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- Parrying dagger
- Unknown Artist / Maker
- Italy
- c. 1600
- Iron or steel, blackened
- Length: 42.1 cm
Length: 28.5 cm, blade
Width: 2.5 cm, blade at guard
Weight: 0.3 kg
Width: 17.2 cm, guard - A797
- European Armoury III
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- Parrying dagger, the hilt made up of a plain cylindrical pommel with large button; spirally fluted, wire-bound grip; unusually long guard of circular section, swelling towards the ends and curved towards the blade; single side-ring; the whole hilt is blackened but otherwise plain and undecorated.
The stiff, wavy blade has a single, deep groove pierced with groups of triple holes; the point is pinched and strongly reinforced; the ricasso three short grooves and is flattened on the reverse side for placement of the thumb.
Italian, c. 1600.
- Parrying dagger, the hilt made up of a plain cylindrical pommel with large button; spirally fluted, wire-bound grip; unusually long guard of circular section, swelling towards the ends and curved towards the blade; single side-ring; the whole hilt is blackened but otherwise plain and undecorated.
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