Indian Dagger

DhaDha · 16th January 2007, 11:17 PM

Jens, I've tried to re-crop and add some contrast to the image. Unfortunately, this is the best shot I have.

The other point of interest to me was row of ball-bearings up the spine. I had never seen this before. Is the purpose decoration? Or, I thought they might help add "heft" to a slash...

Jens Nordlunde · 17th January 2007, 09:59 AM

Hi Shawn,

It is really a very nice dagger you have. That the bigger dagger is scabbard for the smaller one takes, as said before, a very skilled craftsman. The very nice blade, the gold work and ‘the tears of the wounded/the tears of the inflicted’ is something you see, but not very often. Usually the bearings roll in the blade, which in this case is impossible, but to make them roll at the back of the blade, is unusual and only shows the skill of the craftsman. I can’t, unfortunately, not read the year, so I can’t help you with this, maybe others can.

If you choose the sticky named Classic threads, and choose Sliding weights, you can read more about the subject, and why you are at it, there may be other threads in Classic threads, which may be of interest to you.

Jens

16th January 2007, 11:17 PM	#1
DhaDha Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 178	Jens, I've tried to re-crop and add some contrast to the image. Unfortunately, this is the best shot I have. The other point of interest to me was row of ball-bearings up the spine. I had never seen this before. Is the purpose decoration? Or, I thought they might help add "heft" to a slash... Attached Images

17th January 2007, 09:59 AM	#2
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Hi Shawn, It is really a very nice dagger you have. That the bigger dagger is scabbard for the smaller one takes, as said before, a very skilled craftsman. The very nice blade, the gold work and ‘the tears of the wounded/the tears of the inflicted’ is something you see, but not very often. Usually the bearings roll in the blade, which in this case is impossible, but to make them roll at the back of the blade, is unusual and only shows the skill of the craftsman. I can’t, unfortunately, not read the year, so I can’t help you with this, maybe others can. If you choose the sticky named Classic threads, and choose Sliding weights, you can read more about the subject, and why you are at it, there may be other threads in Classic threads, which may be of interest to you. Jens