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A JAPANESE HACHIWARA ARMOR-PIERCING DAGGER

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 150.00 USD
A JAPANESE HACHIWARA ARMOR-PIERCING DAGGER
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 16 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 300 lots of choice antique arms and armor including armor, helmets, shields, swords, daggers, battleaxes, maces, halberds, matchlocks, flintlocks and percussion pieces will be offered. Our fine selection for 2013 includes broadswords, baskethilts, shamshirs, shashkas, palas, kindjals, khanjars, tulwars and spears, as well as chain mail and breastplates. This sale will also include important swords and daggers from the Greek War of Independence and the armor of the K...
Reputedly used for piercing helmets, the robust, quadrangular blade with hooked forte. The blade retained in the wooden grip by a pin. Mid-late 19th century .Areas of pitting .Overall length 40.7 cm. Condition III