Ifi2 



i.\i;K-0\\- KSlvIM( 



Fiii. !.;«.— Woitian'j 



;is ill our iiiiucinj;' kiiixcs. 



dilution (if iron. Tliciv ;nv in llic coll. ■(■! ion twcnty-rliicc nuni- or less 

 roiiiiilclf i-ouimI knives ol'stonr. most of wliicli 

 :llT.;;riilliMrilil])lclllcilts tli;lt liavo liOcH Used. 



Ol' liicsc a lew. wliicliarc iicrliaps tin- more 

 iciciil oiics.lia\c liladrs not unlike tbeiiiodcni 

 slerl knile. l''oi- instance, No. SlMjSO [1 KM!] Fi},'. 

 iL'd, has a l)la.le olhard ,i;ray mica slate of al- 

 ^. - '-fi^ Miost |>iccisely the modern shape, l.ut l.otli 



faces are oradnallv worked ilown to tlu' eut- 

 tin.u ed.-e witiiout a bevel on either. The 

 i-i^"i'-- handle is very hir-e and stout and made of 



n.arse wliah-'s hone. This knife was said to liave come from tlie ruined 

 villas-eat I'eiiiyK. Fi.i;. ll'l. No. S'.t(i7i» ftlTIj, from Nuwi-ik, was made 

 for side, hut is perhaps a model of a form sometimes 

 Us.mI. The sha|M-of the l.lade is .piite dilfc 



.so .St roll- ly to the front. The handle is of oak an<l tl- ^«3^* 

 bladeof ratherliaid.ilark imiple slate. Fiu'. IL'L', SIKlMi i 



iiitrodiiceil to show a method of hattiii.i;- wliicli may 

 have been formerly eiui.loyed. The liatt is of reindeer 

 antler in two lon-itudiniil sections, between which '-"■'"' '■'^"" '''^"i'- 

 the blade is wcd-ed. These two sections are iield to-ether by his]iiii-s 

 of sinew at each end. passinj; tliroii.uh holes in ea<'h jiieee and round the 

 ends. Thes.'lasiiinusbein.i;' put on wet. have shrunk 

 so that the blade is very tishtiy <'las])ed between the 

 two parts of the liandh'. The commoner form of 

 these stone knives, however, has the liack of the 

 v'X l>la<le much loiiji'er, so that tlie sides are straight in- 

 ' .A stead of obliipie and usually round off gradually at 

 theendsof th.M-uttiii.- edi;c without being' produced 

 Fi.>.r.-j.-\v.„„a„akutle, J"'" •! l'"int at either end. No. SiMWl.' |<.l,-,8j is a form 

 »i.i,- i,i;,.i,.. int.'rmediate betw.'cn this and the modern shape, 



diiced into a sharp point at on<> end. Tl 



No. Sil(!:ii; [1I22|. Fiji. I-:!, approaches yet V .4 '.. Xfi^ 

 nearer tlie aiieieiit shape, but still has oiii' end 

 slightly produced. The handle is alsoof rcind,.,.]- ' " 





Hitler, wliich .s,.ems 



1 with the slate 



blades. Tin- la.shing roun.l the l,la,l,. close to the handle is of sci^ 



