Historical blades

This pages shows some of the knives that Nick has made based on medieval examples such as the seax, which came in a range of sizes and was popular with the Vikings and Carolingians, or the ballock daggers, popular in Western Europe in the 15th century. There are also some medieval style eating knives.

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Seaxes

  • Large seax with scabbard
    Large seax with an antler handle and brass butt-cap and with its brass and fitted leather scabbard. October 2000. SOLD
  • seax butt
    Butt of smaller lady’s seax with green stone. Completed November 2003. SOLD.
  • Lila's seax
    This is a small seax made for our friend Lila. It has an antler handle with a green stone set in the butt end. Completed November 2003. SOLD
  • Two smaller seaxes
    Pair of horn handled seaxes. SOLD
  • Antler handled large seax
    Antler handled large seax, 14″ / 355mm long. August 1999. SOLD
  • Antler handled seax
    Antler handled seax, Sept 2019, FOR SALE
  • Wood handled seax.
    Wood handled seax, Sept 2019, FOR SALE
  • Large seax (56cm full length) with antler handle.
    Large seax (56cm full length) with antler handle. FOR SALE
  • Large seax (56cm full length) with antler handle.
    Large seax (56cm full length) with antler handle. FOR SALE
  • Large seax blade, Oct 2019
    Large seax blade, Oct 2019
  • Large seax blade close up, Oct 2019
    Large seax blade close up, Oct 2019
  • Large seax blade close up, Oct 2019
    Large seax blade close up, Oct 2019

Eating and utility knives

  • Bone handled eating knife on plate with spoon
    Bone handled eating knife. 18.5cm. Completed June 2019. Sold
  • Integral bolster 'steak' knife
    Integral bolster ‘steak’ knife. It has a gorgeous burl wood handle and measures 277mm to the tip. SOLD
  • Bone handled eating knife.
    Bone handled eating knife. 18.5cm. Completed June 2019. sold.
  • Wood handled eating knife
    Wood (coco bolo) handled eating knife with integral bolster. 24cm. Completed July 2019. SOLD.
  • Small eating knife, completed July 2019.
    Small eating knife, completed July 2019. FOR SALE
  • Knife and pricker set
    Knife and pricker set, completed October 2019. SOLD
  • Knife and fork set
    Knife and fork set, completed October 2019. SOLD
  • Horn handled eating knife
    Horn handled eating knife with integral bolster. 26.5cm. Completed June 2019. SOLD.
  • Horn handled eating knife
    Horn handled eating knife with integral bolster. 26.5cm. Completed June 2019. SOLD
  • Small eating knife, completed July 2019
    Small eating knife, completed July 2019. Sold
  • Antler handled eating knife
    Antler handled eating knife with ladder pattern damascus. 25cm. Completed July 2019. Sold
  • Eating knife
    Small kitchen or medieval eating knife, FOR SALE
  • Eating knife detail
    Small kitchen or medieval eating knife, FOR SALE
  • Bone handled medieval fork
    Bone handled medieval fork
  • Pricker
    Pricker from eating set for a couple.
  • Knife back
    Knife (back) from eating set for a couple.
  • Knife
    Knife from eating set for a couple.
  • Fork
    Fork from eating set for a couple.
  • two knives, a fork and a pricker
    Medieval eating set for a couple, two knives, a fork and a pricker
  • Eating set
    Two knives, a fork and pricker, medieval eating set for a couple.
  • Knife and pricker
    Knife and pricker

Daggers, dirks and other larger knives

  • Dagger
    Medieval style dagger with ebony handle, 34cm. Completed 2007. SOLD.
  • Tiny Viking sword
    Miniature Viking ‘sword’. SOLD
  • Ballock dagger
    Ballock dagger with silver fittings. SOLD
  • Ballock dagger
    Ballock dagger with brass fittings. SOLD
  • Antler handled large seax
    Antler handled large seax, 14″ / 355mm long. August 1999. SOLD
  • Persian style Knife
    Persian Style Knife. This knife has a mesquite handle and brass bolsters. Completed January 1998. SOLD
  • Dirk
    A large Dirk made with a spectacular piece of antler provided by the owner for the handle. Completed August 2004. SOLD
  • Ballock dagger.
    Ballock dagger, completed November 2019. SOLD
  • Ballock dagger handle.
    Ballock dagger – handle detail, completed November 2019. SOLD
  • Axe head detail
    Axe head, completed Sept 2019. SOLD.
  • Axe
    Axe, completed Sept 2019. SOLD.