Main Gauche or Misercorde Dagger

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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

... Castle (1885) did in fact note that while these 'left hand daggers' had fallen largely 'out of use' in that capacity by end of 17th c...............

Do you have any reasoning which opposes that this dagger falls within such period, Jim ? Actually, well within... i would bet .
And by the way, this pommel is also an intriguing work of art. I wonder what is that yellowish (?) material showing off between the steel spaces. Maybe Greg could tell us ?