11-25-2012, 07:58 PM
Here is a another picture of a Roman knife with the extreme angled drop-point. I think this type of knife stands in its own right. There have been some threads on seax, it seems the "broken back" is known to exist on but one single knife, all other seax have a slight drop-point type blade. It is only in the large, late seax (swordlike in length) that the broken back appears.
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Typical seax:
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The ones with the points down in the upper display could also be coppicing hatchets. Here is a picture from the wonderfull museum of Xanten, well worth a visit!
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[attachment=5886]ZwammerdamHogeBurgtgeenmaat.jpg[/attachment]
Typical seax:
[attachment=5890]Imgp2216.jpg[/attachment]
The ones with the points down in the upper display could also be coppicing hatchets. Here is a picture from the wonderfull museum of Xanten, well worth a visit!
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