Scramasax
Hand forged Carbon steel blade,Triple tempered, Sharp edge, full length tang, Red Deer antler handle with forged ferrule and butt cap. Blade length 460mm (18 inches) Handle 150mm (6 inches). Can be forged from spring steel with blunt edge for re-enactment. Prices are £65.00. for blunt, £80 for sharp.
Bonjour! I thought I would make a wee little comment and get on with my summer projects for today. Having left the desert behind… I am pleased to be watering and mowing a lawn now and planting lots of pretty green plants. Tucson was unable to support my “green” habit! I have missed growing flowers and fruit and vegetables. Ah… the Pacific Northwest is unimaginably beautiful…
I spent two months in transition housing and moved to a beautiful 1905 farmhouse located in a Secret Garden. Doesn’t get much better than that. Fruit trees and flowering trees and bushes and rockers on the front porch — with two golden retrievers and a siamese kitten named The Sheikh — we are happily ensconced…
A French thought for today… did you know that “In the MIddle Ages, the Franks carried an all-purpose knife called a scramasax; it was about 20 inches long and hung from the belt. The scramasax was used for war and for hunting. So vital was the scramasax to life and survival that the blade was often damascened with wavy patterns or engraved in runic script with the name of the owner or with words and notes of a song.” The Knife, page 178, The Art of the Table.
