Dha handle from Leeds armoury

[Andrew]

Yup: looks like the same little guy to me.

Nice grab, Archer. I was really looking at this one, and decided not to bid. I now regret that decision.


Ariel, I still think the carved handle in the Leeds' collection is too small for the sword it's mounted on. I submit it's a remount from a dagger similar to Archer's. Many thanks for starting this thread, as I must have missed the first one.

I'm off to do some research....

[VANDOO]

I REMEMBER SEEING SOMETHING ON THESE KNIVES THEY WERE REFERED TO AS PRIESTS KNIVES AND SOME HAD VERY WELL CARVED IVORY HANDLES AND SOME WERE PLAIN. THEY WERE ALL DAGGER SIZE AND THE HANDLES WERE IN PROPER PROPORTION, WISH I COULD REMEMBER IF IT WAS IN FORUM POSTS OR ELSEWHERE I MAY HAVE SOME PICTURES SOMEWHERE IF I RUN ACROSS THEM I WILL PUT THEM IN.

[Mark]

Originally Posted by VANDOO

I REMEMBER SEEING SOMETHING ON THESE KNIVES THEY WERE REFERED TO AS PRIESTS KNIVES AND SOME HAD VERY WELL CARVED IVORY HANDLES AND SOME WERE PLAIN. THEY WERE ALL DAGGER SIZE AND THE HANDLES WERE IN PROPER PROPORTION, WISH I COULD REMEMBER IF IT WAS IN FORUM POSTS OR ELSEWHERE I MAY HAVE SOME PICTURES SOMEWHERE IF I RUN ACROSS THEM I WILL PUT THEM IN.

Good call, Barry. Archer's knife is what I would call a priest knife, which I theorize is actually as much related to the piha kaetta as to the dha. I agree with Andrew that the handle on the Leeds dha is likely a transplant from a knife.