August 4th, 2015: The Hindsgavl Dagger

xoxoxoBruce · 08-03-2015, 11:47 PM

This badass dagger from 2400-1800 BC, is in the National Museum of Denmark and it's magnificent.

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In the Neolithic period the flintworkers achieved very high technical standards. The magnificent dagger from Hindsgavl with its blade less than 1 cm thick is the finest example of the flintworkers’ outstanding skills at the end of the Stone Age. It was found around 1876 on tihe island Fænø in the Little Belt. The dagger type is called a ‘fishtail dagger’ because of the fishtail-formed hilt. Pressure-flaked daggers mark the beginning of the end of the Stone Age, and are the reason why the period from 2400-1800 BC is called the Dagger Period.

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It was not just anyone who could make a flint dagger like the Hindsgavl Dagger. It was a very specialized craft, superior to anything that had been seen before, and required a master of the art! The secret behind the sophisticated daggers was the use of the so-called ‘soft technique’. By striking the flint directly with a soft hammer of antler or hard wood, one could make a crude initial form of the flint object. Afterwards a small flaking tool could be pressed on to the surface of the dagger to remove small oblong flint flakes.

The National Museum of Denmark has a great collection of Viking stuff too.

Gravdigr · 08-04-2015, 04:49 AM

That's a fairly awesome dagger.

I'm a barely awesome Digr.

fargon · 08-04-2015, 05:30 AM

That is a very awesome dagger.
Grav you are an extremely awesome Digr.

Griff · 08-04-2015, 06:07 AM

Much awesome on display here.

footfootfoot · 08-04-2015, 12:43 PM

As I was going to St. Ives
I met a man with seven knives
And every knife had seven hilts
And every hilt had seven daggers
And every dagger had seven digrs

Digrs, daggers, hilts, and knives, how many were going to St. Ives?

Clodfobble · 08-04-2015, 12:45 PM

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Digrs, daggers,

This is extremely cute, sir. Well done.

footfootfoot · 08-04-2015, 12:50 PM

And a digr dagger stagger battle in a bottle...

Stop me.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-04-2015, 01:21 PM

Bravo foots, well done, but unanswerable.
You never established anyone or anything, except yourself, was going to St Ives.

Gravdigr · 08-04-2015, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Bravo foots, well done, but unanswerable.
You never established anyone or anything, except yourself, was going to St Ives.

"As I was on my way to St. Ives..."

xoxoxoBruce · 08-04-2015, 04:57 PM

That's what I said, he was going to St Ives but didn't say anyone else was, just him.

footfootfoot · 08-04-2015, 05:14 PM

Therefore, only one was going to St. Ives, according to the information in this story.

footfootfoot · 08-04-2015, 05:14 PM

Oh yeah, and the squirrel...

lumberjim · 08-04-2015, 05:25 PM

...the one the hunter goes around, you mean?

Gravdigr · 08-04-2015, 06:14 PM

As I was going to St. Ives
I met a man with seven wives
Every wife had seven sacks
Every sack had seven cats
Every cat had seven kits
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives
How many were going to St. Ives?

Squirrel!

xoxoxoBruce · 08-04-2015, 06:28 PM

ONE.

08-04-2015, 04:49 AM	#2
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08-04-2015, 05:30 AM	#3
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08-04-2015, 06:07 AM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Much awesome on display here. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-04-2015, 12:43 PM	#5
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven knives And every knife had seven hilts And every hilt had seven daggers And every dagger had seven digrs Digrs, daggers, hilts, and knives, how many were going to St. Ives? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

08-04-2015, 12:50 PM	#7
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	And a digr dagger stagger battle in a bottle... Stop me. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

08-04-2015, 01:21 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Bravo foots, well done, but unanswerable. You never established anyone or anything, except yourself, was going to St Ives. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-04-2015, 04:57 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That's what I said, he was going to St Ives but didn't say anyone else was, just him. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-04-2015, 05:14 PM	#11
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Therefore, only one was going to St. Ives, according to the information in this story. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

08-04-2015, 05:14 PM	#12
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Oh yeah, and the squirrel... __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

08-04-2015, 05:25 PM	#13
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	...the one the hunter goes around, you mean? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-04-2015, 06:14 PM	#14
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives Every wife had seven sacks Every sack had seven cats Every cat had seven kits Kits, cats, sacks, and wives How many were going to St. Ives? Squirrel! __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

08-04-2015, 06:28 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	ONE. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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