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[Crispvs]

Thanks for bringing this dagger to my attention. I've been trying to gather together as many pictures of pugiones as I could for the last couple of years and this one had so far escaped my notice. It looks to be a type B(I) sheath, judging by its decoration and apparent shape and the dagger may be a type C blade, judging by the shape of the point, although looks may be decieving. If it is a type C blade then the chances are that it will have a type II (rod) tang which will have been set into its handle by pressure alone rather than being pinned by any of the rivets or decorative pins. If I am right in identifying it as a type B sheath the metal will be present only on the front side of the sheath, as type B sheaths were probably made of wood and leather and simply fronted by an iron plate, rather than having both front and rear plates which joined at the edges like type A sheaths. I can't tell you much about the sheath on the left although I suspect that it might be type B(II). If anyone can tell me more about these daggers PLEASE do.<br>
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Unfortunately I don't know of anyone making type B sheaths, which is a pity because they are probably more accurate than type A sheaths for the middle half of the first century AD. I'm trying to make one myself at the moment but that probably doesn't count.<br>
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Anyway, thanks again for showing me a new dagger.<br>
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Crispvs <p></p><i></i>