Gunfreak  | 23 Oct 2015 4:16 a.m. PST |
This news showed up on my Facebook today link That looks alot like its dingke edged?
I drove oast hukeli this past April |
| Green Tiger | 23 Oct 2015 4:21 a.m. PST |
Strange that they have dated it from its length rather than any chemical analysis… |
| Gunfreak | 23 Oct 2015 4:38 a.m. PST |
Probably just a guess untill chemical analysis is done. |
| advocate | 23 Oct 2015 5:08 a.m. PST |
I hadn't realized that you could date metal objects, but dating on stylistic grounds (I'd guess it wouldn't just be the length) is pretty normal. |
| GurKhan | 23 Oct 2015 5:25 a.m. PST |
What you might call a langseax - link (for English examples)
link – Norwegian weapons including some single-edged blades
link |
| Great War Ace | 23 Oct 2015 7:25 a.m. PST |
I'm going to be surprised if this is anywhere near that old…. |
| Aidan Campbell | 23 Oct 2015 9:09 a.m. PST |
stylistically I'd have said it's a good match for that transitional period from migration era to classic Viking and typical of Norway so the 8th century date makes sense. |
| goragrad | 23 Oct 2015 9:23 a.m. PST |
Looks pretty seaxy to me… |
| Cailleach | 23 Oct 2015 9:38 a.m. PST |
Seax was reasonably shorter and deeper wasn't it? Nice find for the hiker, I would love to be able to come across some Dark Age wot not and toddle off to the museum … "I dont s'pose you would be interested in this?" That would make for a great day. Be interesting to learn more about the weapon. |
| Norman D Landings | 23 Oct 2015 10:27 a.m. PST |
The seax came in all sorts of shapes and sizes – google 'langseax' to see examples like this one. |
| Wardlaw | 24 Oct 2015 8:26 a.m. PST |
The difference between a singl-edged sword and langseax is a subtle one, and not always clear. Around 40% of 'viking swords' found are actually single-edged. Chemical analysis will not confirm a date in the way that carbon 14 can for living material. Style is a about the only (albeit problematic) method of dating. |
| Great War Ace | 24 Oct 2015 6:39 p.m. PST |
But chemical analysis can confirm medieval or more modern metallurgy. I suspect that a blade this untouched on the surface of the earth where some hiker can pick it up is not a medieval weapon at all…. |
gets medieval.
