Danish Neolithic Daggers

Between the years 2400 and 1500 BC, while the rest of Europe was well into the Bronze Age,  Scandinavia lagged behind because it lacked the ores for the production of copper and tin.  Therefore Copper and Bronze had to be traded into this region from the south, and flint remained the premier material for the making of tools for several more centuries. In their attempt to reproduce in stone what they saw in metal, the knappers of Denmark and Sweden produced some of the most complex flint objects ever made by man. 

In the flint inventory of the Late Neolithic are found square sectioned axes and flint daggers, the most desirable of these being the Type III and IV stitched handled daggers. I make these on a regular basis and can make the axes upon request. For more information on these objects see Best of Chips, the First Five Years, pages 7, 12, 21, and 73; The Best of Chips, the Second Five Years, pages 4, 24, 82; The Best of Chips, the Third Five Years, 48, 82, 150, and 153; Chips Vol. 16, #2, page 16. Also see my new book, DC Waldorf's Guide to the Flint Daggers of Southern Scandinavia and North Germany and my new DVD on Making the Type IV Danish Dagger in the Book and Video page. 

 Note: My daggers have become very popular with collectors in the US and North Europe. So much so that I am having trouble keeping up with demand in the larger sizes which can take up to a week to make. Since the loss of my wife I have even less time now, but will try to keep at least one or two pieces on this page for sale.  So, please keep checking back here. Also, don't forget to look at what I have done in the past by clicking on the DAGGERS SOLD page.

11 D-469. Small Type IV-E dagger made from mottled gray and white Novaculite.  Same as the one above it is stitched on one face of the handle, the side edges and around the pommel, and is flat on the back. Would also make a nice necklace or boot knife. Length, 5 1/2 inches. Price, $125.  

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