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RARE COLONIAL AMERICAN NAVAL DIRK
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Item Number: 07-422
10 5/8 d.e. diamond
section blade with crude brass inlaid design each side at the forte.
Shows smooth gray patina with some lineal forged layering. Inlay weak
as made but complete. Recurved forged iron guard with scroll terminals
and matching domed pommel cap. One piece bone grip with rich honey
patina, few age checks and each side of the flared base broken away in
antiquity revealing the lead tang seat. Shows decades of use in that
condition with the broken edges with matching age patina. Because of
their use as utility knives after their usefulness as daggers had
passed, the survival rate for daggers is very small. The result is a
distorted perspective of their original proliferation. It would be safe
to estimate that there were more daggers in the early 18th century than
swords, yet surviving examples probably number well under that 1% of
those of swords.
Extended Layaway is available for this item.
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Oval guard with hand engraved toothed fall. 4 1/2" diamond section blade. Silver scabbard with oval frog stud.
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