A langseax is the long version of the seax, the single edged Norse blade that sat somewhere between a knife and a short sword. It was the working blade most people actually owned, and at this length it stops being a tool and starts being something you would carry to a fight. Blades on this tag run from 13 inches up to a 30 inch matched pair.
Where the length changes the piece
Broadsax is the clearest example, 28 inches overall with a 22 inch broken back blade, a leather wrapped grip, knotwork etching and a fitted scabbard. Langfell goes further as a matched pair, two 30 inch langseaxes with leather grips and their own fitted scabbards. Bonewarden and Stagwarden sit around 24 inches overall with 18 inch Damascus blades. Wolfnotch is the decorated one, a long seax with a rosewood grip, a Valknut etch, a brass guard and a tooled leather sheath. Below them the shapes get practical again: Runescar carries a 15 inch blade with an Elder Futhark rune line and an olive wood handle, Wolfmark a 13 inch blade with an etched wolf head in buffalo horn, and Knotsax a 14 inch broken back blade with rosewood scales and a brass bolster.
All of them sit in Viking seax, with the longest bordering on short swords. For where the shape came from, read Viking seax history.
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Heated, hammered and ground by hand.
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Names, dates or Norse runes on most pieces.
