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Roman iron leather working knife
Socketed knife with crescentic blade, the socket and blade having been forged separately and joined by folding the flattened and flared end of the socket-piece over on itself so as to enclose the blade and by working both together. Opposed holes near the top of the socket were for securing the haft with a pin.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
84.43H/3.2
Find Information
Site Name: Museum Garden, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1983 - 1984
Notes: found in association with discarded off-cuts of leather, from Well I
Acquisition
Collected officially, 26/4/1984
Measurements
length / mm:115
width / mm:120 (across blade)
thickness / mm:20
Material
iron
Location
Caerleon: Case 12 Tools and Industry
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