Saxons

[Jona Lendering]

I am looking for a reenactment group (or reenactor) who is specialized in the ancient Saxons. Someone with a scramasax. Does anyone know a Saxon reenactor?

[Robert Vermaat]

There must be LOADS of them in Britain.
Any particular timeframe? As with the Romans, there are differences between 4th c. and 8th c. Saxons...

[Jona Lendering]

Any particular timeframe? As with the Romans, there are differences between 4th c. and 8th c. Saxons...

Fourth century, perhaps five. It's for an illustration in my book on the Romans in the Low Countries.

[Sascha]

Take a look here for the migration period:
http://litus-saxonicum.de/

I aim responsible for the eight century, but not very busy in this period at the moment.
In the Middle line are some pictures of different persons who are involved:
http://civis.tempus-vivit.net/saxonicae ... lerie.html

[Sascha]

Some evidence of Saxons in roman services maybe returned to their homeland:
http://www.gefao.de/images/literatur/AiO5/AiO5-07.pdf
It is Paderborn, in North Rhine Westphalia.

[Jona Lendering]

Perhaps I have not been clear, sorry; what I am looking for is, to put it a bit bluntly, a barbarian with a scramasax...

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http://shipburialblog.files.wordpress.c ... dc0188.jpg

http://ordalies.asso.free.fr/img/imgsax ... 010063.JPG

Scramasax:

http://fr.academic.ru/pictures/frwiki/8 ... ingian.jpg

















And some real finds:

http://babelstone.co.uk/Blog/2009/12/st ... saxon.html

M.VIB.M.

[Jona Lendering]

Thanks!!

[Medicus matt]

One teeny, tiny point of pedantry. No one knows what a 'scramaseax' is. You just want someone with a seax.

[Jona Lendering]

No one knows what a 'scramaseax' is. You just want someone with a seax.

OK; this shows how little I know about these matters. Thanks.

[Medicus matt]

I'm not aware of any group in the UK doing 4th C Germanic. 5th C there are a few, most of them being (I think) in 'Britannia' as most of the other early saxon groups seem to be concentrating on slightly later (6th/7th C).

Most of those pics posted above are of Vendel/Valsgarde inspired chieftans/kings from 7th/8th C Denmark.

I've got some fairly good, mid status 5th C Germanic kit and I could take some pics for you. What level are you aiming for?

Oh, and just to be really boring, 5th C seaxes in the Low Countries can be quite different in form to ones found in Britain, unless you can find someone reenacting a Fresian migrant. You really want to be talking to Jeroen Zuiderwijk about it. He's the man when it comes to seaxes from the Low Countries.

This one is from Nijmegen.
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[Robert]

Yeo, Jeroen is the guy you want. If you look at my post "Big Franks" you can see replica's of several early blades. The seax is NOT typicly the broken back type, but is a droppoint, often with grooves down the blade. It got larger and larger as the ages progressed, but started of as the broadsax, which is hefty knife like the ones shown. Handle is mostly solid wood, as a great many of these show a wittle tang without signs of peening. The Nijmegen one seems to be more of an exception then rule. PM Jeroen and he is sure to point you the way to his picture database, although I also recall he had the links in his signature.

[Jona Lendering]

Again, I am surprised by the fact that for any question, there is always a RAT who knows an answer. Thanks.

[Virilis]

Guys, what do you think about this "seax":

http://www.reenactors-shop.de/product_i ... 3c36784677

I have been drooling a bit over this for my late roman impression, opinions?

[Medicus matt]

Guys, what do you think about this "seax":

http://www.reenactors-shop.de/product_i ... 3c36784677

I have been drooling a bit over this for my late roman impression, opinions?

Where's your 'late roman' from?

I like the fullered, drop pointed blade form that's very nice, and the antler handles okay but pommel caps and lower guards are quite rare (and later I think...late 5th-7th c?). I've certainly never seen such a wide lower guard/quillion on a seax.

The sheath is utterly horrid.