South or Middle American dagger for identification

Sajen · 3rd March 2019, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Rick

The differences I can see from the daggers harvested from the web are that the curve of the blade is more extreme and the profile of the blade next to the ricasso is quite different.

Hello Rick,

Special the second point let me ask my main question!

Best,
Detlef

shayde78 · 2nd May 2019, 03:06 AM

I stumbled across this picture in a book in the clearance bin of B&N. It reminded me of this thread, so I snapped a picture to share. The primary feature is the combination of the finger choil AND a cross guard. The example below, per the caption, is an early form of Bowie knife. I wonder if makers had blades already made for the South American market, and simply fitted the hilt with the hand guard that was becoming fashionable in the southern/southwestern US. Otherwise, I don't see any functional value to this design.

Regardless, I figured I'd park this additional example here for future reference:

2nd May 2019, 03:06 AM	#2
shayde78 Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 445	I stumbled across this picture in a book in the clearance bin of B&N. It reminded me of this thread, so I snapped a picture to share. The primary feature is the combination of the finger choil AND a cross guard. The example below, per the caption, is an early form of Bowie knife. I wonder if makers had blades already made for the South American market, and simply fitted the hilt with the hand guard that was becoming fashionable in the southern/southwestern US. Otherwise, I don't see any functional value to this design. Regardless, I figured I'd park this additional example here for future reference: Attached Images