Revolutionary War era side knife/dagger

[Jim McDougall]

Thanks for posting this again Capn!
This is really interesting and clearly the kind of ersatz weapons we have discussed, and most fascinating that most unusual clipped point. This unusual style of rebated point reminds me of some of the 'scymitars' often pictured in the pirate references in old woodcuts, which we have always regarded as artistic license.
It is also mindful of European swords in the cuttoe group, often used as cutlasses or short sabers and resembling some of the 'oriental' styles used by the 'pandour' forces of East Europe mid 18th c. Seifert (1962) in fact shows a similar blade in drawings plate calling it a 'pandour' point.

Considering the diversity of the colonial population it is tempting to think perhaps someone of that heritage might have been inclined to such a blade.