Viking Skaggox Test Piece

This axe was actually a test-piece that Matt made as a lead-up to an axe that can be found in the Historical Reproductions section of the website. It is a traditional Viking skaggox style, but in this case with a non-traditional checkerboard twist damascus pattern. Matt added two lines of forge-welded twisted iron wire inlay, plus carved an angular knot pattern into the blade as further decoration. This was a great looking little weapon that felt amazing in the hand.

 

Synergy

This was an axe that Peter made back in his Dragon's Breath Forge days, but it remains one of the nicest axes that any of us has put out. The overall design is relatively simple, but the shape of the blade and the damascus pattern have a certain synergy that is hard to forget.

 

Simple & Usable

These two axes were produced during a spate of axe-making that started with a custom order that Peter got. The basic idea was funtional axes left with a simple finish, yielding a relatively inexpensive and highly usable weapon.

 

The left axe is Matt's very extreme version of a bearded axe, while the lower is what Peter refers to as his Viking Fireman's axe... a Viking fireman sets the house on fire and then uses the axe as the inhabitants flee.

 

This was a massive axe that Peter made in 2007 and sold at the Connecticut Renaissance Festival.

 

The damascus was a very fine pattern radiating out to follow the profile of the blade, and it was cored with W2 tool steel. The W2 shows through in a few places as black bands or splotches, and if you look closely you can see the wootz-like carbide banding that is typical of W2. If I recall correctly, the blade on this measured 9" from point to point, and approximately 10" from the edge to the back of the poll.

 

 

 

Hurlbats

These represent our two "production" thrower designs. The axes are self-explanatory, while the other throwers are the Celtic answer to the shuriken... and these are classified as shuriken by most state laws, so be sure of what is allowed before ordering.

 

Due to an unintended resemblence to the "Rebel Alliance" sigil from the Star Wars movies, some people refer to them as Rebel Throwers; we call them Hurlbats. The axes have more stopping power than the hurlbats, but the hurlbats stick every time. I guess it is just a question of which is more important in a given situation.