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31st March 2017, 09:37 AM | #1 |
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Ballock Daggers
The first one with triangular section blade
the second with cruciform cross-section blade Both are in excavated condition with original grips. Any comment on it will be welcome. Best Cerjak |
31st March 2017, 12:57 PM | #2 |
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While not in the best condition, both show very clear signs of age consistent with their period which I would guess to be 16th century.
They are very similar with many of the pieces recovered from the shipwreck of Mary Rose and I would speculate they might have spent some time in salt water (or at least the first one). I think any museum would want them added to their collections. |
31st March 2017, 05:41 PM | #3 |
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the cruciform one is particularly cool. they are precursors to the scottish dirks.
mine is a bit newer tho, they are still being made of course. |
31st March 2017, 08:02 PM | #4 |
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Hi krocknew yours is from Tod's Stuff, mine also:
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31st March 2017, 10:04 PM | #5 |
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Welcome to the world of replicas .
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1st April 2017, 05:19 AM | #6 |
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Having Scottish ancestry I've always been fascinated by these dirks .
The second one, the blade is very similar to an Austrian bayonet blade. I would be interested in a good quality replica since good originals are quite expensive. They do not appear to be a cutting tool and are designed for the thrust. |
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