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Dave C
Location: Charleston SC Joined: 10 Jun 2018
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 Posted: Tue 12 Jun, 2018 7:07 am Post subject: ID Help Please! Antique short-sword/dagger |
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Photos: https://imgur.com/a/If0JaGz
Picked this up a few days ago. Listed as an antique parrying dagger. Any idea of its nationality or when it might’ve been made?
It’s 24” in length and the blade is 18.5”. Only marking is at the base of the blade and it looks like a “G” with two lines over it (maybe). You can see it in photos 4 and 6. The handle is wooden with a brass ring around it.
Any help is appreciated!
- Dave C
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Sam Barris
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A theatrical prop, maybe? Some things about its construction (like the welded filler where the blade meets the guard, the design of the guard and pommel, the lack of a peen, etc.) make me doubt it's all that old. I might also go for decorative Victorian piece, but it lacks the exaggerated ornateness of some of those.
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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Glen A Cleeton
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Northern Mexican vaquero saddle short sword/knife.late 19th-early 20th century.
Cheers
GC
An edit to include some found across the Latin American countries and the Philippines but the consensus is primarily found in Mexico.
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Sam Barris
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| Glen A Cleeton wrote: | | Northern Mexican vaquero saddle short sword/knife.late 19th-early 20th century. |
Neat! Had no idea that was a thing. 
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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