Hi all

Hope you like this.

I pimped a dagger by an unknown maker for a friend.
Took apart the handle cut it up in two parts en blued them.
Made a brass and horn rings to put between the handle parts.
Made a new lower rondel discs from brass and horn.
And made a thin end-cap from brass.
Gilded everything and put it together.

The scabbard its made from a single layer thick leather.
With gilded brass fittings and a horn bead at the end.

Ben

I want that. Nicely done.

Very nice pimping :D

THat's great work,

It's beautiful! Your friend is very lucky.

stunning, I especially love the brass cladding on the hilt

Nice work. Great upgrade. I love the overlay idea on the pommel disk.

Nicely done Ben.

Someone in the forum is looking for pictures of daggers with rondels smaller that the upper what'chamacallit.

Very nicely done.

Very well done - I especially like the brass on the upper rondel - great idea.
Did you have any historical inspiration for this type of ornamentation?

Good work!

Herbert

thank you all for the kind words.

there are a few examples of daggers with a brass back plate.
two in the dutch army museum see picture

i only have a picture of one



one in ingolstadt



and a unknown one

Thank you - looks great!

Herbert

Wow, Ben, really amazing work - and very innovative, compared to most modern replicas of rondell- or bollock-daggers, I've seen so far.

Thanks for showing!

Thomas