This object has been a mystery to me for years. I got it years ago from someone who knew I loved old things. It had been with him for many years in the family and was already used by his grandfather to scrape his shoes. It would have found it in the ground on the land near here (Blajel, Romania). Pretty stories are often spun around objects, but I do believe that it is already quite old or maybe partly very old.

Which brings me to the following:

I have the impression that these are two different objects of which one was later made of.

The piece is 21 cm long and the iron part is 1/2 cm thick and runs narrow on both sides and the front.

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The handle seems to be made of bronze and has a head on both sides with an animal with horns (ox?) and two different images can be seen on the handle. The side in the picture reminds of a hunting scene with on the right a dog chasing after an animal on the left.

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