Anglo-Saxon Long Seax – 18-Inch Hand-Forged Viking-Era Seax with Fuller & Red Leather Scabbard

Anglo-Saxon Long Seax — 18-Inch Hand-Forged Viking-Era Blade with Fuller & Red Scabbard

This is a hand-forged Anglo-Saxon long seax — an 18-inch single-edged blade forged in Nepal from 5160 leaf-spring steel, full-tang and water-tempered, with a fuller down the blade and a bold, decorated red yak-leather scabbard. The seax was the signature blade of the Anglo-Saxons — the people who took their very name from it — and this Anglo-Saxon seax revives that heritage as a functional, eye-catching piece.

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No blade is more Anglo-Saxon than the seax. The Saxons, Angles and Jutes carried it as tool and sidearm alike, and the word Saxon itself comes from seax — the single-edged knife-sword that defined the people. The most famous survivor, an Anglo-Saxon seax carved with the full runic futhorc, still sits in the British Museum. This long seax stands in that tradition: a broad, single-edged blade built for real use.

The 18-inch blade carries a fuller down its length to lighten and balance it, polished and sharpened ready to use, on a full tang through a 6-inch rosewood handle. It comes housed in a vivid red yak-leather scabbard finished with a stamped Norse motif and laced detailing — the boldest scabbard in our seax range, and the detail that makes this one stand out on a wall or at an event.

Honest note: this is an original Everest Forge interpretation of the Anglo-Saxon long seax, historically inspired rather than a museum-exact replica of one specific find, and the scabbard motif is decorative. It is live steel — sharp, full-tang and functional — made for cutting, reenactment, collection and display, but not for contact LARP or edge-on-edge sparring. Want a specific historical seax recreated exactly? That is a custom build.

The Blade That Named the Saxons

The seax gave the Anglo-Saxons their name, and for good reason: it was the one blade nearly everyone carried, from farmers to warriors, across early medieval England and the wider Germanic world. The long seax — sword-length and single-edged — was its most serious form, a sidearm that doubled as a heavy working knife. This Anglo-Saxon Long Seax keeps that character: a broad fullered blade with the reach of a short sword and the toughness of 5160 spring steel, finished with a scabbard bold enough to do the history justice.

Specifications

All measurements are approximate and may vary slightly due to the handcrafted nature of each blade.

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Who This Blade Is For

• Reenactors and living-history enthusiasts recreating Anglo-Saxon and early medieval kit
• Collectors building a Saxon, Anglo-Saxon or Viking edged-weapon collection
• History readers drawn to the seax as the blade that named the Saxons
• Buyers who want a bold, decorated scabbard rather than a plain one
• Bushcrafters who want a broad single-edged working blade with real heritage

How Ordering Works

What's Included

• One hand-forged Anglo-Saxon Long Seax in your chosen specification
• Red yak-leather scabbard with a cottonwood core, in your chosen colour
• Any personalisation or engraving you requested

Shipping, Returns & Warranty

Every blade ships tracked and insured by DHL or FedEx with secure, encrypted checkout, and is covered by our full refund-or-replacement promise. Edged-weapon import rules vary by country, so please check your local regulations before ordering. Because each seax is forged to order by hand, allow time for crafting before dispatch.

Caring for Your High-Carbon Seax

5160 is a high-carbon steel and will surface-rust if neglected. Keep the blade dry, wipe it down after handling, and apply a thin coat of protective oil before storage. Keep the leather scabbard dry too, and for long-term storage keep the seax out of its scabbard so the edge stays dry.

Anglo-Saxon Long Seax — Frequently Asked Questions