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Shown are photos of a recently acquired dagger.
Length is a bit more than 12 inches, overall. Hilt plates are horn. Can anybody suggest a geographic point of origin, or approximate age? Thank you. |
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It looks like a European "main gauche" How old? Could span three hundred years or more.
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Alan, what's that plate at the forte made of?
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Thanks for your opinion, Tim.
Yeah, general condition seems to indicate the period you mention, but it is quite a bit smaller than any main gauche I have seen. Andrew, I have not yet tested this material. When purchased it was completely covered in dirt, and I thought it was brass, however, after a good wash with a kitchen degreaser, and scrub with a soft toothbrush, it came up glittering. Brass does not clean so easily. I suspect that it is possibly gilt. It is a two part thing, with a thin foil underneath that has a copper, or rose-gold colour. When I get a chance, I'll get a friend, who is a jeweller, to test it. |
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I'm afraid I disagree. "Main Guache" daggers, despite their geographical and chronological variety, share some features that makes them able to be used in fencing together with a sword, and this one doesn't seem to be really fit for the task, I'm sorry.
On the other hand (pun intended), it does seem to feature some "european" influence, in a somewhat crude way. I can't really offer much more, other than what I've already said, I'm clueless. |
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Thanks for your contribution Marc.
It definitely does seem to be European---at least it is totally unlike any Eastern dagger I have ever handled---and I've handled a lot. |
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Hermann Historica has similar one and tells it is from Afghanistan:
http://www.hermann-historica.de/aukt...db=kat52_A.txt |
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