spanish daggers ???

[fernando]

Originally Posted by M ELEY

... Perhaps my lack of sleep is blurring my memory, Fernando. I was trying to remember those daggers discussed on the Ethno side that closely resemble and are often mistake for plug bayonets...Forgive my clarity ....

I discern some association, there, Mark .
Portuguese plug bayonets do exist in the Azorean version, namely when they have whale 'ivory' hilts.
Your clarity is not so dark, after all .

Originally Posted by M ELEY

... I still think they are dirks and provincial with their hilts...

I concur with your assumption; some local smith giving wings to his imagination .