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<p>[QUOTE="Mill Cove Treasures, post: 120998, member: 60"]This souvenir dagger came from a large collection of knives and swords I had a few years ago. I thought I had sold them all and found this when I moved some things. The collection belonged to a reporter who traveled around the world in the late 1800s to about 1935. A couple of his swords had a note attached in his handwriting that read "grand tour". </p><p><br /></p><p>Since this dagger was hidden and unwrapped for the past few years, it tarnished on the plain side. I just tested it and it was a very weak positive for silver content. Definitely not sterling. Any idea what type of metal this is? My guess is that it came from Turkey or some other middle eastern country. Any thoughts on origin? It's 11" long. Thank you. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w44/Millcovetreasures/Dagger/All%20knives%20and%20swords%20078pswrs_zpsafxyafaj.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w44/Millcovetreasures/Dagger/P1190882FFF_zpsnlsuckpf.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w44/Millcovetreasures/Dagger/All%20knives%20and%20swords%20085psrs_zpsnpxw6hg7.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mill Cove Treasures, post: 120998, member: 60"]This souvenir dagger came from a large collection of knives and swords I had a few years ago. I thought I had sold them all and found this when I moved some things. The collection belonged to a reporter who traveled around the world in the late 1800s to about 1935. A couple of his swords had a note attached in his handwriting that read "grand tour". Since this dagger was hidden and unwrapped for the past few years, it tarnished on the plain side. I just tested it and it was a very weak positive for silver content. Definitely not sterling. Any idea what type of metal this is? My guess is that it came from Turkey or some other middle eastern country. Any thoughts on origin? It's 11" long. Thank you. [IMG]http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w44/Millcovetreasures/Dagger/All%20knives%20and%20swords%20078pswrs_zpsafxyafaj.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w44/Millcovetreasures/Dagger/P1190882FFF_zpsnlsuckpf.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w44/Millcovetreasures/Dagger/All%20knives%20and%20swords%20085psrs_zpsnpxw6hg7.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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