Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Luxury Weapons
Ancient Iranian bronze short sword with a bone hilt
Nice Early Bronze Age copper dagger of the Beaker culture
Tiny reproduction of a copper dagger/utility knife found in Wessex culture graves, Early Bronze Age Britain
Very ornate gold dagger with handle of lapis lazuli (probably not for use as a weapon, but hey, it'd stab)
Broad-bladed bronze dagger from Crete, olive wood handle
Very cool narrow early Bronze Age dagger from Crete
 Mycenaean bronze dagger, large pommel
Heavy sickle-like forged iron knife, handle of wrapped copper and leather, apparently called "bero"
 Curved forged iron ceremonial prestige knife
 Knife with roundish blade of iron and handle of wood bound with copper wire
Awesome collection of copper/iron/bronze African prestige knives
As above, some iron axes, curved knives, and a large leaf-shaped copper or bronze blade (probably copper according to the original URL)