Need Help Identifying This Tantō

[dana_w]

No problem Peter (aka pbleed)

I had pretty much accepted that the second knife was a "modern reproduction", and was just looking for more information on the officers naval dirk.

I understand that you think the naval dirk it is a WWII era weapon. I am trying to understand why. What dates it? The grips, the mark, what are you looking for when you pick one of these up? That is the kind of useful information this forum is so good at providing. Everyone has an opinion, but few can explain why beyond "because I know what I am doing and I say so".

If you post a picture of your naval dirk, I can judge for myself how alike they are.

As to my old man. You can bet he had almost nothing in the second knife. There weren't many deals he didn't turn a profit on.

[David]

Originally Posted by pbleed

Well, gee.
I tried in concrete terms to explain what IJN daggers are really worth. There are lots of books and websites that offer this information on these blades. I did not mention the fact that I currently have a IJN dagger that I would sell for XXX as a ad. I simply thought it was a graphic demonstration of the real world value of such daggers.

Whether you actually intended to present your offer to sell your IJN dagger as a real offer is, i am afraid, beyond my ability to determine when you basically write, "I have one of those i'm willing to sell for such and such amount of money". Even so, your newly reported intention to "demonstrate the real world value of such daggers" is ALSO not permitted in these forums. I'm sorry, but we do not allow appraisals here, so either way you explain it i will still refer you back to the forum rules which you obviously need to read more carefully.
Was your comments about the other knife "harsh"? My comment was that it was of little value (the comment) to the conversation. It didn't add any to information already provided and accepted by Dana and the comments about his father "wasting his money" and that it would have no "collector value for hundreds of years" was just unnecessary. We are not here to discuss "collector value" (it is in fact vigorously discouraged) and not everybody buys these weapons as investments hoping for "upward potential". I know it isn't why i collect at least.