ages to come.
@@SolheimVikings indeed
I am in the learning process. This style of knife was dated later right, late 10th to 11th c? Would this have been common among folks from Scandinavia? Is the blade shape and sheath more "Anglo Saxon/English? Thank you.
This in particular is a later seax yes. The blade is based on a find from England dating to about 950-1000AD. The seax itself goes back into the migration era. Some were even seen all the way into the crusades. Common to see various forms of them in Scandinavia, Frankia, and the British isles.
Can you suggest books to look at?
@@lusolad web.wpi.edu/Pubs/E-project/Available/E-project-030615-173721/unrestricted/The_Viking_Seax_Knife.pdf
If you look around; you’ll find lots of information and pictures of finds on google. Above is a link to a very interesting study
@@lusolad www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/manufacturing/text/viking_sax.htm
My seax is on its way
Yesss!!!!
@@SolheimVikings I'm excited for it I got a flint striker too
The Messer is a knife
Messer=knife
Messerschmidt = knife maker. Also a WW2 aircraft company.
Yep the Grosse Messer was a big beast!!!