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Description: | An iron object which is probably part of a post medieval tool. The object is 153.3mm long and has a heavy pear shaped knop at one end which has a diameter of 16.5mm. The shaft is thin and is circular in section at the ends but widens slightly to become square in section in the centre. At the other end is a thick rounded knop which is D shaped in section and beyond that the object tapers to a point. It is believed that the iron is the central part of a wooden handle from a tool or knife. The heavy rounded knop would have been visible at the end of the handle and would have prevented the wooden part from sliding off the metal tang. The weight of the knop would also have balanced the working part of the tool. The square cross section in the centre would prevent the wooden part from spinning. The pointed end is less easy to explain but may be the result of damage and corrosion, and could have originally extended into the working part of the tool which would have protruded from the handle, perhaps a knife blade. Since iron so rarely survives in the ground it is difficult to find any parallels for the object, but a handle seems the most likely as it is the right length to be gripped in the hand, and the square cross section is characteristic of other tanged tools such as the gravers on page 149 of ??Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition?? by Geoff Egan (2005). The metal is dark brown and is roughened and pitted from corrosion, but appears to be stable now. It is solid and there is no flaking rust. | Subjects: | Handle | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Cooper, Amy - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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