Question Re: Sheffield/Birmingham/Edinburgh maker's marks

Norman McCormick · 30th January 2010, 09:44 PM

Hi Chris,
This dirk has me a bit puzzled. As Jim has mentioned the blade profile is not at all typical and despite having seen lots of dirks I have not seen one similar. Are you able to disassemble the piece, I would think the tang is threaded and there might just be more clues hidden there. Of course we Scots are notoriously prudent and many dirk blades are made from recycled swords etc. perhaps this is a recycled 19/20thC dagger blade although it is a bit on the long side for a dagger blade but short for a dirk blade. Interesting enigma.
My Regards,
Norman.

30th January 2010, 09:44 PM	#6
Norman McCormick Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,613	Hi Chris, This dirk has me a bit puzzled. As Jim has mentioned the blade profile is not at all typical and despite having seen lots of dirks I have not seen one similar. Are you able to disassemble the piece, I would think the tang is threaded and there might just be more clues hidden there. Of course we Scots are notoriously prudent and many dirk blades are made from recycled swords etc. perhaps this is a recycled 19/20thC dagger blade although it is a bit on the long side for a dagger blade but short for a dirk blade. Interesting enigma. My Regards, Norman.