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Old 10th December 2013, 04:30 PM   #1
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Default dagger series, small landsknecht dagger 1520

there are a number of daggers in my collection that are interesting to post on this forum , as an example , however, that at least I hope .

I will limit myself to two main types of the 15th and 16th centuries , the ballock and the rondel dagger and daggers that arrise from these types.
these daggers seem at first , unique in its kind but later it almost always turns out again that similar daggers can be found in art and literature, in style and blade geometry.

the first dagger is a landsknecht dagger of 26cm lenght of the rondel type.
the blade has a intersting geometry , a flat side and one side with three faces of different width, one with a fuller, making that two different cutting edges/angles occur.
A dagger of similar type with the same blade geometry is published in laking part III 1907 , see Annex

The pommel is mushroom shaped with a rounded bulge ,the further you get into the 16th century, the rounder the pommel on rondel daggers becomes, i noticed .

the grip is formed outof a steel sleeve with a small band as decoration .
the parry plate/rods is formed as a pair of glasses , a phenomenon also seen at two beautiful daggers in the Met-museum.
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Old 10th December 2013, 04:56 PM   #2
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Hi Jasper,


I do like this dagger a lot! The quillons strongly remind me of the cypher-8 shaped hilts of Katzbalgers.

Have ever seen a sword hilt with this type of quillons?


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Old 10th December 2013, 05:06 PM   #3
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Hi Michael,

thanks!
yes I have seen a few landsknechtswords with a pair of glasses-guards like this but together with guillons, like the MET daggers.

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Well, what I meant was: Have you got any pics of such swords you can share?

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Well, what I meant was: Have you got any pics of such swords you can share?

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unfortunately I cannot find the one between the 25000 pictures.
if I find something relevant I will share it, of course

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unfortunately I cannot find the one between the 25000 pictures.
if I find something relevant I will share it, of course

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Just 25,000 pics?

Poor boy, I got more than 190,000 analog ones, the digitals are countless ...

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... There are a number of daggers in my collection that are interesting to post on this forum ...
A promising statement, Jasper .
Another heavy weight collector expands the unveiling of his precious jewels in our forum . Competition definitely knocked out .
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