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10th June 2012, 09:40 PM
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EAAF Staff
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
Posts: 7,310
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Nice piece. I have never seen a scabbard for these. Great thing to have.
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11th June 2012, 01:12 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: The Sharp end
Posts: 2,928
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An exceptional piece Chegru.
A light clean with the finest wire wool and some oil (avoiding the koftgari) would be my choice. Wootz is a possibility. A very fine quality piece in any event! I'm rather jealous 
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11th June 2012, 02:01 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 420
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Greetings Chregu,
I am impressed with the elegance of your dagger. The photo seems to suggest that the steel blade is one with the apparently cast iron hilt. The joining of the two pieces is very well done. I am always amazed that early smiths could produce items seemingly impossible to accomplish without a drop forge. It often requires a good dose of "engineering empathy" to try to figure out, "how did they do that?". Other examples of this style shown on the net are easier to solve. Thanks for sharing Ed |
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