Bringing back an atypical (?) dagger

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

... It is too long for a left hand dagger, which were out of use overall by the time of this piece, but the downturn quillons are mindful of the typical appearance.

You know left handers can be large, Jim; vide Wallace Collection page 414. In either case, centimeters, not inches . One other thing i wonder about is the approximate age of this dagger. How would you place it ? At least the blade is rather old stuff

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by fernando

You know left handers can be large, Jim; vide Wallace Collection page 414. In either case, centimeters, not inches . One other thing i wonder about is the approximate age of this dagger. How would you place it ? At least the blade is rather old stuff

yes, left handers could be large, and indeed the downward quillon was as popular on them as 'parrying'. So 'historismus' ? late 18th early 19th? In one off things composite with old blade without comparisons, without hands on forensics, who knows?