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15th November 2024, 12:01 AM
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Beautiful Stiletto - Any Info?
Hello,
Hope everyone is well. I just received this piece from the old continent and I'm absolutely blown away by the craftmanship. Nothing being made today(afaik, if I'm wrong let me know) compares to this beauty as far as stilettos go. Any info on it would be greatly appreciated. It was sold as "XIX century Italian Stiletto". Thank you! |
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19th November 2024, 03:46 AM
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Location: Louisville, KY
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Might be Italian.
I hope it is not a Victorian copy........ |
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19th November 2024, 05:48 PM
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my new 21st century, 2024, shiny unpatenated one comes close. scabbard not quite as nice tho.
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20th November 2024, 07:51 PM
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28th November 2024, 12:46 AM
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The Victorians made high quality copies back then. Some even collect them in their own right.
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30th November 2024, 11:29 PM
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A friend of mine was making and selling them, as honest replicas, at the end of the 20thC.
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3rd December 2024, 12:32 AM
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David that's great! Honest people are hard to find.........
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10th December 2024, 11:30 PM
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I rather wish I had bought one from him at the time. Mainly sold to young ladies in reenactment societies.
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