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Description: | A probable end-cap from a scale-tang knife: a complete curving object of rectangular section with a flat fragment of iron projecting from the inner face and secured in a central hole. Both the narrow edges are decorated with finely engraved oblique lines and a pair of V-sectioned notches, and there is a rib along the rear face of one edge. No good parallel noted. Length 28.5mm. Width 8mm. Thickness 2.5mm. The tang was rather wide (c.23mm). Probably 14th or 15th century. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Crawford, Becky | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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