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24th April 2019, 01:42 PM | #1 |
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Unknown dagger
Hi gents, Can you please help me to identify this dagger?
It's 13" long, hilt is brass and horn. Thanks |
24th April 2019, 02:00 PM | #2 |
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not my area of expertise but looks like a Southern European stiletto to me.
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24th April 2019, 07:34 PM | #3 |
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Thanks! Could it be Spanish or Mexican?
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24th April 2019, 07:53 PM | #4 | |
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24th April 2019, 08:09 PM | #5 |
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The split grip separated by metal fixture at center etc. is a very Spanish affectation and knives fashioned after the plug bayonet form continued in Spain and its colonies well through 19th c. Often these were hunting type knives even though they looked like plug bayonets long since gone.
Here the blade is very much 'stiletto' as noted in style but of course broader and it would seem just carrying these conventions of plug bayonet and stiletto forward in a more recent dagger. |
24th April 2019, 08:36 PM | #6 |
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Thank you!
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