It looks like it is a theatrical piece. Companies like Bongartz in Germany made similar weapons in very large numbers for use in the theatre from...
The obscure blads are all the more intersting AJ ! We like obscure blades!:D
I was thinking maybe Mexican or Indian Komo? We see a lot of it at medieval markets.
Welcome Karen, You should find the help you are seeking here. Plenty of knowledge amongst the members about a vast range of topics. It never...
Nearest that I can think of is a form of cuban link chain.
Personally, Id leave it alone, i lke the patina. That said, possibly, just possibly, though a purist would prefer it as it is, a magpie of a...
Two puzzling things about this pece and the one posted by marote, the quality of both castings are extremely poor, and the original example has...
It looks to me to be a model Russian 1881 shashka. That said, I am 99% certain that it is a copy, and a not too convincing one at that for my...
I do not know where you are located, but mny dealers, for a small fee, will ID items and provide a rough value for you for insurance etc. if you...
Similarly, I was at a market where one of the dealers showed a breastplate to a dealer friend of mine. It had been uncovered when they were...
I have to say from the outset that I know next to nothing about firearms, that said two things spring to mind, possibly...
I'll show you my thumb scars if you show me yours! As a teenager working on a model I used my thumb as a cushion when cutting through some...
As a kid when mum and dad were decorating dad always used a scalpel to cut the corners etc of the wallpapre. My mother used to change the blades...
I was doing a market many years ago, and on my table I had several japanese swords. a man pickd on e up and turned it upside down and of course...
It is difficult to tell without having the blade in hand (ouch! That hurts), so it could be pitting, but I think not. Hopefully RJM will enlightn...
It is hard to tell, but I think it is surface rust Komo. If it is, then steel wool and Solvol Autosol would be my recommendation, though a bar of...
Indeed RJM52, a typo on my part, sory about that ! It is indeed Albacete. Navaja means knife in Spanish, or more accurately, razor, theough the...
Spanish, called by collectors an Abacete dagger. generally, these tend to be quite old, probably early to mid 1800's. I have I must admit, never...
I have seen smilar ones, supposdly Brtish military, probably pre First World War, perhaps even Boer War. Welome to the forum by the way!
That Ebay example certainly seems to support the idea of it being a nymph on a lily. Thank you for posting them. Now thatI look closely, my...
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