On Sunday 09 December 2007, Wanda Pease wrote: [snip] > EEE! I just looked at the prices! I should have invested in this company > instead of Microsoft! Still that is the actual form that you are looking > for.
There's a vendor on EBay that sells small knives that match the description Wanda gave and that in my opinion would make great eating knives for periods from Viking period to 16th c. (he actually has a few different models for the different periods) at really good prices ($15-$25 USD for his small Viking knives). His EBay seller name is "sussen" and his store name is "Von Sussen Enterprises." I've never bought from him so I don't know how reliable he is. You should be aware that some of his models are your standard fantasy-influenced fare. And, darn it, he doesn't have any of the Viking-style small knives he often has> Here's URLs to a 16th c reproduction and a late medieval one: http://cgi.ebay.com/16th-C-utility-knife-historic-repro-of-museum-find-H_W0QQitemZ300180719258QQihZ020QQcategoryZ156374QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (This one is $50, but claims to be an exact reproduction of an actual find.) http://cgi.ebay.com/14th-15th-Century-belt-utility-knife-with-Bone-handle_W0QQitemZ300179816992QQihZ020QQcategoryZ475QQcmdZViewItem (This one is much cheaper, and the shape checks out with my memory of belt knives from 14th-15th c art. They sometimes have this shape with horn or wood handles, and the prices differ a little depending on which substance is used.) My own eating knife is a reproduction of a standard, single-edged small Viking knife that I bought from Ragweed Forge, but he got the last of their production runs, and I don't think he has them any more. It was $40. -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."-- Mark Twain _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
