Iron scramasax (also known as a 'seax' - the Old English word meaning 'knife'), which is a single-edged blade used as a fighting and/or hunting knife. The handle would have been made from wood or bone but has not survived. This blade was made with the pattern-welding technique. Skilled Anglo-Saxon smiths twisted white-hot bars of iron together to hammer them into blades that were flexible as well as strong.
