Posts: 367 Location: Seattle, WA
Sun 09 Oct, 2011 1:29 pm
A&A modified Alpine Dagger
I really fell for Arms & Armor's Alpine Dagger when I stopped by their shop last year. When I was planning my wedding with my wife, she really wanted me to include something arms or armour related in the ceremony or reception since it's such a huge hobby of mine. She got a little freaked out when I mentioned a sword for the cake cutting, so instead scaled it back to a dagger, she could handle that. The Alpine Dagger that Arms and Armor makes is from northern Italy, second half of the 15th century. We know for a fact that her family was originally from northern Italy during that time, and migrated north into Switzerland about 20 years later in 1510. So the dagger design has some nice history that we can match with family geography. I liked the wood handle on Arms & Armor's design, but also wanted something that gave it a tie to Alaska, where we live, and really love. Ivory was sometimes used for grips so I opted to put that on the dagger. The ivory is walrus ivory from the bering sea, legally collected by Alaskan natives. I am really please how the whole piece turned out, and it worked wonderfully in the ceremony, and will see duty on my belt during demonstrations and fair time. Here's some photos of my wonderful dagger from the folks at Arms and Armor.