Sax British Museum, semi-scherp Festival mantels The gambeson can be worn

The gambeson can be worn on its own or under a hauberk

The characteristic angles of the beard could be used to parry enemy weapons

This motif remained linked to the Indo-European sun cult and was later adopted by Christianity as the Celtic cross

Around 1200

The blade is made of high-quality 1065 carbon steel with a hardness of 48-52 HRC

Sax British Museum, semi-scherp Festival mantels The gambeson can be wornThis seax is a replica of an example discovered in 1857 in the River Thames near London. It is now part of the collection of the British Museum. The Seax of Beagnoth (also known as the Thames scramasax) is a 10th century Anglo Saxon seax. Several seaxes of a similar type are known from southern England (three from London, one from Suffolk, one from the River Thames near Keen Edge Ferry in Berkshire), and one from Hurbuck in County Durham in northern