Witham Viking Seax Knife 12″

A scramseax was a type of Germanic single-edged knife. The larger ones (langseax) were probably weapons, while the smaller ones (hadseax) were tools, intermediate sized ones serving a dual purpose. Wearing a scramseax may have been indicative of freemanship. Scram refers to food and seax to a blade (so, "food knife"). The blade is 5160 tempered carbon steel with a wood handle grip. The tang is peened over top of the metal end cap of the handle. The pommel and cross guard are also solid carbon steel with copper diamond inlays, then highly polished. A hand stiched Leather brown scabbard with a belt hanger is included.