Rondel dagger

[Roland_M]

Originally Posted by corrado26

I think this item is a not very old piece. At least the blade is probably made from the blade of a French Lebel bajonet M 1916.
corrado26

The Lebel has a round base, but the rondel dagger has a rectangular tang.

The dagger is either from 19th century historicism but more probably a genuine piece from 14th to 16th century in very well condition.

If the dagger is real, it is an very extraordinary well preserved piece and pretty rare.


Roland

[CSinTX]

The blade looks to me to show signs of being older but a shortened blade coming from another source. Maybe a 19th C bayonet from something else? The guard and pommel look to be newer. Maybe some better pictures of ends of them?

[corrado26]

Originally Posted by Roland_M

The Lebel has a round base, but the rondel dagger has a rectangular tang.

Today it should not make great problems to get a rectangular base out of a round base by help of heat and high pressure. Sorry, but for me this dagger is a fake.
corrado26

[messia]

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[messia]

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[Bob A]

It looks to me to be an interesting assembly of previously unrelated parts.

The blank surfaces of the pommel and guard do not seem to belong on the same object as the hilt, which itself can't seem to decide how it intends to be decorated. The cruciform marking is not in keeping with the other decoration.

Bear in mind, I know little or nothing about this sort of dagger, so you're getting an opinion backed only by my aging eyesight.

[stekemest]

Looks modern to me.

[messia]

Originally Posted by stekemest

Looks modern to me.

Dagger is not modern, I bought a dagger in the old collector, collector bought the knife from an old friend, age Dagger minimum 80 years was in the hands of these people