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Old 4th February 2007, 08:57 PM   #1
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Default HELP DAGGER IDENTIFICATION

Hello just bought this at ebay.

Thought was Spanish?

Does anybody knows about origin?

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Old 6th February 2007, 09:39 PM   #2
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Looks like a mid-19thc English naval dirk to me.
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Old 8th February 2007, 10:33 AM   #3
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British naval dirk it is! Nice piece!
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Old 28th November 2009, 05:41 AM   #4
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What makes this a British naval dirk? A recurved guard?

This is a civilian mid-19th century English-style 'bowie-like' dirk, imho...

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Old 28th November 2009, 05:14 PM   #5
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This is a civilian mid-19th century English-style 'bowie-like' dirk, imho...
What makes this blade at all "bowie-like".
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Old 28th November 2009, 10:59 PM   #6
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What makes this blade at all "bowie-like".
Not the blade, but the handle.
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Old 29th November 2009, 01:31 AM   #7
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Not the blade, but the handle.
I'll bite again. What makes this handle at all "bowie-like" While iv'e seen a lot of variations on bowie knives this is not one that seems all that commom.
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