Picked this up on eBay

M ELEY · 17th September 2010, 05:08 AM

It's a 17th century Turkish dagger...NOT!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Actually, it's a naval dress dirk, probably British, circa 1805-20, made in the Arabic styling of the period. After the Barbary Wars and the Egyptian Campaigns, naval items in the U.K. and America began to take on the so-called mameluke styling.

Here are a few more I found online-
www.robertfinan.co.uk/images30042005/101.jpg
www.robertfinan.co.uk/images30042005/105.jpg
www.robertfinan.co.uk/images30042005/107.jpg
www.robertfinan.co.uk/images30042005/106.jpg

Just thought I'd share it with the Forum as it is an unusual form and I stumbled on it quite by . Thanks-
Mark

celtan · 17th September 2010, 01:12 PM

Congrats Eley!

: )

Quote:

Originally Posted by M ELEY

It's a 17th century Turkish dagger...NOT!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Actually, it's a naval dress dirk, probably British, circa 1805-20, made in the Arabic styling of the period. After the Barbary Wars and the Egyptian Campaigns, naval items in the U.K. and America began to take on the so-called mameluke styling.

Here are a few more I found online-
www.robertfinan.co.uk/images30042005/101.jpg
www.robertfinan.co.uk/images30042005/105.jpg
www.robertfinan.co.uk/images30042005/107.jpg
www.robertfinan.co.uk/images30042005/106.jpg

Just thought I'd share it with the Forum as it is an unusual form and I stumbled on it quite by . Thanks-
Mark

M ELEY · 17th September 2010, 03:25 PM

Thanks, Manuel. Too bad it's missing the scabbard toe. Perhaps I'll find a replacement somewhere...

M ELEY · 20th September 2010, 04:43 AM

Still waiting for this little beauty's arrival. In the mean-time, any suggestions out there about how I might repair the sheath or even if I should? Perhaps a new brass toe piece or maybe the leather end of an old sheath? Does anyone have an old disgarded leather scabbard or brass piece they may wish to part with??

M ELEY · 24th September 2010, 09:07 AM

Interesting development on this liitle dirk. On the guard is a named etched faintly into it marked "Ohaoda". This threw me at first, but knowing that it came from an Irish estate, I did some research and turned up the Gaelic name AHaoda as the equivilent of "Hughes". Turns out that when i contacted the seller, that was his family name (he had never even seen the tracing as it is so faint. I had to use a magnifier to see it). Perhaps a little research might turn up something, but I'm guessing from the small hilt that he was a mid-shipman (who, in the Brit and Amer navies of the time, could be as young as 10!) probably during the 1810-30 period.

Dmitry · 25th October 2010, 08:02 PM

Somehow I overlooked this thread. This is an excellent little dirk, of uncommonly-seen grip style.
I saved the photos of it. At times I stumble upon an ebay thread that is rendered almost meaningless w/out photos.

M ELEY · 28th October 2010, 09:35 AM

Thank you so much, Dmitry, for saving these. I had saved the eBay auction, but the pics went down soon after. I was happy to have acquired this little dirk.

17th September 2010, 05:08 AM	#1
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,066	Picked this up on eBay It's a 17th century Turkish dagger...NOT! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT Actually, it's a naval dress dirk, probably British, circa 1805-20, made in the Arabic styling of the period. After the Barbary Wars and the Egyptian Campaigns, naval items in the U.K. and America began to take on the so-called mameluke styling. Here are a few more I found online- www.robertfinan.co.uk/images30042005/101.jpg www.robertfinan.co.uk/images30042005/105.jpg www.robertfinan.co.uk/images30042005/107.jpg www.robertfinan.co.uk/images30042005/106.jpg Just thought I'd share it with the Forum as it is an unusual form and I stumbled on it quite by . Thanks- Mark

25th October 2010, 08:02 PM	#6
Dmitry Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 607	Somehow I overlooked this thread. This is an excellent little dirk, of uncommonly-seen grip style. I saved the photos of it. At times I stumble upon an ebay thread that is rendered almost meaningless w/out photos. Attached Images

17th September 2010, 03:25 PM	#3
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,066	Thanks, Manuel. Too bad it's missing the scabbard toe. Perhaps I'll find a replacement somewhere...

20th September 2010, 04:43 AM	#4
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,066	Still waiting for this little beauty's arrival. In the mean-time, any suggestions out there about how I might repair the sheath or even if I should? Perhaps a new brass toe piece or maybe the leather end of an old sheath? Does anyone have an old disgarded leather scabbard or brass piece they may wish to part with??

24th September 2010, 09:07 AM	#5
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,066	Interesting development on this liitle dirk. On the guard is a named etched faintly into it marked "Ohaoda". This threw me at first, but knowing that it came from an Irish estate, I did some research and turned up the Gaelic name AHaoda as the equivilent of "Hughes". Turns out that when i contacted the seller, that was his family name (he had never even seen the tracing as it is so faint. I had to use a magnifier to see it). Perhaps a little research might turn up something, but I'm guessing from the small hilt that he was a mid-shipman (who, in the Brit and Amer navies of the time, could be as young as 10!) probably during the 1810-30 period.

28th October 2010, 09:35 AM	#7
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,066	Thank you so much, Dmitry, for saving these. I had saved the eBay auction, but the pics went down soon after. I was happy to have acquired this little dirk.