origine of the knife please

weapons 27 · 16th July 2016, 06:44 PM

could you give me the origin of the knife.
the blade has a flat side and the other side in a triangle .. the handle is horn.
the whole is unfortunately varnish ...
the blade measures 29cm, 40cm the knife.

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kronckew · 16th July 2016, 08:09 PM

blade looks like a re-purposed small sword section, or a socket bayonet? what you do with a broken weapon you would rather not throw away. makes a nice dagger. spanish colonial maybe? (that covers a large section of the world)

David R · 17th July 2016, 10:25 AM

The screw fitting looks very 20th century, so I am going with it being a WW1 Trench Dagger or similar.

kronckew · 17th July 2016, 11:11 AM

thought of that too, screws were used late 19c too, but couldn't think of a blade that shape to fit unless the unit armourer had a nearby stock of old musket bayonets. spanish-american war maybe? cuba/filipino?

reminds me of this spanish phillipines one, especially the brass guard.

Helleri · 17th July 2016, 12:18 PM

[edited and it did some weird double post of the original and the edit...so editing this].

Helleri · 17th July 2016, 12:18 PM

I would think the blade is from a Rondel.

16th July 2016, 06:44 PM	#1
weapons 27 Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 462	origine of the knife please could you give me the origin of the knife. the blade has a flat side and the other side in a triangle .. the handle is horn. the whole is unfortunately varnish ... the blade measures 29cm, 40cm the knife. , Attached Images Last edited by fernando; 17th July 2016 at 12:38 PM. Reason: Double text

17th July 2016, 11:11 AM	#4
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,182	thought of that too, screws were used late 19c too, but couldn't think of a blade that shape to fit unless the unit armourer had a nearby stock of old musket bayonets. spanish-american war maybe? cuba/filipino? reminds me of this spanish phillipines one, especially the brass guard. Attached Images

16th July 2016, 08:09 PM	#2
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,182	blade looks like a re-purposed small sword section, or a socket bayonet? what you do with a broken weapon you would rather not throw away. makes a nice dagger. spanish colonial maybe? (that covers a large section of the world)

17th July 2016, 10:25 AM	#3
David R Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,079	The screw fitting looks very 20th century, so I am going with it being a WW1 Trench Dagger or similar.

17th July 2016, 12:18 PM	#5
Helleri Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Chino, CA. Posts: 219	[edited and it did some weird double post of the original and the edit...so editing this].