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Viking folding knife made from carbon steel with carved and decorated bone handle. Unfold 20 x 2 cm. Edge 8 cm.Productdetails...
Viking folding knife with bone handle.
This practical Viking folding knife was modelled on Viking knives from the 9th to 10th centuries.The blade can be retracted into the knife handle and makes the Viking folding knife a practical companion in everyday camp life.
The Viking folding knife has a beautifully shaped and nicely decorated handle made of bone that fits perfectly in the hand.
The blade of the Viking folding knife has a length of 8 cm with an overall length of the knife of 20 cm.
Blade width 2 cm, blade back 3 mm.
The blade is made of not rust-resistant high-carbon steel. The handle is made of bone and is decorated with carvings.
Contrary to what one might think nowadays, the Vikings actually used folding knives frequently, as many finds from this era, especially from the eastern areas, prove.
Folding knives are archaeologically attested as early as the early Middle Ages and were used by both Vikings and Slavic cultures as compact everyday tools. Specific individual finds come from sites such as Hedeby, where several folding knives with riveted pivot pins were discovered, and from Birka, where comparable examples have been found in graves and settlement layers.
In Eastern Europe, sites such as Staraya Ladoga and Novgorod have yielded well-preserved folding knives, some from damp soil layers that have even preserved organic remnants of the handles. Simple, functional folding knives have also been found in the Slavic settlement area of Volyn. The construction was always similar: a movable iron blade, mounted on a rivet, without a spring mechanism, which was held in place by the tightly fitted layers of the handle material.
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