386 EARLY MAN IN BRITAIN. [CHAP. x. 



IMPLEMENTS FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES. 



Socketed gouge ....... 1 



chisels ....... 6 



Flanged celts ....... 7 



Socketed celts 33 



Palstaves . . . . . . . , 36 



Unclassified celts . . . . . . .11 



Sickles . . .' . . ' v 51 



Knife-blades '.-'.' . . "_ . . . 76 

 Razors . . . . . . . .2 



Socketed cutters . . . . . ... 3 



Tanged cutters . . .,..'. 6 



Hooks . . '. . . . . ."-.. 6 



Saws . . ' , , . . . . . . 5 



Hand chisels . . . . . . 8 



Points and drills . ^ ,. . .. . . 6 



Nails and rivets . . ; . . 8 



Strainer . ..... . . ^ 1 



Some of the socketed axes have rings on the same 

 side as the cutting edge, and have been intended for 

 adzes. The sickles and most of the knives have tangs, 

 and the razors, with an open metal-work handle, are of 

 the same type as those found in Italy, Switzerland, and 

 Britain. Two knives have metal handles cast in one 

 piece with the blade, and one is ornamented with a 

 pattern in oblique lines, such as would be produced 

 from a mould marked with one of the stamps found in 

 the hoard. 



The arms are represented in the following list : 



Swords or daggers . . .. . . . 72 



Scabbard ends and ferrules .' .- , . 16 



Arrow-heads . . . . , . . 18 



Lance-heads . . . .- .- . . 54 



Ferrules for end of lance . . . . 51 



The only perfect dagger-blade is one made out of a 

 broken bracelet hammered out, with a characteristic 



