VIKING SIDE KNIFE OR POUCH KNIFE, 879-1067 AD
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Cambridgeshire, England. Just over 4 3/8" total length with tapered "whittle tang" which identifies these, as they were used without guards, mounted in a wood or antler grip. (See https://leatherworkingreverend.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/dsc01382.jpg and https://inhabitat.com/melting-glaciers-reveal-items-lost-in-the-stone-age/ for similar examples with original grips.) Blade of a particularly thin section distinguishing it as a weapon, and curved back, dropping slightly at the point, these were so esteemed by Vikings that it was these, rather than the larger scramseaxes, that were buried with the warriors. Virtually every old town in Cambridgeshire has a recorded Viking history. Ely Abbey was destroyed in 870 by Danish raiders and Huntingdon was a staging place for Danish raids until 917, to mention two. Excavated and professionally conserved with Plexiglas display mount.
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VIKING SIDE KNIFE OR POUCH KNIFE, 879-1067 AD
Estimate $100 - $125
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