A somewhat unusual faca de ponta for sharing

[Sajen]

I won this faca de ponta recently at a German auction. It's a somewhat unusual example since it doesn't show the usual brass or with other metals plated ricasso, also the blade shape is a little bit unusual.
It's 35 cm long inside scabbard, 34 cm without, the blade is 23,2 cm long.
One picture shows it together with some other long facas from my collection.

[RobT]

Sajen,

Here are six more examples. The first one shown has a whopping 12.5” (31.75cm) blade and is double edged with a scarf weld close to the hilt. The rest of the examples are of typical length. I am not sure if the brass sheath for number four is original to the dagger but it fits well. Number 5 has a bit of an odd looking blade. We will most likely never know why some FDP have a ricasso cover and some don’t but I wonder if if isn’t due to different areas of manufacture.

Sincerely,
RobT