*How "weird" are bronze toiletries sets from the Saltovo-Maiatska culture, of the Siverskyi Donets River basin (8th–10th centuries), consisting of a comb, tweezers, and a hairpin?
*I'd judge those are pretty darn weird. #everydayweird
https://medium.com/@bruces/ancient-everyday-weirdness-591955f40a2d
@bruces I suspect that might be an ear wax scoop rather than a hairpin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_pick?wprov=sfla1
Also reading your article wondered if you knew about the history of the bollock dagger. Tod's Workshop has a good history with examples here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixIKaNRpEvY (If you know about how they were carried they make more sense)
Bruce Sterling @bruces
Kähisijäahon Pää-Äljy
Juan
RiskyThinking
doboprobodyne