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francantolin 28th November 2024 09:28 PM

Skull head romantique stiletto
 
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Maybe will I have more success with this small stiletto dagger:

Uncleaned and made of steel,
the tip is broken and it is 25cm long.

A romantic Victorian model ?

Radboud 28th November 2024 10:49 PM

Going by the visable casting lines, I'd estimate it to be closer to the 1970s than 1800s.

francantolin 29th November 2024 06:56 AM

Thank you Radboud,

Yes the hilt is cast,
I saw old ones with cast hilt too
The blade sounds good when I touch it ,
I will clean it and see how is the steel under...

Jim McDougall 30th November 2024 03:25 AM

Masonic ???

urbanspaceman 30th November 2024 12:08 PM

good call
 
Hi Jim. Yes, I suspect so too.

Jim McDougall 30th November 2024 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by urbanspaceman (Post 294538)
Hi Jim. Yes, I suspect so too.

Thanks Keith,
seems like the daggers usually had crossed bones guards. This skull and crossbones theme is pretty well known in Masonic regalia and has to do with the omenous 'memento mori'.

this sword is a great example of this kind of Masonic symbolism, and was mounted on a Napoleonic cavalry blade, wish I would have got it! Pretty spooky :)


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