Description

Vikings are renowned and romanticized for their swords, spears, and war axes, but those fearsome implements of war weren’t much for everyday chores around the homestead. (Try carving dragon heads into a headboard or spreading butter with a sword sometimes!) Domestic accouterments of the Norse also received a healthy outpouring of attention, including work knives like the scramasax. The “scramasax”, “seax” or “sax” was a knife (or even a short sword) for daily use.

This Norse pattern sheath knife pattern would have been perfect for everything from slitting hides to eating to cutting rope. The blade has a straight cutting edge for precise control and is hand forged from 1075 high carbon steel. The hardwood handle features hand-carved, cross-hatched bone spacers with black stained grooves. The pommel has a lanyard ring with a leather thong. Included is a dark brown leather sheath, attractively and expertly embossed with interlaced dragon designs on both sides. Brass hardware has an aged finish, and the reinforcing bands near the throat have two rings for threading cord or leather to attach the sheath to a belt or sash.

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