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Old 15th September 2022, 10:21 PM   #1
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Default 17th- 18th North Italian dagger

Opinions please regarding authenticity.
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Old 16th September 2022, 12:09 AM   #2
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I'm skeptical, the blade looks like it was made yesterday. The decoration on the guard looks pretty crude compared to the rest of the piece.

Just my opinion though, this is not my field of interest.
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Old 16th September 2022, 04:15 AM   #3
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Interesting melange of features, an innovative creation.
The 'face' on the guard reminiscent of 'green man' type theme of early to mid 17th c. English hilts.
The artistically copied 'anchor' of many 17th c. Spanish swords was never as far as I have known been seen on daggers.
In this case the pierced apertures in the blade recall Albacete style daggers and plug bayonets.
Intriguing, but certainly not of antiquity in my opinion.
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Old 16th September 2022, 06:09 AM   #4
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Interesting knife, not my area but the markings and blade piercing is almost identical to one of my smallswords:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=27980
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Old 16th September 2022, 07:19 AM   #5
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As indicated in the linked thread, the 'anchor' is not a 'Toledo' mark but a conventional device used in a symbolic sense on blades there initially, but was followed in degree in some other centers...most notably Solingen.
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Old 16th September 2022, 05:28 PM   #6
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Atypical piece indeed. Is this dagger in your collection, Eftihis ?
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Old 17th September 2022, 07:39 AM   #7
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Hi Fernando! It is not my area of collection, but its a fascinated area so i have some old european daggers
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Old 17th September 2022, 10:19 AM   #8
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What an excelent set of daggers. Thanks for sharing it.
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