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Lot 7030
Sale 2009 - Arms, Armor and Militaria Online
Lots Open
Jun 26, 2024
Lots Close
Jul 9, 2024
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$300 -
500
Price Realized
$840
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Lot of 2 Ethnographic Edged Weapons: Main Gauche and Tabar Axe
1.) 17.5" blade length. 23.5" overall with hilt. Straight double-edged dagger featuring a medial ridge set in a red textile wrapped hilt with the tang retained by a tamper-resistant screw. Item features a crossguard with curved and twisted quillons, and a clamshell pattern guard rolled over the top that is mated to the crossguard with two screws. Item shows an illegible maker mark on the ricasso. Named Main Gauche, meaning "Left Hand", daggers of this pattern were intended to be carried in the offhand of a fencer wielding a sword in his strong hand. The construction methods of this item suggest it is most likely from the Nineteenth Century.
2.) 5.5" blade width. 25.25" overall length. Battle axe featuring an iron handle with octagonally faceted grip, an back and point spikes, this axe displays no recognizable manufacturer markings with some light engraving surrounding the socket. A length of old chain, likely from wall mounting, remains about the haft.

