Any ideas as to the origin of this guardless dagger?

Emanuel · 16th January 2007, 08:19 PM

Hi David,
The transition from flat blade to round tang is interesting. Actually it looks a bit like a chisel blade. But you say it's flexible, so I wonder what it could be. Stiletto is just as well...a nice knife...as for throwing, consider moving target practice

squirrels beware.

Emanuel

katana · 16th January 2007, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Manolo

Hi David,
The transition from flat blade to round tang is interesting. Actually it looks a bit like a chisel blade. But you say it's flexible, so I wonder what it could be. Stiletto is just as well...a nice knife...as for throwing, consider moving target practice

squirrels beware.

Emanuel

Hi Emanuel,
a chisel could be a good suggestion. When I say flexible the point can be deflected about 1.5" (approx. 3.6cm) up or down...so about 3" of 'movement' overall. Perhaps, like a file, a chisel annealed (softened), and then tempered to a hardness that is less than 'tool' steel ?

Daniel · 16th January 2007, 09:51 PM

The shape reminds me of both a sharpening steel (ground down flat), or a cabinet maker's burnisher (for turning the edge on cabinet scrapers). Is the cross section flat, or oval?
DD

katana · 19th January 2007, 03:29 AM

Hi DD,
oval in section.....you might be on to something

Daniel · 19th January 2007, 04:58 AM

I have a couple of burnishers with oval cross section. They don't have pointed ends, but that would be easy to add--for whatever reason. The handle on your's looks bench made to me. The kind of style you see on WWII theatre made knives. It may be that someone converted a tool into a weapon.
DD

16th January 2007, 08:19 PM	#1
Emanuel Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,242	Hi David, The transition from flat blade to round tang is interesting. Actually it looks a bit like a chisel blade. But you say it's flexible, so I wonder what it could be. Stiletto is just as well...a nice knife...as for throwing, consider moving target practice squirrels beware. Emanuel

16th January 2007, 09:51 PM	#3
Daniel Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: California Posts: 16	The shape reminds me of both a sharpening steel (ground down flat), or a cabinet maker's burnisher (for turning the edge on cabinet scrapers). Is the cross section flat, or oval? DD

19th January 2007, 03:29 AM	#4
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	Hi DD, oval in section.....you might be on to something

19th January 2007, 04:58 AM	#5
Daniel Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: California Posts: 16	I have a couple of burnishers with oval cross section. They don't have pointed ends, but that would be easy to add--for whatever reason. The handle on your's looks bench made to me. The kind of style you see on WWII theatre made knives. It may be that someone converted a tool into a weapon. DD