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Hand forged knife of the Iron Age (Viking Knife) with food pricker and leather sheath. Knife 19 x 3 cm. Pricker 16 x 1.5 cm.Productdetails...
So-called Viking knife.
This elegantly shaped germanic knife from the Pre-Christian Iron Age comes with a twisted eating pricker - both masterfully forged by hand with an artfully crafted handle, with knife sheath.
Both parts, the Iron Age knife and the accompanying pricker, are forged by hand from a single piece of carbon steel each and are based on original Germanic finds from the post-Christian Iron Age.
The enclosed pricker is the forerunner of today's fork, which was still unknown to the Germanic tribes.
Such knives are often attributed to the Vikings, but historically this is not quite correct, as these knives do not appear at all in the Viking finds, but date back several centuries earlier.
Link to a historical model...
Our Germanic knife is well sharpened and comes complete with pricker and a matching leather sheath (colour varies from light brown to black).
The hardness of the knife is 54 to 56 HCR Rockwell.
Knife length 19 cm,
Blade length 3 x 10 cm.
Eating pricker 16 x 1.5 cm. cm.
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