Step into the restoration of a rare bayonet and scabbard found deep in the forest with a metal detector. While the blade was well-preserved, the handle and scabbard were covered in years of rust from ...

Paul Mortimer said the only part of his replica not evidenced by Sutton Hoo's archaeology was the hemp string connecting the two ends of the scabbard loop holding the bosses (above) The boss would ...

Paul Mortimer, who has created replicas of weapons found at Sutton Hoo, in Suffolk - where an Anglo-Saxon burial ship was discovered - said it probably attached a sword scabbard to a warrior's ...