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Old 21st January 2016, 07:46 PM   #1
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Default Unmounted blade ID needed

This just turned up in a warehouse cleanup, along with three other similar examples.

I don't think it was ever mounted.

The surfaces show signs of hand finishing and file work.

Not being sure of the origin, I was wondering if these blades could have been made in Britain for export? There's a certain business-likequality and consistency I see in them that leads me to this.

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Double edged with a spur to one edge.
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Old 21st January 2016, 10:54 PM   #2
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That thick of a tang, with no holes, threading or tapering, makes me wonder if it wasn't just meant to be wrapped/wound with something.
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Old 22nd January 2016, 06:42 PM   #3
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That thick of a tang, with no holes, threading or tapering, makes me wonder if it wasn't just meant to be wrapped/wound with something.

Since I believe it has never been mounted with any type of grip I think the tang was left as it is so that the end user could make it whatever they wish.

I could be wrong. The beefiness makes for a strong connection.
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Old 23rd January 2016, 12:08 AM   #4
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Sort of looks Euro/American to me........
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Old 6th February 2016, 05:10 PM   #5
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I wonder you might have quite a rare blade. In the Grassi museum Leipzig I came across this spear. Yes the blade is a little smaller and has some inlay decoration. However we know that weapon forms morph but tend to still show or hint at a cultural origin , I do not think that is an odd thing to suggest. Your blade like many blades with with appears unfinished hilts/handles so the blade can be easily transformed from one weapon to another, reach or close in. This spear from the Asian Arctic does many points of similarity in the origin of form. Yours is slightly fullerd but ethno weapons always have much variation. Worth thinking about. Like those Taiwanese blades. The pics will have to wait a bit I am not clever enough at the moment with this devise.
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Old 9th February 2016, 05:00 PM   #6
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Right , back home. I am not saying this is IT but? Consider the similarities in style and form, especially at the forte which is an area that quite distinctive. How many blades from around the world we have found to be identified by this feature? a great many. Consider mounting this blade as in the pictures?
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Old 9th February 2016, 10:53 PM   #7
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I haven't yet figured how (and if) I will mount it.

There were three or four more in the pile exactly the same form, but one or two were larger and also unmounted. I am attempting to get the others but have to play my line in the water a bit and not attempt to set the hook prematurely!

If I have any success I will post.
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