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Description: | Cast cu-alloy dagger handle, its iron blade missing. As can been seen from what remains of the handle inside the handle, the blade was triangular-shaped, having only one sharp edge and a thick edge to give the blade extra-strength. The reason for such a thick blade was to provide extra strength to the blade so that it could be sued to penetrate /be thrust through armous, therefore it may possibly be a military stabbing weapon. This style of weapon was developed in the 13th century and was very common in the 14th century being superseded somewhat in the 15th century by diamond-shaped blades. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1066
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Dot Boughton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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