XL.german hunting sword , old blade with wheel and gallows

francantolin · 22nd September 2025, 07:32 PM

Magnificent long and rare dagger!
The blade is interesting, almost in the shape of a yatagan.( close to ottoman influences...)
What are the dimensions, please?
I think the blade thickness must be that of a classic hunting dagger, with a good thickness towards the heel?
The inscriptions, in my opinion, are more like the monogram of a nobleman-aristocrat, certainly master of his lands, but not that of a judge or an authority like the symbol of the Wheel of Justice, for example.
One last word regarding ́’my’́ long dagger. I simply wanted to reiterate that the blade, not only long but also very flat, has nothing to do with the usual hunting dagger blades with a very wide edge towards the heel, or a shortened felddegen blade with a thicker blade in the center. It is more like a Venetian storta-type sword blade with a wide, flat, flexible blade.

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22nd September 2025, 07:32 PM	#11
francantolin Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 935	Magnificent long and rare dagger! The blade is interesting, almost in the shape of a yatagan.( close to ottoman influences...) What are the dimensions, please? I think the blade thickness must be that of a classic hunting dagger, with a good thickness towards the heel? The inscriptions, in my opinion, are more like the monogram of a nobleman-aristocrat, certainly master of his lands, but not that of a judge or an authority like the symbol of the Wheel of Justice, for example. One last word regarding ́’my’́ long dagger. I simply wanted to reiterate that the blade, not only long but also very flat, has nothing to do with the usual hunting dagger blades with a very wide edge towards the heel, or a shortened felddegen blade with a thicker blade in the center. It is more like a Venetian storta-type sword blade with a wide, flat, flexible blade.