09-06-2017, 10:09 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-06-2017, 10:32 AM by Crispianus.)
Tony very nice cuts a treat!...
A few observations on the original:
In Curle the overall length is given as 5 1/2", but I think this is a bit short and should be nearer 6" or 15cm, if you compare it with the shears above it in the pic which are 7 1/4" or 18.5cm long.
The Handle is deer Antler hence the bend and knobbly bit on the end.
Assuming the above measurements is correct the handle is only @2cm thick and 6cm before the blade starts in the handle.
I would think this was intended as a bone/horn saw for small work originally, possibly for the manufacture of combs or similar but thats just a guess...
a better pic I think from NMS:
http://nms.scran.ac.uk/database/results....ion%22+saw
I thought you may be interested in this. unfortunatly I dont yet know the size:
this image from "Notes on Prehistoric iron in the old World, Coghlan"
Originally from "Die Alterthümer unserer heidnischen Vorzeit 5. 1911, Lindenschmit"
A few observations on the original:
In Curle the overall length is given as 5 1/2", but I think this is a bit short and should be nearer 6" or 15cm, if you compare it with the shears above it in the pic which are 7 1/4" or 18.5cm long.
The Handle is deer Antler hence the bend and knobbly bit on the end.
Assuming the above measurements is correct the handle is only @2cm thick and 6cm before the blade starts in the handle.
I would think this was intended as a bone/horn saw for small work originally, possibly for the manufacture of combs or similar but thats just a guess...
a better pic I think from NMS:
http://nms.scran.ac.uk/database/results....ion%22+saw
I thought you may be interested in this. unfortunatly I dont yet know the size:
this image from "Notes on Prehistoric iron in the old World, Coghlan"
Originally from "Die Alterthümer unserer heidnischen Vorzeit 5. 1911, Lindenschmit"
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
