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Originally Posted by vitorvt

The scabbard needs some special attention, it's a little worn. I think it's made of brass and some sort of leather.
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I guess the grip is made of horn and resin.
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Could my knife be a one-off, a special order, a Frankenknife? How about the signature Jst.? Is there no other similar one?
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it normally is brass indeed, with most of these knives and daggers.
I believe by the looks the grip is horn like you mostly see with the knives of that period, sometimes it is bone...the white colour often turns a little yellow through the times of years of touching
The decoration on the grip is unusual for that type of knive so it could perhaps be custom-made by request for the buyer but the signature is an open question
Never seen something like it, but that doesn't mean much .
Remains the fact that it is a very beautiful and most interesting one !Felicitar Your father had good taste