R127 - TWO ANCIENT ROMAN IRON FOLDING KNIFE BLADES

Product Description

ID

Knife

FOUND

WESTERN EUROPE

AGE

1st - 2nd CENTURY A.D.

SIZE

3.25" and 3.2" long

CONDITION

COMPLETE RARE PRESERVATION.
BOTH BLADES HAVE HINGE PIN, ONE
HAS A HANDLE BAND STILL 
ATTACHED. STABILIZED FOR 
PROTECTION. NO REPAIR OR
RESTORATION

NOTE

CHOICE EXAMPLES OF EARLY ROMAN
PERSONAL FOLDING BLADE KNIVES,
EACH OF DIFFERENT BLADE DESIGN.

INCLUDES DISPLAY  BOX - Actual Item - One Only

Comes with a certificate of
authenticity / information sheet

This is well-preserved pair of Roman iron folding knife blades.  Each has a slightly different blade design but both would have been affixed to a handle that each could have folded into.  These would be personal knives carried by either a man or woman.  The attachment pins are still attached and one blade has a reinforcing collar.  They are complete and in perfect, rare preservation!   An affordable set of personal knives of the Ancient Roman Empire, used as either a weapon or tool.  Such objects of everyday ancient life are typically absent from many antiquity collections.   INTACT AND COMPLETE WITH NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION.

Be wary of modern copies that have been around for many decades and sold to unsuspecting tourists and brought back as an "authentic" piece, now littering numerous old collections.  In our own museum lab facility, we subject to rigorous inspection and authentic every artifact we offer for sale, accompanied by a written lifetime, unconditional guarantee of authenticity and proper identification.

The Classic Roman Empire was a unique association of peoples and places such as the Mediterranean World had never seen before.  What had been a patchwork of Hellenistic monarchies, independent city-states, and Celtic tribes was miraculously united into one great political entity.  At its peak rule, the Roman Empire stretched from Spain to Syria and England to Egypt.  Much of the success of the Empire can be attributed to the protection afforded by its near invincible war machine, the Roman army.  Many tactics and weapons were first pioneered by this massive military force and just the thought of having to challenge this entity thwarted many a foreign enemy.  Those that were brave (or foolish) enough to go up against Rome's military were quickly made examples of to the rest of the world.  The technology and strength of the Roman military was the guardian of this great society in the West for some 500 years.  

Our modern world today benefits much from a host of technological innovations first given to us by the ancient Romans.  From simple inventions such as blown glass and underground sewer systems to major concepts in engineering and the Roman calendar.