{"product_id":"viking-side-knife-or-pouch-knife-879-1067-ad-49","title":"VIKING SIDE KNIFE OR POUCH KNIFE, 879-1067 AD","description":"\u003cp\u003eCambridgeshire, England. Just over 4 7\/8” (4.92”) total length with 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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eLeather Working Reverend\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/inhabitat.com\/melting-glaciers-reveal-items-lost-in-the-stone-age\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eInhabitat\u003c\/a\u003e for similar examples with original grips). Blade of a particularly thick section 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. Excavated and professionally conserved with Plexiglas display mount and certificate of authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Gift Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48498417369331,"sku":"C6637","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/0599\/2600\/files\/C6637B.png?v=1770818507","url":"https:\/\/historygiftstore.com\/products\/viking-side-knife-or-pouch-knife-879-1067-ad-49","provider":"The History Gift Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}