Medieval dagger chape, 12th/13th century

[folkert]

Found today:

 

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[Southcacalaky]

Interesting item, can you explain this please HH Art...

 

[Snee]

Nice find I guess...although, yeah, I really don't know what it's supposed to be...

 

[folkert]

This item was mounted as a guard at the tip of a dagger sheath. (I hope I use the right terms)

 

[trk5capt]

Interesting item, can you explain this please HH Art...

Did it go at the throat or tip of the Sheath trk5capt...

 

[roswellborn]

I gave up and looked it up on www.dictionary.com .

Here's what they had to say:

"A metal tip or mounting on a scabbard or sheath."

So, I guess it's more or less the tip end, but apparently can include a good part of the sheath -

You can kinda see on the picture where it gets skinnier for the point.

Pretty cool!

Nan