Toledo Dagger purchased in Spain in 1960's

[boopadoop73]

Hello everyone. My Uncle was in Spain in the 1960's. During that time, he purchased and brought back a beautiful dagger. I will do my best to describe it until I can load a pic of it. The blade is roughly 6 inches long and the handle is roughly 3 1/2 to 4 inches long. the blade has gold and black (lacquer?) engraving, the handle has the eagle head and feathers in gold. I'm not 100% sure the breast piece on the bird is ivory. Toward the bottom of the handle, I think it is called the hilt, is 2 dragon heads. The sheath is gold with the black engraving with red velvet cutouts on both sides. There appear to be no other markings other than TOLEDO. Also, at the very end of the sheath (Near the knife tip) is a little ball. Does anyone have an idea of the value? My Uncle would like to sell this dagger, but all of my internet searches have given no positive results for a dagger even remotely like this. Thank you.

 

[GRIM 62]

Not a clue to the value.Welcome to Bladeforums though!

 

[cziv]

The Toledo Spain blade has been known for high quality over the past ew centuries. Check out this link for some historical info.

 

[not2sharp]

We can't do anything without some good photos. If it is just maked "Toledo" it may just be a decorative tourist item, if it is marked "Fab de Toledo" or some variant of that, then you really may have something.

n2s

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