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Igor Grigorev
Location: Ukraine Joined: 13 Mar 2015
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Hello. Sorry for my bad English.
I need help. The book "Daggers And Bayonets. A history" by Logan Thompson, I saw "Italian devider" (photo attached).
Could someone tell, what it is, how and why use it?
Thank you in advance.
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Rim Andries
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That looks to me like a drawing compass or indeed a divider or caliper. It is a technical drawing tool used to draw perfect circles and archs. It can also be used to measure distances. Something an architect or engineer would use or perhaps a navigator.
Kinda cool. It seems it could double as a dagger or even a parrying dagger. But that is hard to tell without knowing the dimensions of the object.
Sir Dreamin'
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Sean Flynt
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Rim Andries
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| Sean Flynt wrote: | | Gunner's stiletto. Many of these are multipurpose tools. They can clear a cannon vent or prick a charge. Etched or engraved measuring marks are common. This one also serves, presumably, as a divider for map work or possibly as a crude caliper for measuring bore. |
I should have known better than to think it was just a simple drawing/measuring tool... I love myArmoury but sometimes it makes me feel really dumb 
Sir Dreamin'
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Glen A Cleeton
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Yes, for using with a sector/proportional military compass.
Cheers
GC
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Kai Lawson
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Ahhh--that's so cool! Does anyone have pictures or links to other examples of this kind of weapon/tool?
"And they crossed swords."
--William Goldman, alias S. Morgenstern
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Mark Griffin
Location: The Welsh Marches, in the hills above Newtown, Powys. Joined: 28 Dec 2006
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often the arms are inscribed with ranges, powder and shot weights and the like.
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Dan P
Location: Massachusetts, USA Joined: 28 Jun 2007
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| Kai Lawson wrote: | | Ahhh--that's so cool! Does anyone have pictures or links to other examples of this kind of weapon/tool? |
American elementary school geometry class, mid-80's, where they handed out drawing compasses with sharp metal spikes to two dozen kids because "cause and effect" is a mystery to school management. You know what they say about compass fencing, it's all fun and games until someone gets a spike poked all the way through their hand, then they get to go to the hospital and then the teachers take away all the compasses.
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This is a standard topic