Midshipmans dirk or italian spike dagger?

[phil.reid]

Purchased this thinking it was a plain naval dirk, possibly british but comes descibed as italian stiletto! What i thought was a double edged blade is actually a 4 soded curved spike with shallow fuller to each side, curious! Any help appreciated. You can see what cross section of blade is like from photo of mouth of the scabbard

[fernando]

Certainly not a spike dagger; those would have straight blades, right ? Neither a stilleto, for the same reason. Beautiful piece, in any case :cool:.

[Triarii]

Looks like a hoof shape on the end of the grip - some form of hunting knife?

[Sajen]

Yes, it's a French hunting dagger, see here my example with different handle: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=24454&highlight=french+dagger

Regards,
Detlef

[phil.reid]

Yes, it's a French hunting dagger, see here my example with different handle: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=24454&highlight=french+dagger

Regards,
Detlef

Great knowledge and thankyou for sharing your example

[Sajen]

Great knowledge and thankyou for sharing your example

You're welcome!:)