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This is the latest in an ambitious series of historical period knives, daggers and short swords by Hanford Miller, ABS Master Smith and long time friend of Bill Moran.
Throughout his long career Moran was consistently interested in historical blades of all types, and pursued the real ones in museums and collections abroad, then in his shop as he endeavored to reproduce them in his way.
Hanford was very much influenced by Moran, which seems natural since the two men "shared over a hundred campfires together." Hanford took me and my son Robert out to one of the ridge-top sites he and Moran frequented when they could. It's an epic spot way out in North Park area right on the Colorado/Wyoming border. We shot off a slew of rounds at some dead stumps up there in celebration because, well... there was nothing stopping us. If that ain't a man thing then I don't know what is.
Anyway, long story cut short - this is the latest and he's not done. An 'English Dagger' is next and before this one was a Roman Gladius. These were preceded by cinquedea, bollock dagger, ear dagger, quillon dagger, viking dagger with a 500 year old bog oak handle and others.
This stiletto feels assassin friendly to say the least. They were smaller than you might think. This one, if I recall correctly, was no more than 10 or 11 inches long. The scabbard is period inspired with the qualification that very few scabbards from 500 years ago exist for reference. Be sure and compare front and back of the blade.
Throughout his long career Moran was consistently interested in historical blades of all types, and pursued the real ones in museums and collections abroad, then in his shop as he endeavored to reproduce them in his way.
Hanford was very much influenced by Moran, which seems natural since the two men "shared over a hundred campfires together." Hanford took me and my son Robert out to one of the ridge-top sites he and Moran frequented when they could. It's an epic spot way out in North Park area right on the Colorado/Wyoming border. We shot off a slew of rounds at some dead stumps up there in celebration because, well... there was nothing stopping us. If that ain't a man thing then I don't know what is.
Anyway, long story cut short - this is the latest and he's not done. An 'English Dagger' is next and before this one was a Roman Gladius. These were preceded by cinquedea, bollock dagger, ear dagger, quillon dagger, viking dagger with a 500 year old bog oak handle and others.
This stiletto feels assassin friendly to say the least. They were smaller than you might think. This one, if I recall correctly, was no more than 10 or 11 inches long. The scabbard is period inspired with the qualification that very few scabbards from 500 years ago exist for reference. Be sure and compare front and back of the blade.
