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Anglo-Saxon Scramaseax Orvin, class B
A seax in modern times is often called scramasax or scramaseax, from scrama "wound" (cf. German Schramme "flesh wound", Dutch schram "scratch") and sax (cf. German Sahs "dagger"). However, as the word scramasaxi is only used once in early medieval literature (in Gregory of Tours' History of the Franks), the general use of the term when referring to all short knives of this type is erroneous. The Saxons may have derived their name from seax (the implement for which they were known). The seax has a lasting symbolic impact in the English counties of Essex and Middlesex, which both feature three seaxes in their ceremonial emblem. More information...
Anglo-Saxon Scramaseax Orvin
Sword class B
- 81.9cm – overall length
- 64,6cm – blade length
- 43 * 5mm – blade at the guard
- Weight of the sword with blunt blade approx. 1200 g
- full-tang blade made of tempered and oil-quenched spring steel DIN 1.7103 (6%C; 0,5-0,85Mn; 1.3-1.6%Si; 0,8-1.05Cr)
- steel hardness about 50 Rockwell
- Blade of spring steel W.Nr. 1.7102 (DIN 54SiCr6) quenched to a hardness of approx. 53 HRC
Made in the Czech Republic.
Please read our: Directions for the use of bladed weapons.
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