Iron Age Knife with food pricker
Knife, food skewer with sheath
Iron Age Knife and skewer detail
Knife of the Germanic Iron Age
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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.