Tool or dagger?

[karloj]

Originally Posted by freebooter

To my eye it is a cut down small sword....

Hello freebooter

I think that it is too small to be cut down small sword.
Here is for the comparison these two. The sword is Swedish infantry officers sword pattern 1790.

I found this picture from the net. It is part of larger picture so it is very poor quality. The text didn't mentioned it other but that is about 15th or 16th century. I don't put link, because it is in antique traders page.

Of course it's not identical, but some features are alike. And, Atlantia, it is possible, that it is a sharpening steel but it is also possible that it is not. It is possible, that it's not either, but something else altogether. That is what I am doing, searching for proof for identification.