EDGED WEAPONS
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A LEFT-HAND DAGGER with sharply tapering blade of hollow diamond section, iron hilt with slender arched quillons with lobe-shaped tips, ring-guard, barrel-shaped pommel, and later spirally grooved wire-bound wooden grip (some light pitting overall), circa 1600; an all-steel stiletto in Italian 17th Century style, with short blade of stiff triangular section, the hilt with writhen grip, button pommel, and fluted button quillons, in steel scabbard; and another all-steel dagger The first 22in. (3)
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A LEFT-HAND DAGGER with sharply tapering blade of hollow diamond section, iron hilt with slender arched quillons with lobe-shaped tips, ring-guard, barrel-shaped pommel, and later spirally grooved wire-bound wooden grip (some light pitting overall), circa 1600; an all-steel stiletto in Italian 17th Century style, with short blade of stiff triangular section, the hilt with writhen grip, button pommel, and fluted button quillons, in steel scabbard; and another all-steel dagger The first 22in. (3)