Scramasax from Sweden

[Duncan Head]

https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67467
https://arkeologerna.com/bloggar/gardar-och-gravfalt-utanfor-vasteras/kortsvard-fran-jarnaldern-hittat-i-skalby/

Nice piece, especially the hilt.

I thought the History Blog dating was odd - "Its style dates it to the Vendel Period between the 7th and 9th centuries A.D", which is running far too late for the Vendel period - but the original Swedish piece says "dateras till vendeltid/vikingatid", so Vendel or Viking period.

[Erpingham]

I look forward to Dave duplicating the hilt pattern on his early Saxon 18mm figures 

[Imperial Dave]

 

[Jim Webster]

He already does, it's just you cannot see it because the figure grasps it firmly in his hand 

[Imperial Dave]

Actually,

if you look at the Wiglaf figures.....