02 Horn-Scheib 1
Horn slab in rectangular shape, made from black water buffallo horn for crafting an authentic handle of a Medieval or Viking knife. 3 x 2 x 0.3 cm.
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Rectangular bone slab made of black horn.
The horn slab is made of real water buffalo bone and is ideal as a fitting or intermediate layer for a knife handle.
The rectangular bone slab measures approx. 40 x 30 mm and is available in three thicknesses - 3 mm, 4 mm and 5 mm.
Since the bone slab is not polished to a shine but is rough all around, it adheres excellently to the other handle materials when glued in the knife handle.
Bone slabs were already used by the knives of the Germanic tribes as a finish between the blade and the handle. In the Viking city of Haithabu, too, a large number of such slabs were found on knife handles.
In the High Middle Ages, so-called disc handles also became popular, where the knife handle was decoratively fitted with a smaller or larger number of discs of different materials at different intervals.