Changes
==Officer Rulings==
Please note that there is a change to the rulings for this item from the 1st January 2016.
[[File:Regia Seax AO.jpg|right|thumb|300px|New Seax rulings from 1st Jan 2015]]
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'''Authenticity Officer'''<br>
==Research==
===Images of Seaxes (C8th to C11th)===
* 775-800AD St. Andrew Sarcophagus
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===Literature (C9th to C11th)===
* Beowulf c.1000AD
** "Grendel's mother; the hard man of conflict then heaved, now that he was enraged, the deadly foe, so that she fell to the floor; she again him quickly gave hand-reward with wrathful grips and clutched him against herself; hen, weary in spirit, he stumbled, the strongest man, warrior on foot, so that he was in a fall; then she bestrode the guest in her hall, and drew her seax, broad and bright-edged; she wished to avenge her son, only offspring;" lines 1538-1547 [http://www.heorot.dk/beowulf-rede-text.html heorot.dk]<br>
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===English Seax Blades (C9th to C11th)===
[[File:Seax Blades.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Seax Blades]]
Out of 128 knives found from Coppergate York, only 1 can be classed as a seax. [CAMERON 2000: p.64-65]<br>
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===English style Seax Sheathes (C9th to C11th)===
[[File:Seax Sheaths.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Seax Sheaths]]
Seax sheaths are made from substantial leather up to 3mm thick and closed by rivets about 4 to 5cm apart. In England there are 12 finds of Seax sheaths out of a total of 61 [CAMERON 2000: p.64-65]<br>
