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Description: | Incomplete late Medieval (Late AD 14th-15th Century) wooden knife handle with copper alloy fittings and traces of the iron scale tang. A knife handle secured to the tang by three copper alloy rivets that pass through, sandwiching the Iron tang between a wooden grip. There is a large trefoil pommel and the hilt itself has trefoil leaves in copper alloy positioned between the three rivets. The internal iron has corroded and is now fragmented and orange while the wood is dark in colour. The handle tapers slightly towards the blade. The rivets are supported by circular copper alloy washers and are evenly spaced along the tang. For a similar handle type see LON-6EAAD0, an identical handle can ALSO be found in Brown (2001, 71, Fig. 22d). The published example dates c. 1500, so this example is likely to be of a similar date.Length: 87.73mm, Width at pommel: 14.55mm, Width at blade: 8.62mm, Thickness: 7.88mm, Weight: 17.84gRef:Brown, P. 2001. British Cutlery: An illustrated history of design, evolution and use.London: Philip Wilson Publishers. Cowgill, J. de Neergaard, M. and Griffiths, N. 1987. Knives and Scabbards. HMSO: London
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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