The Seax Knive was a Germanic single-edged knife mostly used as a tool, but could also be used as a weapon.
The small Seax Knive was called a hadseax, and used as a tool.
The larger ones were called, langseax, and were probably weapons.
The seax was worn in a horizontal sheath at the front of the belt.
Wearing a seax may have been indicative of freemanship.
It may be that the Saxons derived their name from seax (the implement for which they were known).
The seax has a lasting symbolic impact in the English counties of Middlesex and Essex, which both feature three seaxes in their ceremonial emblem.
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