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Originally Posted by mahratt
Dear Ian.
If there was not this fascinating discussion and you saw two of these daggers, would you decide that they are different from each other?
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Even though the question was not addressed to me, I would humbly offer my thoughts.
Legalistically speaking, both are Zirah Bouks.
But the black handled one seems to be a real fighting example, while the white handled one is a decorative or tourist type. The pimple at the point does not appear to create a good stiffening rib to prevent lateral bending: Stone as an engineer emphasized “ strong enough”.
My pure IMHO and 5 cents worth....