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15th September 2022, 11:21 PM
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Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Chania Crete Greece
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17th- 18th North Italian dagger
Opinions please regarding authenticity.
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16th September 2022, 01:09 AM
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Vikingsword Staff
Join Date: Nov 2004
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I'm skeptical, the blade looks like it was made yesterday. The decoration on the guard looks pretty crude compared to the rest of the piece.
Just my opinion though, this is not my field of interest. |
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16th September 2022, 05:15 AM
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Arms Historian
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Route 66
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Interesting melange of features, an innovative creation.
The 'face' on the guard reminiscent of 'green man' type theme of early to mid 17th c. English hilts. The artistically copied 'anchor' of many 17th c. Spanish swords was never as far as I have known been seen on daggers. In this case the pierced apertures in the blade recall Albacete style daggers and plug bayonets. Intriguing, but certainly not of antiquity in my opinion. |
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16th September 2022, 07:09 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2021
Location: New Zealand
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Interesting knife, not my area but the markings and blade piercing is almost identical to one of my smallswords:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=27980 |
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16th September 2022, 08:19 AM
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Arms Historian
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Route 66
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As indicated in the linked thread, the 'anchor' is not a 'Toledo' mark but a conventional device used in a symbolic sense on blades there initially, but was followed in degree in some other centers...most notably Solingen.
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16th September 2022, 06:28 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Portugal
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Atypical piece indeed. Is this dagger in your collection, Eftihis ?
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