Middle Earth Ranger Forum

I am in the process of making a seax blade for MYSELF.

8" blade and will end up about 13" overall for the HT.

the blade will be 1/4" thick 5160 steel with a thru tang (like the originals, although they were shorter and mine will be all the way thru) and a wide-ish blade.

The shape will be finished and the bevels ground in obviously....and I can bust off the scale and what not here...

It will need the normalizing, hardening and tempering ONLY.

I cannot HT currently....

So, can someone PLEASE do the HT for me?

I am willing to pay for your time and shipping both ways in a USPS MO.

Please PM me if you can help!

Is it necessary that the tang be heat treated and tempered? I've started leaving my tangs soft. I would rather have the tang/ricasso area a nice springy temper to add flex since that is the area where a break will readily occur. For me the answer to this question makes a difference about whether or not I can HT with my current set-up.

Oh no way! Tang SHOULD be soft! I know exactly what you mean about the ricasso area being springy!

I learned to HT using Tim Lively's method (which is exactly like what you are talking about)....but, I have to re-line my forge and there is no way for me to do it right now....let me know!

PM sent.