Bollocks.

Tim Simmons · 24th June 2011, 07:15 PM

Need I say more. Sorry the picture is so bad I was on tiptoes.

Rick · 24th June 2011, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Tim Simmons

Need I say more. Sorry the picture is so bad I was on tiptoes.

Yes, please do say more .
Where, when, how, etc. etc..

Tim Simmons · 24th June 2011, 07:46 PM

Sorry Rick, I did not note the information on this one but will update asap.

Jim McDougall · 25th June 2011, 01:40 AM

"....is this a dagger I see before me, the handle toward my hand?
and on the blade, and dudgeon, gouts of blood..which was not so before."
Macbeth ii, 1
The 'bollock' dagger, the forerunner of the Scottish dirk was often termed the dudgeon dagger for the hilt material which was usually fashioned out of boxwood (dudgeon) and in the 16th-17th centuries. By Victorian times, the blushing and prudish hypocrisy (P.C. even in those days

forced the anatomical reference above the belt from the male metaphor to the lobed kidneys, and it began being termed the 'kidney' dagger.

Nice example, and wanted to add some historical context pending the details on it.

Battara · 25th June 2011, 07:12 PM

Yes another form of bollock dagger. Like it a lot.

Jim McDougall · 25th June 2011, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Battara

Yes another form of bollock dagger. Like it a lot.

There are probably quite a few forms of these ethnographic daggers. I look forward to learning more on these and what is different on this one.

tom hyle · 25th June 2011, 02:26 AM

Tim, I want to visit you

24th June 2011, 07:15 PM	#1
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,807	Bollocks. Need I say more. Sorry the picture is so bad I was on tiptoes. Attached Images

24th June 2011, 07:46 PM	#3
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,807	Sorry Rick, I did not note the information on this one but will update asap.

25th June 2011, 01:40 AM	#4
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 9,948	"....is this a dagger I see before me, the handle toward my hand? and on the blade, and dudgeon, gouts of blood..which was not so before." Macbeth ii, 1 The 'bollock' dagger, the forerunner of the Scottish dirk was often termed the dudgeon dagger for the hilt material which was usually fashioned out of boxwood (dudgeon) and in the 16th-17th centuries. By Victorian times, the blushing and prudish hypocrisy (P.C. even in those days forced the anatomical reference above the belt from the male metaphor to the lobed kidneys, and it began being termed the 'kidney' dagger. Nice example, and wanted to add some historical context pending the details on it.

25th June 2011, 07:12 PM	#5
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,221	Yes another form of bollock dagger. Like it a lot.

25th June 2011, 02:26 AM	#7
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	Tim, I want to visit you