Hi Shawn,
It is really a very nice dagger you have. That the bigger dagger is scabbard for the smaller one takes, as said before, a very skilled craftsman. The very nice blade, the gold work and ‘the tears of the wounded/the tears of the inflicted’ is something you see, but not very often. Usually the bearings roll in the blade, which in this case is impossible, but to make them roll at the back of the blade, is unusual and only shows the skill of the craftsman. I can’t, unfortunately, not read the year, so I can’t help you with this, maybe others can.
If you choose the sticky named Classic threads, and choose Sliding weights, you can read more about the subject, and why you are at it, there may be other threads in Classic threads, which may be of interest to you.
Jens
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