Single-Edged Knife (Scramasax)

c. 500–700 Overall: 54.3 x 6.4 cm (21 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.) Source image
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The scramasax, a single-edged knife, was a general purpose implement. It could serve equally well as a tool or as a weapon and usually did not exceed 12 inches in length. As with most objects of the Migration period, iron weapons survive as excavated grave goods and tend to be...

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