7th-8th century AD. A hand-forged iron knife blade with thickened back, hollow-ground faces above the single edge, curved point and tapering tang. Cf. Parfitt, K. & Anderson, T. Buckland Anglo-Saxon Cemetery Dover, Archaeology of Canterbury New Series vol. VI, Canterbury, 2012, grave 206 for type. 225 grams, 46.5cm (18 1/4"). From the family collection of a South East London collector; formerly acquired in the late 1950s. Very fine condition, professionally cleaned and conserved.