its a knife, but what kind. BIG PICTURES ADDED!

[dank]

hey all, i found this detecting on a beach in the lower Puget Sound of Washington State. it was encrusted in a ball of rust the size of a 16oz pop bottle. i do know that there was a Lotta Spanish activity at this beach and was hope it was a old Spanish dagger. it does have a slot down one side of the blade, a friend told me this is so that when you stab something it can be pulled back out easier(breaks the suction)
its about 9 inches long and went threw 2 days of electrolysis to get it looking like that..
any help would be SO cool..
thanks Dank.

 

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[Goodyguy]

Re: its a knife, but what kind.

Great pictures!

 

[dank]

Re: its a knife, but what kind.

thanks for your responce, i was hoping someone here would have known about knives and recognized the shape and been able to give me a good guess on the age/ origin.
thanks. dank

 

[BioProfessor]

Re: its a knife, but what kind.

BIGGER is better.

Daryl

 

[dank]

Re: its a knife, but what kind.

BIGGER is better.

Daryl

my girlfriend says the same thing! o you meen the knife, or no the picture. im not sure how to do that but ill look into it and see if i can figure it out.
thanks dank

 

[Drache]

Re: its a knife, but what kind.

BIGGER is better.

Daryl

my girlfriend says the same thing! o you meen the knife, or no the picture. im not sure how to do that but ill look into it and see if i can figure it out.
thanks dank

Use the highest megapixel setting on your digital camera, the more MP the higher the resolution (aka size) of your picture to begin with.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: its a knife, but what kind.

Take the picture outside in daylight with a darker background and use the Macro setting. (flower icon)

 

[dank]

Re: its a knife, but what kind.

Take the picture outside in daylight with a darker background and use the Macro setting. (flower icon)

hah!! daylight!!! im in washington state , its like dusk all day long here. just kidding we have a few good days, illl use a better camera more light and a darker background as suggested. that other pic is from my cell phone.. yikes i know
dank

 

[Th3rty7]

Re: its a knife, but what kind.

I've no idea as to Iding old pieces of metal, but that a nice find, looks like a combat blade imo. danks for showing that one.

 

[trikikiwi]

Re: its a knife, but what kind.

It certainly appears purposeful.
More pics welcome
Mike

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: its a knife, but what kind.

Take the picture outside in daylight with a darker background and use the Macro setting. (flower icon)

hah!! daylight!!! im in washington state , its like dusk all day long here. just kidding we have a few good days, illl use a better camera more light and a darker background as suggested. that other pic is from my cell phone.. yikes i know
dank

When I take pics indoors, I find a halogen light directly overhead works well.

I think you are talking about the blood groove. http://www.nakededgecutlery.com/bloodgrooves.htm

 

[dank]

yea i was thinken the whole suction thing was a myth too.
the new bigger pics should give ya a better look.

 

[Old River]

It is shaped like a throwing knife. Flat from one end to the other. The ones I've seen didn't have handles on them, the were all metal.

 

[72cheyenne]

I agree, it looks like a throwing knife.

 

[Drache]

actually I don't think it's a throwing knife but more inline with a boot knife/dagger. Generally a throwing knife will be double edged blade where as this knife only has a single edge.

 

[72cheyenne]

actually I don't think it's a throwing knife but more inline with a boot knife/dagger. Generally a throwing knife will be double edged blade where as this knife only has a single edge.

Here's some single edge throwing knives.

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

i agree it is a boot knife...the 'ridge' along the blade are the remains of the scabbard.

 

[72cheyenne]

i agree it is a boot knife...the 'ridge' along the blade are the remains of the scabbard.

That is a possibility. Most of the boot knife scabbards I have found are either leather or plastic though.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

It looks like you preserved it very well with the electrolysis but I cant help with the ID sorry. Strange that it appears to have had no handle. The steel itself is in the shape of the handle.

 

[Drache]

i agree it is a boot knife...the 'ridge' along the blade are the remains of the scabbard.

That "groove" is a just the "blood groove" or whatever the official name of it is.

And yes I know that SOME throwing knives have single edge blades, that's why I said "Generally".