Keeper strap goes through the winding tab and is tied on the opposite side. Rather ingenious to my eye. I hope the pictures show it, if not happy to try other angles. So the strap holds the tab on and then wraps around the knife to hold it, then back around the tab to lock the knife in.
That shows it perfectly thanks Tim. As you say, rather ingenious. I have a customer who is looking for knife retention but being carried on the right side of the body and also with the rifle on that shoulder is worried about stock run so am looking at a sam brown stud on the fold (spine side) with strap having a light leather flap to cover the end of the stud.
The seax is an interesting knife in being historical and of a broken back design (to save on hard to get steel) that was used for every day tasks from kitchen to hunting right through to the larger war knives
That ought to work and protect the stock. This one has quite a bit of antler to cover and would seem unwieldy if covered. But it works fine for visual appeal. In the brush it would catch on branches and hang up all the time and eventually break I suspect. Looks like Tarzan, works like Jane, from a ruggedness standpoint, I suspect. The use of the strap to both lock in the attachment part/stud and the knife, may have some application.
Seems like the straight edge would use up almost as much steel as the clip of the "broken back". The savings would be minimal in any case. Also, if the straight clip is too long, to "save steel", wouldn't that severely weaken the tip- somewhat of a downside for any fighting or multipurpose knife? Always suspected it was form following function where the straight cutting edge does certain tasks better than a curved edge. And, three straight edges are much easier to consistently forge and form. And, a straight cutting edge is much easier to sharpen. If the design originates in antiquity, I doubt the reasons for the design were recorded and all associated are long dead... so seems to me all will be conjecture. It was speculation on my part for the same reason that many of the older smiths would use bars of iron forge welded to the steel edge to save on the precious steel so with the "sweet spot" of the seax for hacking etc often at the start of the spine to point juncture (or close behind it) the lack of weight forward would make for faster use. Your point about the ease of forging the three straight edges is very relevant as is your mention of its practicality of use but having said that all of us know that for a skinning an animal the curved belly is far more usefull than a straight edge so that raises more questions when the seax shape was so ubiquitous. Like you I would love to be able to sit with some of those smiths and learn why they did so much of what they did.I never asked one of the original owners or smiths if saving steel was the purpose for the broken back, seax design.
Yes you see the join line between the soft shank and the hard edge section in many of the older chisels. I often had to straighten one of my narrower chisels when I was doing my apprenticeship from the late 60's on.
On that note I remember my father giving someone a 10 inch butcher knife and a plate of whitebait and asking for them to be gutted.
I’ll take your word for it.
+1, I'm not a fan of fish.
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Lemon juice on top, yes. Bread - no. They get a bit strange down in Otago and Southland.
WOW!!!
I don´t know!!!How many people will know what that is, without having to Google it?
