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Old 3rd November 2023, 08:40 PM   #1
Jim McDougall
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You know left handers can be large, Jim; vide Wallace Collection page 414. In either case, centimeters, not inches . One other thing i wonder about is the approximate age of this dagger. How would you place it ? At least the blade is rather old stuff
yes, left handers could be large, and indeed the downward quillon was as popular on them as 'parrying'. So 'historismus' ? late 18th early 19th? In one off things composite with old blade without comparisons, without hands on forensics, who knows?
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