Poll: What is this knife handle?
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Clasp knife
33.33%
2 33.33%
Razor
33.33%
2 33.33%
Utility/pen knife
33.33%
2 33.33%
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Opinions needed; clasp knife or razor??
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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.
Salvete et Valete



Nil volentibus arduum





Robert P. Wimmers
www.erfgoedenzo.nl/Diensten/Creatie Big Grin
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Opinions needed; clasp knife or razor?? - by Robert - 08-13-2017, 11:14 AM

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