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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Detroit (New Mayapan)
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Any comments on the provenance and age of this would be appreciated. I'm going to guess European, 1880-1910, only because I can't think of a time when this may have been more common.
Overall length is 26" ![]() Blade is 18" ![]() Two views of the cruciform blade. The point is very sharp: ![]() ![]() Close up of the head. I'm unsure what kind of wood it is, but my fingernail doesn't leave a mark in it: ![]() The leather cord and Turk's head knots appear to be later additions: ![]() Another view of the blade. It has a nice patina: ![]() I'm certain the wood of the shaft is mahogany, having worked with it many times before: ![]() Thank you in advance. |
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