Tim

Great looking dagger, what's the weight?

Do you have anymore pics to post?


This dagger would fit the definition of an "Anlace or Misericorde Dagger" nicely.


From The Complete Encyclopedia Of Arms & Weapons edited by Leonid Tarassuk & Claude Blair

Anlace (or anelace)
A form of the medieval French alenas which has the same root as the modern French alène (an awl) and refers to a medieval DAGGER with a stiff narrow pointed blade.

Misericorde
A term for daggers found in French and English texts of the 14th and 15th centuries; it probably referred to the daggers carried in combat by Knights. It subsequently became a romantic term for a dagger with a thin, pointed blade designed to penetrate mail or the joints between plates of armor. It was thought that a victim knocked to the ground or wounded pleaded for misericordia ("mercy") from the warrior closing in to finish him off; hence the modern name of this dagger.

Danny

I don't have the weight, but it's pretty light. Can''t be more than a pound if it's even that. Here's a few more pics including a progress shot. Glad you like it!

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Again, very nice and mine is getting close to the point where Michael might post some pics: I've seen the blade pre-heat treat and clean up pics and it looks awesome.