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Description: | Cast copper alloy folding knife handle dating to the post medieval period. The knife handle has the profile of a head on one side, there are grooves were the knife blade would have folded into it. This item also has other grooves and holes indicating a multi purpose use for this item. The top of the handle has a flat disc shaped to which have holes in which follow the lines of the grooves, possibly for tweezers or tooth pick, although difficult to assertain as these items are now missing. There are some of the remains of iron knife blade in the handle, and the handle is broken at the knife blade end.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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