A long scramasax, whose shape and parameters correspond to the blade of the well-known Thames sax (Seax of Beagnoth, Great Britain) probably from the 10th century. It was found in the Thames in 1857 and is now on display in the British Museum in London. Our blade is unadorned compared to the original.
The original sword bears on one side of the blade an Anglo-Saxon runic inscription consisting of 28 characters. Also included is the inscription"Beagnoth" (ᛒᛠᚷᚾᚩᚦ), this inscription may be the mark of the original owner or even the maker. The runic inscriptions on the blades had magical significance. Originally, it was thought to be from a Frankish sax, and the name scramasax (scrâmasahs) was adopted from the old French.
The handle of this sax has not survived at all, and we were inspired by a sax now on display in a museum in Ulm, Germany.
- Material: high carbon spring steel CSN 14 260 (54SiCr6)
- Overall length: 73 cm
- Blade length: 55 cm
- Max. blade thickness: 5 mm
- Max. blade width: 4.2 cm
- Handle dimensions: 4.2 x 18.2 cm (2 cm thickness)
- Blade: sharp
- Weight: approx. 1 kg
- Balance point: approx. 16 cm from the handle
- Manufacture: Wulflund
