12-14-2008, 12:03 PM
I don't think so Jim for looking at the ring it does not appear to go around the centre pin of the frog stud, and even if it had in the past the frog disc could not have come out thro' that ring it looks too tight for that. There is however the situation of was this frog found with that particular dagger from Vidonissa, or is this just a display that was put together by the museum. I think the thing we should be looking at is the style of the dagger suspension system for it is a very long tube with a large ring, most unlike the normal types, if the ring was still complete then I would say yes it may well have just clipped over the frog and this would support your idea with no leather at all.
Brian Stobbs
