8th January 2007, 06:50 PM | #1 |
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Satanic dagger, Age & country of Origin?
Picked this up before Christmas.
It has a Bronze cast handle of women,goat,dagger & pan. {tormented faces with skullcaps on ends of crossgaurd, & cast scabbard of cathedral, crosses, alter candals etc. It is just under 14 inches long. Both sides of scabbard are identical. I have a few questians about it. Greatfull for any help. 1, Country of Origin? {I understand France & Germany are the commonest?} 2, Age of handle & scabbard? 3, origin, age & type of blade, a collector friend suggested its been cut & reshaped from the center section of 16th centry a Swiss Baslard blade or similar? It would also be nice to see other exampls of these... Both the blade & the reworking of it & the scabbard all seem very high quality. The blade locks by friction in the scabbard in the last mm of movement. The scabbard is lined with what I think is solidified blue velvet. Hopefully at least some of the questians about it even if not all can be answered here? All veiws & thoughts welcome. Thanks. Spiral |
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