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Viking sax blade of carbon steel after historical models from Björkö and Gotland for crafting a sax by your own. Total 43 cm. Blade 31 x 3 cm.Productdetails...
Long Viking sax blade from Birka.
With this high-carbon steel Viking sax blade, you can easily build your own Viking sax with just a little skill.The Viking sax blade is based on the Swedish sax long knives from the Viking settlement of Birka in Lake Mälaren, where several of these blade types have been found.
The Sax was very popular not only with the Vikings, but also earlier with the Anglo-Saxons, Franks and other Germanic tribes because the Sax was not only useful as a "machete" in everyday life, but also as an affordable and handy weapon good in the shield wall.
Dimensions of the Birka sax blade:
Total length 46 cm
Cutting edge 33 cm
Blade back 5 mm
Blade height 3 cm
Tang 13 cm
The Viking sax blade is made of 1095 high-carbon steel, a classic among knife steels. This steel is quite tough and grinds very well with a solid life. 1095 is an unalloyed and stainless tool steel with a hardness of 54 HRC Rockwell and a carbon content of 0.90 to 1.03 % with a manganese content of 0.3 to 0.5 %.
A Sax blade made of 1095 carbon steel is indeed hard to break down and a reliable "workhorse" - hard, flexible, unbreakable!
We recommend keeping the sax blade dry and treating it occasionally with a little oil to prevent possible flash rust.
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