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phil.reid 30th August 2023 11:03 AM

Midshipmans dirk or italian spike dagger?
 
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Purchased this thinking it was a plain naval dirk, possibly british but comes descibed as italian stiletto! What i thought was a double edged blade is actually a 4 soded curved spike with shallow fuller to each side, curious! Any help appreciated. You can see what cross section of blade is like from photo of mouth of the scabbard

fernando 30th August 2023 11:15 AM

Certainly not a spike dagger; those would have straight blades, right ? Neither a stilleto, for the same reason. Beautiful piece, in any case :cool:.

Triarii 30th August 2023 03:13 PM

Looks like a hoof shape on the end of the grip - some form of hunting knife?

Sajen 30th August 2023 04:11 PM

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Yes, it's a French hunting dagger, see here my example with different handle: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...=french+dagger

Regards,
Detlef

phil.reid 30th August 2023 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Sajen (Post 284302)
Yes, it's a French hunting dagger, see here my example with different handle: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...=french+dagger

Regards,
Detlef

Great knowledge and thankyou for sharing your example

Sajen 31st August 2023 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by phil.reid (Post 284312)
Great knowledge and thankyou for sharing your example

You're welcome!:)


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