[HNW] Wedding Knives in Piecework

[Deborah Pulliam]

<<This month's Piecework magazine has a beautiful article on
16th - 17th c. wedding knives and their sheaths. >>

Glad you liked it. I enjoyed researching and writing it (especially 
examining those lovely sheaths.)


<< Where did you find the "caul and strings" reference?  I'm
researching sweet bags, and would love to follow up on it. >>

"caul and strings" is fairly common, for knife sheaths - if you check 
the articles  referenced at the end of the article, you'll find it 
there. I've never seen the term used with sweet bags.


Two other references not included are:

Eight centuries of European knives, forks and spoons - an art 
collection (Stuttgart: Arnoldsche, 1997)

British cutlery: an illustrated history of design, evolution and use.
Peter Brown, editor. (London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd, 2001).


Keep in mind, both books (actually the other two as well) focus on 
the cutlery, and knife sheaths are a very minor sidelight, no matter 
how fascinating some of us may find them.

The latter two books are difficult if not impossible to find in the US -


Deborah


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