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29th December 2012, 02:33 AM
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Not until it arrives.
 It just ended yesterday.
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1st January 2013, 12:55 AM
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The dagger arrived today and the hilt is indeed made of horn and the banding is of silver. The edge on this is still almost sharp enough to shave with. I will post some new photos of this tomorrow after I recover to show the silver and also post the measurements in case they might be needed for later comparison.
Regards, Robert |
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1st January 2013, 07:54 PM
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Overall Length 14-1/2 inches
Blade Length 9-1/2 inches Blade At Thickest 1/4 inch False Edge 6-1/2 inches Hilt Length 5 inches |
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1st January 2013, 08:37 PM
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OOOOO.........perdy with that shiny silver!
Will you be using twised brass or silver wire for the rest of the hilt. |
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1st January 2013, 08:44 PM
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Now that looks GREAT!
Nice addition to the ever swelling collecion Robert!  Gene |
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1st January 2013, 08:56 PM
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Pretty nice dagger! Congrats!
Regards, Detlef |
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1st January 2013, 09:53 PM
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Jose, Gene and Detlef, thank you all for your kind words. To answer your question Jose, I am going to remove the horn pegs that are still holding the remnants of the original wire wrap and then replace them accordingly. One odd thing about this daggers hilt is that instead of being eight or six sided this one is seven sided, something I have only seen a couple of times before. Can anyone tell me if this is this common to any one particular location or not? Going by the style and the quality of workmanship I think that this dagger would date to the last part of the nineteenth century to the first quarter of the twentieth century. What are your opinions on the age? Thank you all again and I will post a few more photos after the wire wrap has been replaced.
Regards, Robert |
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