Opinion about dagger

carlos · 6th June 2012, 03:42 PM

Hello everybody!
This is my last adquisition, a beatiful dagger with this measurement.
Size/Measurements: (approximate)
9-5/8" total length
6-1/8" blade length
5/8" blade width
Seems From Philippines, maybe horn and silver? I hope so!!
Opinions are welcome
Thanks in advance

carlos

Atlantia · 6th June 2012, 04:46 PM

What a beauty!
Where's Robert?

Battara · 6th June 2012, 06:49 PM

Yup! Looks northern Philippines to me in horn and silver. Looks to be around the turn of the 20th century and perhaps belonged to someone of status, like an officer or something. 1st Philippine republic.

Nice piece and congratulations!

Only thing is the nut at the butt is not original of course.

Robert · 6th June 2012, 10:00 PM

Hello Carlos and congratulations on your new Philippine dagger. I totally agree with Jose on its age. I was also watching this item but was leery of bidding on it because of the poor picture quality and high starting price. In the pictures it looks like there could be what looks like a lot of epoxy residue on the hilt as if it was damaged and some repair work might have been done. Also the strange staining on the back side of the guard might be either oxidation, possibly peeling of plating or if it is plated where the plating has worn through. I'm hoping it is just oxidation. When it arrives clean the grooves in the hilt and I think you might be surprised and could find silver bands running in them. The shape of the grooves and the horn plugs at their ends indicate that there is a very good possibility that at one time it did have these and somewhere under the grunge they are still there and intact. Again my congratulations on your new addition and please let us know what you find when it arrives.

Robert

Lew · 7th June 2012, 02:52 AM

I was watching that one but the nut is not original and there was no scabbard

Still a very nice early example.

Congrats

ThePepperSkull · 7th June 2012, 03:00 AM

Very nice example, but I echo lew's statement, that it doesn't have a scabbard and the nut at the buttend is not original..... So you're better off sending it over to me

No?

Okay, it was worth a shot

6th June 2012, 03:42 PM	#1
carlos Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 731	Opinion about dagger Hello everybody! This is my last adquisition, a beatiful dagger with this measurement. Size/Measurements: (approximate) 9-5/8" total length 6-1/8" blade length 5/8" blade width Seems From Philippines, maybe horn and silver? I hope so!! Opinions are welcome Thanks in advance carlos Attached Images

6th June 2012, 10:00 PM	#4
Robert EAAF Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Centerville, Kansas Posts: 2,196	Hello Carlos and congratulations on your new Philippine dagger. I totally agree with Jose on its age. I was also watching this item but was leery of bidding on it because of the poor picture quality and high starting price. In the pictures it looks like there could be what looks like a lot of epoxy residue on the hilt as if it was damaged and some repair work might have been done. Also the strange staining on the back side of the guard might be either oxidation, possibly peeling of plating or if it is plated where the plating has worn through. I'm hoping it is just oxidation. When it arrives clean the grooves in the hilt and I think you might be surprised and could find silver bands running in them. The shape of the grooves and the horn plugs at their ends indicate that there is a very good possibility that at one time it did have these and somewhere under the grunge they are still there and intact. Again my congratulations on your new addition and please let us know what you find when it arrives. Robert Last edited by Robert Coleman; 6th June 2012 at 10:11 PM.

6th June 2012, 04:46 PM	#2
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	What a beauty! Where's Robert?

6th June 2012, 06:49 PM	#3
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,139	Yup! Looks northern Philippines to me in horn and silver. Looks to be around the turn of the 20th century and perhaps belonged to someone of status, like an officer or something. 1st Philippine republic. Nice piece and congratulations! Only thing is the nut at the butt is not original of course.

7th June 2012, 02:52 AM	#5
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	I was watching that one but the nut is not original and there was no scabbard Still a very nice early example. Congrats

7th June 2012, 03:00 AM	#6
ThePepperSkull Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 338	Very nice example, but I echo lew's statement, that it doesn't have a scabbard and the nut at the buttend is not original..... So you're better off sending it over to me No? Okay, it was worth a shot