{"product_id":"ancient-viking-side-knife-or-pouch-knife-879-1067-ad-13","title":"ANCIENT VIKING SIDE KNIFE OR POUCH KNIFE, 879-1067 AD","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCambridgeshire, England. About 4” (3.97”) total length with slightly dropped point in scramasax form and tapered “whittle tang” which identifies these, as they were used without guards, mounted in a wood or antler grip. (See \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leatherworkingreverend.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/dsc01382.jpg\"\u003ehttps:\/\/leatherworkingreverend.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/dsc01382.jpg\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/inhabitat.com\/melting-glaciers-reveal-items-lost-in-the-stone-age\/\"\u003ehttps:\/\/inhabitat.com\/melting-glaciers-reveal-items-lost-in-the-stone-age\/\u003c\/a\u003e for similar examples with original grips.)  Blade of a particularly thick section with a curved back. A slashing weapon, designed for throat-cutting, these were so esteemed by Vikings that it was these, rather than the larger scramseaxes, that were buried with the warriors. Virtually every old town in Cambridgeshire has a recorded Viking history. Ely Abbey was destroyed in 870 by Danish raiders and Huntingdon was a staging place for Danish raids until 917, to mention two. Excavated and professionally conserved with Plexiglas display mount.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"The History Gift Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44803879174387,"sku":"B8096","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/0599\/2600\/products\/B8096B.png?v=1708972404","url":"https:\/\/historygiftstore.com\/products\/ancient-viking-side-knife-or-pouch-knife-879-1067-ad-13","provider":"The History Gift Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}