VIKING FLINT STRIKER/FIRE STARTER, C.900-1100 AD

From a group found in the Baltic hinterland. These accords specifically with Typology of Fire Starters from Viking Age Norway (Vikingove) first example, which the author states "The most common type of Norwegian fire strikers, identified as Rygh 426, "almost one-third of all finds comes from the 10th century". This example is 2 1/2" in length of particularly graceful form. With Plexiglas display easel.