The blade is 8.5 inches long with a razor sharp edge. It is 1/8" thick and 2" wide.
Immediately after forging the blade it was normalized to refine the grain structure for a very tough steel. Then the blade was edge hardened after which it was tempered. These processes balances both toughness and edge-holding ability and created a durable blade with a razor sharp edge. The guard and pommel was made by hand from brass.
The handle is made from ancient bog oak from Europe with brass inlay. It fits in the hand nicely. The sheath is made of high quality thick vegetable tanned leather and was made for horizontal carry along the lower back. The knife will not slide out, its tight in the sheath. The sheath was form fitted to the blade. I take pride in making my knives and each one is handcrafted taking numerous hours to complete.Everyone is unique and one of a kind with minor imperfections inherently found on handmade items. Proudly Made is the USA. I had the amazing experience of being on the TV show Forged In Fire on the History Channel. My episode was on Season 4, Episode 22.
I learned a lot from the experience and made some great new friend's as well. The item "Custom Viking Seax Knife 8.5 BLADE Bog Oak Handle Blacksmith FIF" is in sale since Thursday, February 18, 2021. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Knives, Swords & Blades\Collectible Fixed Blade Knives\Modern Fixed Blade\Custom & Handmade".The seller is "raven_forge" and is located in Ponce de Leon, Florida. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, China, Sweden, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Montserrat, Turks and caicos islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Viet nam, Uruguay.
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