File:Post-medieval shoe or knee buckle (FindID 392549).jpg

English: A corroded and incomplete cast copper-alloy post-medieval asymmetrical shoe or knee buckle (c. 17th century). The broadly D-shaped frame is bevelled externally and internally, the latter more steeply. The lower surface is largely flat but for some beveling internally. The sides curve to a blunted point at the outer edge. Around half way along each side is a raised moulding on the upper surface to accommodate the spindle; the lower surface is flat at these points. This pin bar has been lost, although traces of orange corrosion product around the holes drilled to take the bar (and beyond) suggest that it was made of iron. The pointed outer edge has been bent upwards in profile, possibly as a result of old damage. Such buckles were often tinned, as is evidenced on this example. Off-white and light-green corrosion covers much of the buckle, along with the orange from the iron. A parallel can be found illustrated in Whitehead (1996, 97; ref. 598); an example with extant chape can be found on this database - HAMP-82AD26.