Authenticity:Seax
From The Viking Age Compendium
Accessories:
Accessories:
Kit Guide
Period | Encouraged | Optional | Allowable | Unacceptable |
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Very Early (793-899) |
Seaxes with blades from 7” to 10” Wood Handles Decorated knife sheath horizontally hung |
Seaxes with blades up to 13” Bone handles |
Worked antler handles Undecorated knife sheath Composite wood / bone / stone handles [RICH] |
Double edged knives Un-sheathed knives Unworked antler handles Wooden handles with bark |
Early (900-979) |
Seaxes with blades from 7” to 10” Wood Handles Decorated knife sheath horizontally hung |
Bone handles | Worked antler handles Undecorated knife sheath Composite wood / bone / stone handles [RICH] |
Seaxes with blades over 10” Double edged knives Un-sheathed knives Unworked antler handles Wooden handles with bark |
Mid (980-1041) |
Seaxes with blades from 7” to 10” Wood Handles Decorated knife sheath horizontally hung |
Bone handles | Worked antler handles Undecorated knife sheath Composite wood / bone / stone handles [RICH] |
Seaxes with blades over 10” Double edged knives Un-sheathed knives Unworked antler handles Wooden handles with bark |
Late (1042-1079) |
Seaxes with blades from 7” to 10” Wood Handles |
Bone handles Decorated knife sheath horizontally hung |
Worked antler handles Undecorated knife sheath Composite wood / bone / stone handles [RICH] |
Seaxes with blades over 10” Double edged knives Un-sheathed knives Unworked antler handles Wooden handles with bark |
Very Late (1080-1179) |
Double or single edged fighting knives (not seaxes) in vertical sheath Wood handles | Bone handles Decorated knife sheath Seaxes with blades from 7” to 10” |
Worked antler handles Sheath horizontally hung Undecorated sheath Composite wood / bone / stone handles [RICH] |
Un-sheathed knives Rondel & bollock daggers Unworked antler handles Wooden handles with bark |
Angevin (1180-1215) |
Double or single edged fighting knives (not seaxes) in vertical sheath Wood handles |
Bone handles | Worked antler handles Undecorated sheath Composite wood / bone / stone handles [RICH] Seax in vertical sheath |
Un-sheathed knives Rondel & bollock daggers Unworked antler handles Wooden handles with bark |