horseclover
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This is an adoption from a year or so ago.
This short little guy should still be a keeper. The blade is only 15"/39.37 cm long. A whopping 22"/55.88 cm overall in length. The grip and butt are wood. The fish guard and locket drew me in. The blade appears to have been vigorously cleaned, what I refer to as scraped but not so the fittings. That puts me in a quandary as to whether to just go with my soft brushes, or go ahead and wipe it with cleaner/polish and then let it mellow. I did end up cleaning it and found that the fish has teeth. The scabbard is leather on rawhide.
I'm figuring mid 18th century or a little earlier, based on the style and blade but the guard had me kind of perplexed, the hook that set my bid.
Some similar hangers here.
An older thread
myarmoury.com
More surfaced on another board but the fish guards the least common. This has a wicked cool blade grind.
Happy fishing!
GC
This short little guy should still be a keeper. The blade is only 15"/39.37 cm long. A whopping 22"/55.88 cm overall in length. The grip and butt are wood. The fish guard and locket drew me in. The blade appears to have been vigorously cleaned, what I refer to as scraped but not so the fittings. That puts me in a quandary as to whether to just go with my soft brushes, or go ahead and wipe it with cleaner/polish and then let it mellow. I did end up cleaning it and found that the fish has teeth. The scabbard is leather on rawhide.
I'm figuring mid 18th century or a little earlier, based on the style and blade but the guard had me kind of perplexed, the hook that set my bid.
Some similar hangers here.
An older thread
German Hirschfangers with gambird shell guards
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More surfaced on another board but the fish guards the least common. This has a wicked cool blade grind.
Happy fishing!
GC