The associated sheath probably dates to the eleventh century and bears an Old English inscription , reading BRHTZIGE MEC FECID ( Brythsige made me ) .
The hunting knife , made of Damascus steel is classified as Anglo - Saxon or Scandinavian .
The associated sheath probably dates to the eleventh century and bears an Anglo - Saxon   inscription , reading BRHTZIGE MEC FECID ( Brythsige made me ) .
The hunting knife , made of Damascus steel is classified as Anglo - Saxon or Scandinavian .