Medieval Frankish Iron Knife Blade 9th-10th Century AD Carolingian Oval PlaqueMedieval Frankish Iron Knife Blade 9th 10th Century AD Carolingian Oval Plaque A substantial medieval iron knife blade from a private collection, mounted on an oval wooden display plaque. A typed label identifies the piece as a Medieval Frankish Knife Blade, 9th to 10th Century AD. The Franks were the dominant Germanic people of Western Europe during the 9th10th century the era of Charlemagne's successors and the Carolingian Empire. Iron knives were