curious forged tip.

drdavid · 1st April 2006, 09:43 PM

Hi Tim
that is a very similar type of tip as I showed some time back on a knife from the Maldives.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...light=maldives

Various explainations were suggested but there seemed to be some concensus that this was a deliberate manufacturing not the result of damage. I am very interested to see it come up in a geographically separate area.
DrD

Lew · 2nd April 2006, 12:59 AM

Tim

I think its damaged from using the tip as a pry bar. Those daggers are made from mild steel with little or no real heat treatment the result is a soft blade. It doesn't make sense to me that the tip would be made like this it would hinder penetration if the dagger needed to be used.

Lew

1st April 2006, 09:43 PM	#1
drdavid Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 372	Hi Tim that is a very similar type of tip as I showed some time back on a knife from the Maldives. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...light=maldives Various explainations were suggested but there seemed to be some concensus that this was a deliberate manufacturing not the result of damage. I am very interested to see it come up in a geographically separate area. DrD

2nd April 2006, 12:59 AM	#2
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Tim I think its damaged from using the tip as a pry bar. Those daggers are made from mild steel with little or no real heat treatment the result is a soft blade. It doesn't make sense to me that the tip would be made like this it would hinder penetration if the dagger needed to be used. Lew