27th August 2017, 08:12 AM | #1 |
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I need some help whit this dagger, origin and age is the two main questions.
I guess its made in Europe around 1700? I think its a true beauty... |
27th August 2017, 12:36 PM | #2 |
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it's a ww1 french trench knife, they made these from the steel posts used to support the barbed wire & from large nails. i have one too.
also called 'nail' knives. thery come in other variations. all hand made & slightly different. the variant 2, like yours and mine has the central rod opened at the guard so it can be slipped onto a belt easily. mine is below with a commercially made german trench knife and a cast iron mace head fitted to an entrenching tool handle to make a trench mace. updated: added another that more closely resembles your viariant. see also another thread here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=14232 Last edited by kronckew; 27th August 2017 at 12:59 PM. |
27th August 2017, 05:15 PM | #3 |
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Thank you!
I have been offered to buy this but we can not agree on a price. Any idea what a fair price is for this? |
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28th August 2017, 05:34 AM | #6 |
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Ops, sorry moderator... Just love this dagger and want to buy it
Kronckew, i havent got this pm you sent to me. I have looked in both e-mejl and pm-box. |
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