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[ariel]

Originally Posted by mahratt

Dear Ian.
If there was not this fascinating discussion and you saw two of these daggers, would you decide that they are different from each other?

Even though the question was not addressed to me, I would humbly offer my thoughts.

Legalistically speaking, both are Zirah Bouks.
But the black handled one seems to be a real fighting example, while the white handled one is a decorative or tourist type. The pimple at the point does not appear to create a good stiffening rib to prevent lateral bending: Stone as an engineer emphasized “ strong enough”.


My pure IMHO and 5 cents worth....