The La Tène dagger occupied the lower end of the Celtic blade hierarchy — simpler in construction than the anthropomorphic swords and decorated long blades that represented the pinnacle of Celtic craftsmanship, but no less important for that. Every Celtic warrior of the Iron Age would have carried at minimum a personal knife or dagger, and the La Tène tradition is documented in dagger as well as sword form across the many cemetery and river deposit finds from the period.
La Tène daggers of the wood-hilt type are found across Celtic territories from Britain and Ireland through France and Switzerland to the Danube region — their consistent material character (iron or steel blade, organic grip, simple guard) reflecting the fundamental pragmatism of Celtic warrior culture alongside its capacity for extraordinary artistic achievement on prestige pieces.
Deepeeka’s La Tène wooden hilt dagger captures the essential character of the type — the steel blade with brass nail stud embellishment on the grip, the brass guard-plate at the top of the hilt, and the leather sheath with La Tène style decoration all following the documented character of the original finds.
