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KNIFE
Unique ID: MAS-O100169
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Double edged blade covered with concretions, around 25 mm wide and 280 mm long. Displays iron oxidation, and the item has not been preserved well. The blade is roughly 200 mm long and the thicker handle is approximately 80 mm long.
Following consultation with Henry Yallop of The Royal Armouries museum, this object can only be discribed as roughly the shape of a common blade form , i.e. roughly lenticular, and about 25 mm broad. What is not clear is whether it was once the complete blade, or that this is part of one, or alternatively that it was the part of another forged object, and only appears to be blade like.
Class:
Tools and equipment
Sub class: cutting equipment
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: With finder
Wreck details
Droit number: 026/18
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 270 mm
Width: 25 mm
Thickness: 0 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 15th October 2017
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mr Robbie Trevelyan
Other reference numbers
Droit ID: 026/18
Materials and construction
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SZ4280
Four figure Latitude: 50.61820269
Four figure longitude: -1.40768541
1:25K map: SZ4280
1:10K map: SZ40NW
Display four figure position on What3Words
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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