Picked this up on eBay

M ELEY · 20th September 2010, 04:43 AM

Still waiting for this little beauty's arrival. In the mean-time, any suggestions out there about how I might repair the sheath or even if I should? Perhaps a new brass toe piece or maybe the leather end of an old sheath? Does anyone have an old disgarded leather scabbard or brass piece they may wish to part with??

M ELEY · 24th September 2010, 09:07 AM

Interesting development on this liitle dirk. On the guard is a named etched faintly into it marked "Ohaoda". This threw me at first, but knowing that it came from an Irish estate, I did some research and turned up the Gaelic name AHaoda as the equivilent of "Hughes". Turns out that when i contacted the seller, that was his family name (he had never even seen the tracing as it is so faint. I had to use a magnifier to see it). Perhaps a little research might turn up something, but I'm guessing from the small hilt that he was a mid-shipman (who, in the Brit and Amer navies of the time, could be as young as 10!) probably during the 1810-30 period.

Dmitry · 25th October 2010, 08:02 PM

Somehow I overlooked this thread. This is an excellent little dirk, of uncommonly-seen grip style.
I saved the photos of it. At times I stumble upon an ebay thread that is rendered almost meaningless w/out photos.

M ELEY · 28th October 2010, 09:35 AM

Thank you so much, Dmitry, for saving these. I had saved the eBay auction, but the pics went down soon after. I was happy to have acquired this little dirk.

25th October 2010, 08:02 PM	#3
Dmitry Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 607	Somehow I overlooked this thread. This is an excellent little dirk, of uncommonly-seen grip style. I saved the photos of it. At times I stumble upon an ebay thread that is rendered almost meaningless w/out photos. Attached Images

20th September 2010, 04:43 AM	#1
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,141	Still waiting for this little beauty's arrival. In the mean-time, any suggestions out there about how I might repair the sheath or even if I should? Perhaps a new brass toe piece or maybe the leather end of an old sheath? Does anyone have an old disgarded leather scabbard or brass piece they may wish to part with??

24th September 2010, 09:07 AM	#2
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,141	Interesting development on this liitle dirk. On the guard is a named etched faintly into it marked "Ohaoda". This threw me at first, but knowing that it came from an Irish estate, I did some research and turned up the Gaelic name AHaoda as the equivilent of "Hughes". Turns out that when i contacted the seller, that was his family name (he had never even seen the tracing as it is so faint. I had to use a magnifier to see it). Perhaps a little research might turn up something, but I'm guessing from the small hilt that he was a mid-shipman (who, in the Brit and Amer navies of the time, could be as young as 10!) probably during the 1810-30 period.

28th October 2010, 09:35 AM	#4
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,141	Thank you so much, Dmitry, for saving these. I had saved the eBay auction, but the pics went down soon after. I was happy to have acquired this little dirk.