Interesting old Haladie dagger

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Originally Posted by Jens Nordlunde

It is also interesting to notice that both the big blades have a ricasso, as I don’t remember having seen that before, and the armour piercing reinforcement is unusual from the ones I have seen. As you don’t mention anything, I guess there are no inlays or marking on the blades – are there?

There are no visible markings on the piece. If there had been they have long been concealed under heavy patination. What I find most interesting is the blade alignment; it is not symetrical, the left blade point is four inches further out then the right blade point. The tang on the left blade is also about a 1/4-inch longer then the tang on the right blade. Fighting with this thing would have been a colorful art.



closeup: The right side Haladie blade.

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