Picked this up on eBay

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	#2
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

24th September 2010, 09:07 AM	#1
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,184	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	#3
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,184	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.