METALLOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION OF SEVEN MEDIEVAL KNIVES FROM EYNSHAM ABBEY, OXFORDSHIRE
Author(s): V Fell, D Starley
Seven knives were examined by metallography to investigate quality and methods of manufacture. The knives are from unrelated contexts and span late Saxon to post-medieval periods. Most of the knives are composite structures and include good quality steels which were heat treated. Two, and possibly a third, have pattern-welded backs.
- Report Number:
- 70/1998
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 19
- Keywords:
- Iron
