{"product_id":"viking-side-knife-or-pouch-knife-879-1067-ad-29","title":"VIKING SIDE KNIFE OR POUCH KNIFE, 879-1067 AD","description":"\u003cp\u003eCambridgeshire, England. 5 1\/2 (5.45”)\" total length with tapered \"whittle tang\" which identifies these, as they were used without guards, mounted in a wood or antler grip. (See https:\/\/leatherworkingreverend.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/dsc01382.jpg and https:\/\/inhabitat.com\/melting-glaciers-reveal-items-lost-in-the-stone-age\/ for similar examples with original grips.) Blade of a particularly thin section identifying it as a weapon and not a work knife, with a straight back, dropping slightly at the point in the scramseax fashion. 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. Exceptional excavated condition and professionally conserved with Plexiglas display mount.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Gift Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46484662616307,"sku":"C1678","price":145.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/0599\/2600\/files\/C1678A.png?v=1733255347","url":"https:\/\/historygiftstore.com\/products\/viking-side-knife-or-pouch-knife-879-1067-ad-29","provider":"The History Gift Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}