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Old 25th September 2019, 07:54 PM   #1
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Default Stiletto for comments ... please

What do you guys think of this one ?
Looks like it has a clear maker's mark
... A genuine item ? .

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Old 26th September 2019, 02:59 AM   #2
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It looks good to me. Hopefully others will chime in.
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Old 26th September 2019, 07:09 AM   #3
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Awesome piece, Fernando! Looks like the real deal to me as well! Any numbers on the blade? (Gunner's piece?)-
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Old 26th September 2019, 06:03 PM   #4
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Thank you for the kind words, Gentlemen.
No Mark, not a gunner's stiletto (AKA Fusetto).
I will have to find some lid to the mark.
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Old 2nd October 2019, 06:01 PM   #5
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Default Looking better ...

Amazing !
Be it because of the patina 'crust' or due to the unusual superficial marking depth, i did not see at first some of the gauge numbers still showing on the blade.
Considering that, as often written on the subject, these markings were often used to give a gunners look to the stiletto, as those as simple weapons were forbidden to carry by the authorities, one could think that in this specific case, those superficial numbers were intended to serve as a disguise ... my guess.
So, for what 'officially' counts, this stiletto is indeed a gunners fusetto, also called a centoventi, such was the name for they were popularly called, due to the numbers in the gauge going up to 120 (centoventi in Italian).
Given the work put on the dagger and the early style of the digits, i would dare to attribute its age to some time in 17th century.
But of course, i am ready to be corrected.


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Old 3rd October 2019, 05:36 AM   #6
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Default looks kosher to me!

Parabens, Nando! Tão sorte!

So nice to see the real McCoy for a change--so many spurious ones at arms fairs and in collections.

I suppose you have Marcello Terenzi's informative intro to the subject in Robert Held (ed.) Arms and Armor Annual, Vol. I, pp 170-79: "Gunners' Daggers". I would recommend it to all readers of this post because the illustrations include three fakes and two broken-and-reshaped examples for comparative study purposes.
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Awesome to see the real deal, my friend! I am green with envy!
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Old 3rd October 2019, 11:57 AM   #8
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Quote:
Originally Posted by M ELEY
... I am green with envy! ...
Captain, you don't certainly mean ...


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Parabens, Nando! Tão sorte!

So nice to see the real McCoy for a change--so many spurious ones at arms fairs and in collections.

I suppose you have Marcello Terenzi's informative intro to the subject in Robert Held (ed.) Arms and Armor Annual, Vol. I, pp 170-79: "Gunners' Daggers". I would recommend it to all readers of this post because the illustrations include three fakes and two broken-and-reshaped examples for comparative study purposes.
Obrigado Filipe,
If i do behave, would you send me the vital (two, three) pages by email ?
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