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Period	Encouraged	Optional	Allowable	Unacceptable
Very Early (793-899)	Seaxes with blades from 7” to 10” Wood Handles Decorated knife sheath horizontally hung	Seaxes with blades up to 13” Bone handles	Worked antler handles Undecorated knife sheath Composite wood / bone / stone handles [RICH]	Double edged knives Un-sheathed knives Unworked antler handles Wooden handles with bark
Early (900-979)	Seaxes with blades from 7” to 10” Wood Handles Decorated knife sheath horizontally hung	Bone handles	Worked antler handles Undecorated knife sheath Composite wood / bone / stone handles [RICH]	Seaxes with blades over 10” Double edged knives Un-sheathed knives Unworked antler handles Wooden handles with bark
Mid (980-1041)	Seaxes with blades from 7” to 10” Wood Handles Decorated knife sheath horizontally hung	Bone handles	Worked antler handles Undecorated knife sheath Composite wood / bone / stone handles [RICH]	Seaxes with blades over 10” Double edged knives Un-sheathed knives Unworked antler handles Wooden handles with bark
Late (1042-1079)	Seaxes with blades from 7” to 10” Wood Handles	Bone handles Decorated knife sheath horizontally hung	Worked antler handles Undecorated knife sheath Composite wood / bone / stone handles [RICH]	Seaxes with blades over 10” Double edged knives Un-sheathed knives Unworked antler handles Wooden handles with bark
Very Late (1080-1179)	Double or single edged fighting knives (not seaxes) in vertical sheath Wood handles	Bone handles Decorated knife sheath Seaxes with blades from 7” to 10”	Worked antler handles Sheath horizontally hung Undecorated sheath Composite wood / bone / stone handles [RICH]	Un-sheathed knives Rondel & bollock daggers Unworked antler handles Wooden handles with bark
Angevin (1180-1215)	Double or single edged fighting knives (not seaxes) in vertical sheath Wood handles	Bone handles	Worked antler handles Undecorated sheath Composite wood / bone / stone handles [RICH] Seax in vertical sheath	Un-sheathed knives Rondel & bollock daggers Unworked antler handles Wooden handles with bark