06-27-2006, 06:00 AM
Adam,
I'd be VERY interested in your drawings. What version of CAD did you draw them in?
I did some investigations on the same subject a while ago, and I'd be interested to see how your observations compare with mine, and what sources you had access to (mine were very bit-and-piece - mostly taken from bad photos in various coffee-table books - usually called "The Vikings" or "The Anglo-Saxons")
BTW - that "Arms of Valor" site is full of misinformation. The blade shape is wrong, the handle is wrong, and the great majority of representations of people wearing saxes show them horizontally at the front of the body, not the back. (Apart from that, it's fine :wink: )
And the Wickepedia description leaves a bit to be desired, too. I don't recall any saxes with false edges, they don't seem to me to have been particularly crudely made (some have the most beautiful inlaid decoration), and I have no idea where they got the statement that "it became a staple with poorer soldiers", let alone how they determined that "it was still a weapon of choice for English bowmen as late as 1450"!
Interesting, the Latin version of the entry is totally different, simply giving historical references to the name scramasax. But if you click the "English" link at the bottom left of that page, you get yet another description, and this one has a link to a pretty damned good page on the sax - at http://www.myarmoury.com/feature_seax.html - however, it is specifically Anglo-Saxon, and most examples are from the 11th century.
I'd be VERY interested in your drawings. What version of CAD did you draw them in?
I did some investigations on the same subject a while ago, and I'd be interested to see how your observations compare with mine, and what sources you had access to (mine were very bit-and-piece - mostly taken from bad photos in various coffee-table books - usually called "The Vikings" or "The Anglo-Saxons")
BTW - that "Arms of Valor" site is full of misinformation. The blade shape is wrong, the handle is wrong, and the great majority of representations of people wearing saxes show them horizontally at the front of the body, not the back. (Apart from that, it's fine :wink: )
And the Wickepedia description leaves a bit to be desired, too. I don't recall any saxes with false edges, they don't seem to me to have been particularly crudely made (some have the most beautiful inlaid decoration), and I have no idea where they got the statement that "it became a staple with poorer soldiers", let alone how they determined that "it was still a weapon of choice for English bowmen as late as 1450"!
Interesting, the Latin version of the entry is totally different, simply giving historical references to the name scramasax. But if you click the "English" link at the bottom left of that page, you get yet another description, and this one has a link to a pretty damned good page on the sax - at http://www.myarmoury.com/feature_seax.html - however, it is specifically Anglo-Saxon, and most examples are from the 11th century.
"It is safer and more advantageous to overcome the enemy by planning and generalship than by sheer force"
The Strategikon of Emperor Maurice
Steven Lowe
Australia
The Strategikon of Emperor Maurice
Steven Lowe
Australia
