What is this?

Lew · 25th June 2008, 10:16 PM

Birds eye pattern damascus

it screams new to me

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Lew

ward · 25th June 2008, 10:25 PM

agreed the blade is brand new

Battara · 25th June 2008, 10:43 PM

Not just the birds-eye pattern, but the scabbard is in recent Western fashion and so is the hilt........BRAND new

Rick · 25th June 2008, 10:46 PM

Nifty resin handle ...

Atlantia · 25th June 2008, 11:03 PM

Its new for sure, the handle looks like marine ivory. (Rick) There is a definate grain but its been polished to the N-th degree, I actually think it is real ivory.
Its nice but just a modern dagger, there are a lot of sellers on ebay UK claiming modern stuff is definately antique at the moment.

Gavin Nugent · 26th June 2008, 07:38 AM

Looks new to me, but regarding the handle, I would go so far as saying elephant ivory, have a look at the last image presented below and in the webpage, to my eyes it clearly looks like the black nerve ending found in the centre of a tusk is present in the very end of the handle.

Gav

Tim Simmons · 26th June 2008, 08:10 AM

I also got the feeling that the handle is actually ivory? The scabbard pictures are poor but I thought the leather did look used to some degree. I was more taken by the strange mix of styles. It appears well made. To me the blade does look new western art/fantasy work. Perhaps it is? just well done. I am wondering about the silver ring at the top of the handle. I have seen this style before on carving knives. I hate to say an item is a construct or rehilted or what ever, but in this case I really do think this is a construction of found bits. I think the scabbard is the only real ethnographic {in our sense of the word} weapon part and has some age perhaps Balkan? I am sure one could search the archive and find the origin.

26th June 2008, 07:38 AM	#6
Gavin Nugent Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,818	Hmmm Looks new to me, but regarding the handle, I would go so far as saying elephant ivory, have a look at the last image presented below and in the webpage, to my eyes it clearly looks like the black nerve ending found in the centre of a tusk is present in the very end of the handle. Gav Attached Images

26th June 2008, 08:10 AM	#7
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,925	I also got the feeling that the handle is actually ivory? The scabbard pictures are poor but I thought the leather did look used to some degree. I was more taken by the strange mix of styles. It appears well made. To me the blade does look new western art/fantasy work. Perhaps it is? just well done. I am wondering about the silver ring at the top of the handle. I have seen this style before on carving knives. I hate to say an item is a construct or rehilted or what ever, but in this case I really do think this is a construction of found bits. I think the scabbard is the only real ethnographic {in our sense of the word} weapon part and has some age perhaps Balkan? I am sure one could search the archive and find the origin. Attached Images Last edited by Tim Simmons; 26th June 2008 at 08:30 AM.

25th June 2008, 10:16 PM	#1
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Birds eye pattern damascus it screams new to me . Lew

25th June 2008, 10:25 PM	#2
ward Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 637	agreed the blade is brand new

25th June 2008, 10:43 PM	#3
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,345	Not just the birds-eye pattern, but the scabbard is in recent Western fashion and so is the hilt........BRAND new

25th June 2008, 10:46 PM	#4
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,376	Nifty resin handle ...

25th June 2008, 11:03 PM	#5
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	Its new for sure, the handle looks like marine ivory. (Rick) There is a definate grain but its been polished to the N-th degree, I actually think it is real ivory. Its nice but just a modern dagger, there are a lot of sellers on ebay UK claiming modern stuff is definately antique at the moment.