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Sajen · 6th January 2026, 01:02 PM

I personally think that it's very unlikely that the hilt is from human bone, the dagger is 31,4 cm long, so the handle will be a little bit under 10 cm long, which human bone would fit this size?
I think that the dagger could be a "coup de grace" dagger from a rich/important person from the mid. to end of the 19th century and the bone is maybe from a deer leg. I asked which bone it could be because the seller brought human bone in play but I personally think that this is most unlikely.

I also don't think that it is a Freemason dagger, but this is a personal guess since I just don't know enough about this category of daggers.

But it would be interesting to read what others think about this dagger!

6th January 2026, 01:02 PM	#9
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 9,520	I personally think that it's very unlikely that the hilt is from human bone, the dagger is 31,4 cm long, so the handle will be a little bit under 10 cm long, which human bone would fit this size? I think that the dagger could be a "coup de grace" dagger from a rich/important person from the mid. to end of the 19th century and the bone is maybe from a deer leg. I asked which bone it could be because the seller brought human bone in play but I personally think that this is most unlikely. I also don't think that it is a Freemason dagger, but this is a personal guess since I just don't know enough about this category of daggers. But it would be interesting to read what others think about this dagger!