Authenticity:Seaxes & Viking War Knives
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Kit Guide
| Kit Guide - Seaxes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Very Early (793-899) |
Early (900-979) |
Mid (980-1041) |
Late (1042-1079) |
Very Late (1080-1179) |
Angevin (1180-1215) |
| Sharp Seaxes with blades from 7” to 11” | Encouraged | Encouraged | Encouraged | Encouraged | Optional | Unacceptable |
| Blunt Combat Seaxes with blades from 7” to 10” | Encouraged BATTLEFIELD | Encouraged BATTLEFIELD | Encouraged BATTLEFIELD | Encouraged BATTLEFIELD | Optional BATTLEFIELD | Unacceptable |
| Sharp Seaxes Seaxes with blades up to 14” | Optional | Unacceptable | Unacceptable | Unacceptable | Unacceptable | Unacceptable |
| Blunt Combat Seaxes with blades up to 13” | Optional BATTLEFIELD | Unacceptable | Unacceptable | Unacceptable | Unacceptable | Unacceptable |
| Double/single edged knives (not seaxes) | Unacceptable | Unacceptable | Unacceptable | Unacceptable | Encouraged | Encouraged |
| Rondel & bollock daggers | Unacceptable | |||||
| Wood handles | Encouraged | |||||
| Wooden handles with bark left on | Unacceptable | |||||
| Bone handles | Optional | |||||
| Worked antler handles | Allowable | |||||
| Unworked antler handles | Unacceptable | |||||
| Composite wood / bone / stone handles | Allowable RICH | |||||
| Seax or knife carried unsheathed | Unacceptable | |||||
| Decorated sheath | Encouraged | Encouraged | Encouraged | Optional | Optional | Optional |
| Undecorated sheath | Allowable | |||||
| Sheath horizontally hung | Encouraged | Encouraged | Encouraged | Optional | Allowable | Unacceptable |
| Sheath vertically hung | Encouraged | Allowable | Allowable | Allowable | Encouraged | Encouraged |
