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EAAF Staff
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
Posts: 7,342
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The dagger is from the Athabaskan tribe from the USA and Canada. It looks like it is made of steel instead of copper.
The hand wrap might be a replacement, or original to this if it is a later example. In any case the wrap is not traditional as far as I know. |
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Vikingsword Staff
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: The Aussie Bush
Posts: 4,511
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Machinist is correct. The pliers are a common tool used by shoemakers. They are combination tools, with a hammer and pliers, and sometimes one of the handles has a "bent fork" at the end to aid in manipulating the leather pieces.
A quick search on eBay produced a number of inexpensive examples similar to yours. This style of tool has been around for hundreds of years although I think your example may be late 19th or early 20th C--but its hard to say. Your lot seems to be a collection of unrelated ironware, but I like the dagger a lot. Ian |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Portugal
Posts: 9,694
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