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Old 19th March 2019, 04:48 PM   #6
M ELEY
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Originally Posted by mariusgmioc
My novice oppinion is that it is an original, albeit maybe 18th century, Italian stiletto.
I do not see any Brescian traits, but that doesn't mean it cannot be Brescian.
But certainly it is NOT a gunner's stiletto since it is precisely the gauging scales that characterise the gunners' stilettos. My two...or better yet one and a half... cents.
No expert either, but I tend to agree, having acquired one of the later stiletto types myself-

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