Flint, finely worked round edge

PART OF:
Bryant and May collection of fire-making appliances.
Made:
Bow
Flint (a large thin flake, finely worked round edge

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Flint (a large thin flake, finely worked round edge
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Flint (a large thin flake, finely worked round edge, evidently European, length 1 7/8 in); steel (part of an American rasp, stamped "Honsberg", length 2 1/2 ins), and tinder (a small sheet of amadou, evidently German); used by the Samoyedes of the Arctic Coast. Siberia.

Details

Category:
Firemaking
Object Number:
1937-682/179
type:
flint
credit:
Wilkinson Sword Ltd.