For this IQP, our team seeks to research the historical evolution of the Viking Seax knife from its origins as a farming tool to its future use as a weapon, and to investigate the varying material properties of the blade through the various stages of forging that it would be subjected to. An integral part of this project is the creation of a Seax knife of our own through historically accurate methods.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Proctor, Luke
• Wight, Frederick M.
• Ryder, Matthew Anthony
• Morette, Connor J.

Subject

• Industry
• Culture

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-030615-173721

Keyword

• History
• Armor

Advisor

• Thomsen, Tom Hartvig
• Lados, Diana A.

Year

• 2015

Date created

• 2015-03-06

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2020-12-31