Fifth Century "Migration Era" Sax

by Brian Killian the Red

(pattern-welded blade - bone handle with bronze end cap & ferrule - 13" overall length)

The origin of the "sax" (also known as the seax or scramasax) predates the fall of Rome.  This rugged and efficient single-edged blade was used by nearly all Northern European cultures throughout the early medieval period.  A sax could vary in size from a small utility knife up to a machete-like weapon with a blade length of nearly thirty inches.