A set of reproduction shears based off an original from Flixborough, Lincolnshire. (c) Centre for the Study of the Viking Age
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Reproduction Shears
A set of reproduction shears based on an original from Flixborough, Lincolnshire
Shears were a common agricultural implement generally used to cut the wool off sheep but could also have been used as scissors in textile production. These are based on a number of originals uncovered during the excavations at Flixborough, Lincolnshire.
Loveluck, Christopher, and David Atkinson. The Early Medieval Settlement Remains from Flixborough, Lincolnshire: the occupation sequence, c. AD 600-1000. (Oxford: Oxbow, 2007), pp. 48, 66, 76, 91.
