Anglo-Saxon Scramasax (Royal Ontario Museum)

"The Shieldmaiden" Seax: Replica Swedish Viking Fighting Knife

"The Shieldmaiden" is a handmade replica of the large Swedish-style of fighting knife used by the Rus Vikings, and is similar to the one found in the grave of the female warrior found in Birka.

In keeping with the technology of the Viking Age, I forged this blade in a charcoal forge with a hammer and anvil.  The handle is ash wood that was wild-grown in the woods of Michigan, and carved by hand with a draw-knife.

The leather sheath comes with copper hardware and leather suspension straps that allows you to wear the knife horizontally, as well as don and doff the sheath without removing your belt.

Belt not include.

Blade length: 11.5"

Overall length: 16"

Handle length: 4.5"

Blade width: 3/16" 

Knife weight: 11oz

Knife and sheath weight: 15oz 

Highland Dirk Forged From a Farrier's Rasp

Steel pommel caps.

Brass tacks on ash wood handle.

Blade after heat treatment and a brush over with a white wheel.

Blade grind prior to heat treatment.

A few reference photos of historic dirks I used to inspire my work.

"Hravn" Hunter, Viking Butcher Knife

You can buy this knife here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/664124932/viking-butcher-knife-hravn-hunter-7?ref=shop_home_active_1

"Hravn" is the Old Norse for "raven", and I dubbed this knife with that name because of the black finish left on it from the heat treatment process of quenching the blade in deer tallow.  This blade is also perfectly suited to butchering tasks, food processing, and kitchen chores because of it's long, thin, blade.  The knife would also be useful for filleting fish, making the "Hravn" and all-around outdoorsman's knife, well suited for any modern Viking.

The blade is hand forged from a car coil spring, and has been quenched and tempered for remarkable strength and durability.  The handle is hand-hewn from white ash, and carved to its final shape with a draw-knife in the same manner as the Viking would have done one thousand years ago.  The sheath has been wet-molded to perfectly fit and retain the blade, and it comes with two leather jesses that allow the sheath to be suspended horizontally from the belt. The manner of the construction is such that the sheath can be removed from the belt without having to undo the belt, just remove the toggles from the copper rings.

All my knives are one-of-kind pieces, and every component was wrought with my own hands in the tradition of the bladesmiths of old.  This knife has a part of the craftsman in it as well as a bit of old-world soul.

Blade length: 7.25"

Overall length: 12.5"

Overall weight: 5.6oz

Knife weight: 9.2oz

Viking Knives with Elongated Drop Points- Norwegian Finds

C12739 (Oppland)

C52968, Cultural History Museum of Norway

From Nord-Trøndelag (Norway)

From Nord-Trøndelag (Norway)

Find T15139A, from Nordland, Norway

C34843, from Oppland, Norway

C32500, from Oppland, Norway:  "Sverdkniv"

C21340a, from Oppland, Norway.  Spearheads and knives.