Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Any ideas as to the origin of this guardless dagger?

Daniel · 19th January 2007, 03:58 AM

I have a couple of burnishers with oval cross section. They don't have pointed ends, but that would be easy to add--for whatever reason. The handle on your's looks bench made to me. The kind of style you see on WWII theatre made knives. It may be that someone converted a tool into a weapon.
DD

19th January 2007, 03:58 AM	#11
Daniel Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: California Posts: 16	I have a couple of burnishers with oval cross section. They don't have pointed ends, but that would be easy to add--for whatever reason. The handle on your's looks bench made to me. The kind of style you see on WWII theatre made knives. It may be that someone converted a tool into a weapon. DD