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Kris with straight, double-edged, damascened blade in steel. Carved wooden handle. Carved wooden sheath bearing symbols in black ink. Thomson's MS Catalogue: 'Madurese Kris. The letters on the sheath are the 'chop' of a Chinese pawnbrokers. Mr Arthur…

Knife/dagger/sword in steel, slightly curved towards the tip, hilt decorated in bands of iron? and steel?, 'castellated' pommel. Sheath of wood or leather covered in white canvas, leather strap covered with white canvas, with metal buckle.

Knife with steel blade and silver handle, handle inscribed 'this KNIFE and FORK THE Gift of JOHN LESLIE Goldsmith 1802 to MARISCHAL COLLEGE ABDN'. The end of the handle is inscribed 'R' and 'DCH 1503'. Part of a knife and fork set presented to…

Large knife made on a flake of black volcanic rock, perhaps pitchstone. It has a keeled back, and has been ground over the whole surface, with extra polishing/grinding to sharpen blade down one side. Parallel grooves visible on blade - maybe use…

Sacrificial knife. One of four knives, sacrificial, used at human sacrifices previous to Spanish Conquest in 1526.

Iron blade (broken) with serrated bone handle (for grip), serration may be from whipping now gone, handle construction: two-piece rivetted (5). Grave goods, Inuit (found with 6078-6117), 'belonged to chief of Button Islands'.

Knife, spatulate, found by Captain Bartlett of Peary's expedition in 1906 on site of English camp, North Grant Land. Belonged to crew of 'Discovery' during Arctic expedition 1875. Two paper labels - one on knife blade, one on knife handle. Label on…

Steel bladed knife or kukri, with handle in wood and leather sheath. Label on sheath, with number 152. Used by Gurkhas of Nepal. One of six listed in Reid's 1912 Catalogue. Inscription: handwritten label on sheath: Cookerai from Nepal. Presented 1821…

Wooden kist, painted brown. Information from the donor: this kist was used by Mr Alexander Stewart to hold his trousseau (given to the donor by Mrs M A Stewart).

Kirk ladle in wood, with long handle decorated and perforated for suspension. Used by elders for collecting offering in Corgaff Parish Church, Aberdeenshire. 'No one living in Corgarff seems to know its age or when it was last used' (letter from…