08-13-2017, 11:14 AM
Greetings!
Wanting to make some bronze handled knives, this one is a prime candidate: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/60205
BUT .... it is marked as a clasp knife. However, there is no hole for the pin and the cross hatched decoration is unbroken, the cut-out for holding the blade is slanted inward, not outward as one would expect with a clasp-knife and there is no real recess to hold the blade when folded. So I am in serious doubt about that identification.
SO ..... please give your opinion on this piece. What is it most likely to be clasp-knife or razor or utility/pen knife? I will try to add a poll, but feel free to comment and reason.
Wanting to make some bronze handled knives, this one is a prime candidate: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/60205
BUT .... it is marked as a clasp knife. However, there is no hole for the pin and the cross hatched decoration is unbroken, the cut-out for holding the blade is slanted inward, not outward as one would expect with a clasp-knife and there is no real recess to hold the blade when folded. So I am in serious doubt about that identification.
SO ..... please give your opinion on this piece. What is it most likely to be clasp-knife or razor or utility/pen knife? I will try to add a poll, but feel free to comment and reason.