RARE LARGE VIKING SCRAMASAX C.800-950 AD

Short sword proportions at 12 1/8” total length. The wedge section blade of thin fighting weight with arched back, sloping point and straight cutting edge. Original bone grip, evidently wrapped with hide or cloth originally, accounting for the small gap at the blade base. That also would have greatly enhanced purchase without affecting the weight. We examined the bone ends for tool marks and found that they had been polished flat and true after cutting. See https://scvnews.com/mysteries-of-the-glaciers-commentary-by-dianne-erskine-hellrigel/ for information on finds resulting from melting glaciers including weapons similar to this. The few surviving examples of this iconic form are nearly all in museums.