Bronze billhook
100 to 300 €
Bronze billhooks were used from Gaulish times (the legend of the golden sickle) up to the present day for gathering medicinal herbs. Some of these herbs do not tolerate being cut with an iron tool, which would disturb their chemical properties. Moreover, the copper in the alloy makes it naturally antibacterial, provided it is properly maintained.
Please note that any trace of green oxidation must be removed before use.
The billhooks shown are made of bronze with a buffalo horn handle.
They can be made in bronze or silver, with or without a pommel, and with many types of handle.
Leather sheaths, more or less elaborate, can also be made.
- Materials
- Bronze et corne de buffle Au choix : Bronze, Tilleul, Pommier, Os, Merisier, Hêtre, Bois de cerf, Noyer, Buis, Ebène, Corne.
- Periods
- Merovingians and Carolingians, Middle Ages, Vikings, 12th-13th centuries (Crusades)