Featured Need help identifying antique dagger

Looks like it might be an Italian plug bayonet but I'm not sure.

 

Nice looking Dagger, although I know hardly anything about antique knives.

 

that's way cool !
The sheath looks like it may have had a frog....so ya ...military is the 1st thing I go to...
but to be frank...it's not a blade i know off hand...

 

if it wasn't so well made.....?
i'm having trouble placing it.................

 

The stud thingy at the big end of the sheath is often found on bayonet sheaths. I’d invite some ex-spurts but they need dimensions.

 

How much does something like that run?

 

we couldn't find another......so....not a clue !

 

now that I've spent time here...it does have an Italian / mediterranean feel to it....but with a Spanish leaning ball handle...... it's a mystery !

 

Those are awesome pictures of similar blades! Yeah this one really piqued my interest I think I'll eventually take it in for an evaluation, appreciate your help!

 

please let us know...........

I'm not good at helping with blades if my knowledge doesn't keep evolving and I'm not adding to what I already know !!

I learn here as much as help here ...so keep us in the loop !!!

 

I think that you're on the right track with a plug bayonet. It's definitely well made. The sheath or scabbard looks like sharkskin as used so much in Asian swords? Why roses or tulips? The cutout figure looks like the porpoise or dragon used so much in Asian artwork? The clam shell was used quite a bit in German knives. The clam or scallop shell was evidently important and emphasized by the cut-out in the sheath. In conclusion, I think it belonged to a Dutch-German, Japanese man who had a blunderbuss....

 

That nails it down !!! .