Ear dagger

[Roland_M]

Hi Messia,


The state of corrosion seems natural to me. Otherwise it is the very best artificial aging I ever saw. I don't believe in artificial aging, because it would be pretty unusual for european blades.
It also make no sense, to age the blade but not the hilt.
I tend to believe it is a 19th century work.

If you can find traces of laminating, the blade could be from 15th century. But this is almost impossible to judge from the pictures only.

I added two pictures of genuine ear daggers.

They are a clear evidence, that one cannot judge the age of a blade from its state of corrosion!


Roland