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The Saex
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#1
03-18-2007, 07:15 PM
When did this weapon start to appear on the battlefeild?
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03-19-2007, 03:55 AM
According to the Osprey book that I have (Barbarians Against Rome, page 16) the sax was introduced between the third and second centuries BC. Hope that helps.
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03-22-2007, 02:13 AM
Actually, the earliest saxes were found in the Hjortspring find, which has been carbon dated to the late 4th C. BC.
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He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
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03-26-2007, 12:45 AM
What was the common length of the Saex?
Joshua B. Davis

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03-26-2007, 05:24 AM
I'm not sure there is an "average" size. I've seen examples that were only four inches long, and another that was 29 inches long. The most common types I've seen from digs are between 8 and 15 inches, but that's hardly conclusive.
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03-26-2007, 05:41 PM
So the "Saex" is just a name given to a blade with certain charateristics.

How thick would the blade be?
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05-13-2009, 07:30 AM
The back of "saex" can be between 2mm and 10mm thick, the length of a blade can vary between 5cm and 65cm. The maximum width of a blade can be between 1,5cm to 7cm.
The word "saex" is mostly used, in a Germanic context, for a single edge knife.
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