Casgliadau Arlein

Knife (or razor) handle with a peltate terminal. The shaft of the handle is rectangular in section with chamfered edges and two open rectangles in the centre. The openings have traces of lead-tin alloy suggesting insets now missing. The end of the handle is cut into a scrolled shape and cleft with an iron knife blade slotted into position and held together by two iron rivets through a groove on both faces. See Colchester; Crummy 1983., Nos 2938-9, from contexts dating AD 75-250; and Verulamium; Waugh and Goodburn 1972, Fig 35, No 75 an elaborately decorated example dated to AD 85-105.