One of Three Fire-steels combined with screwing-spike and screw-driver

[One of] Three Fire-steels (lengths 2 1/2 ins to 2 1/4 ins)

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[One of] Three Fire-steels (lengths 2 1/2 ins to 2 1/4 ins)
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[One of] Three Fire-steels (lengths 2 1/2 ins to 2 1/4 ins) combined with screwing-spike and screw-driver; all made from old files; all three shaped differently, but all with spike at back; two have tangs recurving from top, forming loop for suspension from belt; one has loose suspension-ring at top. Albania. [NB: One of 14 examples (nos. 467 to 480) of varying shapes, all having on their back a thick blunt spike serving to screw a flint firmly in the hammer of a flint-lock gun, and all having also a screw-driver at the bottom. They are clearly intended to be carried on the person, either in the pocket or suspended from the belt, for use in the field. All are from the Near East - four from Turkey, three from Albania, one from Smyrna, and the others from adjacent countries.]

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Category:
Firemaking
Object Number:
1937-682/479
type:
firesteels
credit:
Wilkinson Sword Ltd.