What we have to realize is that money was not anywhere as easy as it is today.
Sure, we might complain about "hard times" and such, but, remember, all goods were at least partially hand made, therefore more dear. The disposable age was not even a remote concept yet, so, re-purposing was common.
The middle blade is not so much modified as sharpened to keep the point.
A broken fleam could have been had for pennies and converted to something useful.
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