[ZoZoBee]

The 2 pictures which are not a part of the new collection look to be from a reproduction piece as the steel blade appears to be way to pretty for 2000 years old

[jacquesm]

FYI The blade is not made of steel, the iron age started 1200 BC and the rest of the body of the tool is made from silver. And for an encore, it could have been made of steel since steel has been produced for a very long time but the better bet would be for this to be iron from a meteorite which is high in nickel content and so already quite hard and oxidation proof.

[metasean]

I believe ZoZoBee was referring to the blade in the reproduction piece [1, 2]. I didn't see any information on the reproduction piece itself.

[1] http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opac/search/cataloguedetail.... [2] http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opac/search/cataloguedetail....