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17th September 2010, 06:08 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: NC, U.S.A.
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Picked this up on eBay
It's a 17th century Turkish dagger...NOT!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT Actually, it's a naval dress dirk, probably British, circa 1805-20, made in the Arabic styling of the period. After the Barbary Wars and the Egyptian Campaigns, naval items in the U.K. and America began to take on the so-called mameluke styling. Here are a few more I found online- www.robertfinan.co.uk/images30042005/101.jpg www.robertfinan.co.uk/images30042005/105.jpg www.robertfinan.co.uk/images30042005/107.jpg www.robertfinan.co.uk/images30042005/106.jpg Just thought I'd share it with the Forum as it is an unusual form and I stumbled on it quite by . Thanks- Mark |
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