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Nicholas A
Location: texas Joined: 20 Jul 2011
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Posted: Fri 22 Jul, 2011 11:53 am Post subject: Argentine Dagger - Animal Parts |
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So, after posting a toasting fork in here I decided to show yall a weapon I do actually know about and take a lot of pride in owning.
From the handle down. here are the animals involved.
bulls horn
brocket deer antler
dolphins tooth
tortoise shell
armadillo armour and claw
starfish
rare seed
serpent spine
pumas claw
This dagger was pieced together by an adventurer i met in buneos aires argentina. He collected the pieces from a tribe he stayed with in a region of the patagonia named tierra del fuego. These hunters were happy to trade spare parts of their kills with this man.
He fashioned the blade from pieces of railroad.
This is my favorite weapon in my collection.
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Tim Lison
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Posted: Fri 22 Jul, 2011 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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Wow. You have the whole zoo in that one.
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Sam Barris
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Posted: Fri 22 Jul, 2011 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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Certainly unique. The platypus of knives.
Pax,
Sam Barris
"Any nation that draws too great a distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards, and its fighting done by fools." —Thucydides
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Gene W
Location: The South Of England Joined: 01 Dec 2010
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Posted: Sat 23 Jul, 2011 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Nicholas,
As has been said this is certainly an interesting and unique item.
Make sure that you keep a written record of it's history with it, so that the information is never lost.
Re-using scavenged railway spikes to make blades is a great tradition!
Best
Gene
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Shahril Dzulkifli
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Posted: Wed 03 Aug, 2011 5:59 pm Post subject: Argentine Dagger - Animal Parts |
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That's usual to use bull's horns and deer antlers to create dagger handles and sheaths. But to me that sounds unusual to use dolphin's tooth, serpent spine, starfish etc. to create those.
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength”
- Marcus Aurelius
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