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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Hello everybody!
This is my last adquisition, a beatiful dagger with this measurement. Size/Measurements: (approximate) 9-5/8" total length 6-1/8" blade length 5/8" blade width Seems From Philippines, maybe horn and silver? I hope so!! Opinions are welcome Thanks in advance carlos |
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: The Sharp end
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What a beauty!
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
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Yup! Looks northern Philippines to me in horn and silver. Looks to be around the turn of the 20th century and perhaps belonged to someone of status, like an officer or something. 1st Philippine republic.
Nice piece and congratulations! ![]() Only thing is the nut at the butt is not original of course. |
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Centerville, Kansas
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Hello Carlos and congratulations on your new Philippine dagger. I totally agree with Jose on its age. I was also watching this item but was leery of bidding on it because of the poor picture quality and high starting price. In the pictures it looks like there could be what looks like a lot of epoxy residue on the hilt as if it was damaged and some repair work might have been done. Also the strange staining on the back side of the guard might be either oxidation, possibly peeling of plating or if it is plated where the plating has worn through. I'm hoping it is just oxidation. When it arrives clean the grooves in the hilt and I think you might be surprised and could find silver bands running in them. The shape of the grooves and the horn plugs at their ends indicate that there is a very good possibility that at one time it did have these and somewhere under the grunge they are still there and intact. Again my congratulations on your new addition and please let us know what you find when it arrives.
Robert Last edited by Robert Coleman; 6th June 2012 at 10:11 PM. |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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I was watching that one but the nut is not original and there was no scabbard
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Very nice example, but I echo lew's statement, that it doesn't have a scabbard and the nut at the buttend is not original..... So you're better off sending it over to me
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