{"product_id":"ancient-viking-side-knife-scramasax-879-1067-ad","title":"ANCIENT VIKING SIDE KNIFE\/SCRAMASAX, 879-1067 AD","description":"\u003cp\u003eCambridgeshire, England. About 7 1\/8” total length with low dropped point in scramasax form and tapered “whittle tang” which identifies these, as they were used without guards, mounted in a wood or antler grip. (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leatherworkingreverend.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/dsc01382.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eLeather Working Reverend\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/inhabitat.com\/melting-glaciers-reveal-items-lost-in-the-stone-age\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eInhabitat\u003c\/a\u003e for similar examples with original grips). Blade of thin fighting section. A slashing weapon, designed for throat-cutting, these were so esteemed by Vikings that it was these, rather than the larger scramseaxes, that were buried with the warriors. Virtually every old town in Cambridgeshire has a recorded Viking history. Ely Abbey was destroyed in 870 by Danish raiders and Huntingdon was a staging place for Danish raids until 917, to mention two. Excavated and professionally conserved with Plexiglas display mount.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fagan Arms","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43284883832950,"sku":"C3036","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0554\/1957\/files\/C3036B.png?v=1776092985","url":"https:\/\/www.faganarms.com\/products\/ancient-viking-side-knife-scramasax-879-1067-ad","provider":"Fagan Arms","version":"1.0","type":"link"}