Salaams, cornelistromp ...It is a pleasure to see what is probably the finest research resource for these weapons ... our own library. Thank you cornelistromp ... I actually sourced your second reference "jade quillons" when I was looking at another form from another location where they claimed it was Persian...
What I find most interesting is how these stiletto blades adopted or morphed in tandem with fashion changes across Europe not only in Rondel form etc but onward and into the design of the later Scottish Dirk.
Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.
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