Baselard dagger - 1250-1300

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Full tang, usable basilard dagger.

Features:
I or H shaped handle.
False edge - 5mm.
Scabbard - (buff leather) is included.
Blade has an edge and can be further sharpened.
Sheath has belt loop.
Horn handle.
1250~1300 CE

This baselard or basilard dagger has an I or H shaped hilt.
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The baselard (also basilard, baslard, in Middle French also badelare, bazelaire and variants, latininzed baselardus, basolardus etc., in Middle High German beseler, baseler, basler, pasler; baslermesser) is a historical type of dagger or short sword of the Late Middle Ages.

In modern use by antiquarians, the term baselard is mostly reserved for a type of 14th century weapon with an H-shaped handle[1] which evolved out of the 13th-century knightly dagger. Contemporary usage was less consequent, and the term in Middle French and Middle English could probably be applied to a wider class of large dagger. The term (in many spelling variants) first appears in the first half of the 14th century.

In modern use by antiquarians, the term baselard is mostly reserved for a type of 14th century weapon with an H-shaped handle which evolved out of the 13th-century knightly dagger. Contemporary usage was less consequent, and the term in Middle French and Middle English could probably be applied to a wider class of large dagger. The term (in many spelling variants) first appears in the first half of the 14th century. There is evidence that the term baselard is in origin a Middle French or Middle Latin corruption of the German basler [messer] "Basel knife".

Both the term baselard and the large dagger with H-shaped hilt or "baselard proper" appear by the mid 14th century. Several 14th-century attestations from france gloss the term as coutel "knife". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baselard


Size Overall: 360mm (14 inches)
Size Blade: 227mm (9 inches)
Size Handle: 130mm (5.25 inches)
Width of blade: 30mm (1.25 inches) 

Weight: 432 grams (not including sheath)

Blade Material: Steel
Handle Material: Horn
Scabbard: Leather

Combat Rating: 9 out of 10 - Tip too sharp and needs dulling.



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Warnervale Store
4/1 Burnet Road
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michael Lee
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This is quite an alright dagger, although I have some noteworthy complaints to share.

The edges of the horn handle are quite sharp and could do with some sanding down, and the buff sheath has no blade retention to speak of. While sitting on my belt it easily felt out multiple times and I just decided to not wear it in the end. Which is a shame because it is a very nice dagger to handle.

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