{"product_id":"viking-age-knife","title":"Viking Age knife.","description":"\u003cp\u003eA late 9th to early 11th century every day knife.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt has a wrought-iron backed blade with a carbon steel edge forge welded in place, hilted with cutler's resin into a piece hawthorn. The blade is based on one of the Coppergate finds and the spine of the clipped point is peaked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlade length is just shy of 8cm, width 19mm, and it's a respectable 6mm thick!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sheath is an interpretation of one found in Upper Thames Street, London, and is hand tooled with a half tunnel stitched seam. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs I use modern veg tan, and chemical dyes to try and replicated bark tanned colours, the contrast created when tooling is lost. So, I've used Antique Wax to bring back a little of that contrast and make the tooling more visible; hopefully, without over doing it!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kroka Thurston's Workshop ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57053747347788,"sku":null,"price":175.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0981\/0316\/5260\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_44249ff6-4a01-4430-87f4-c75c707e7a90.jpg?v=1774263234","url":"https:\/\/krokathurston.myshopify.com\/products\/viking-age-knife","provider":"Kroka Thurston's Workshop ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}