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.

07 D-399.  Type IV-E dagger made from a small nodule of Georgetown Texas flint. This little "Danish Sgian Dubh" would make a nice "boot knife" or stick it in the top of your stocking, if you dare! It was the last dagger made in 07. I liked it so much, I decided to keep it on my desk as a "fondle piece" till I could make a bigger, or better one. It is near perfect, having all the attributes of its bigger brothers. The front face of the handle has some super stitching while the backside is flat with nice stitching around the pommel and down the sides of the handle. Both faces of the blade are finished with excellent pressure over percussion flakes. Length, 6 inches. Price, $200. RESERVED

08 D-425.  Type IV-E dagger made from Pedernales Texas chert. The sawed slab this dagger was made from was very tuff, un-heat treated material. As can be seen, it stitched beautifully, these rocks usually do, but forget trying for any refined pressure work on the blade! The original slab was a little less than 3/4 inch thick and about an inch wider than the dagger is now. The pommel face was formed by flaking over a flat sawed surface and the tip has a microscopic flat spot on the end, almost the total length of the pace was used! Believe it or not, the handle is now 5/8 inch thick and has been double stitched is were the old daggers! The only fault that could be found, given the circumstances, is I had to leave two patches of saw marks on the back face because the dagger "came to dimension" before I could remove then. If that slab had only been a little wider or a little thicker! As it stands now, I ground off the gloss so it looks like two grinding patches were left, as is sometimes seen on the originals. All in all, still a good piece for the money! The Length, 7 9/16 inches. Price, $200. 

08-D-422. Type IV-E dagger made from cream colored Peoria chert from the Peoria quarries in north eastern Oklahoma. This nice medium sized dagger was made from a large spall. It has some very fine, even stitching on the front face of the handle, around the pommel and down the sides of the handle. Both sides of the blade are finished with pressure over percussion flakes.   Length, 7 9/16 inches. Price, $250.

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