"Smiling skull" SS dagger - 12/09/2017 10:23 PM
I'm curious what other collectors think abut the "smiling skull" chained SS dagger Tom Witmann has listed on his site . I have not seen this variation listed in any reference book or web site out there. Is this a known pattern? Is this one of those daggers that will always have questions surrounding it? I have searched the forums and not found any discussion about it. I was told by a well known collector that the dagger is "very questionable" but nobody will dare say so because of who is selling it. I'm not trying to step on anybody's ego, I just thought it would make an interesting discussion.
The first thing I thought when the dagger was brought to my attention was that the chain looked like a "one off", perhaps period made by a jeweler?
The first thing I thought when the dagger was brought to my attention was that the chain looked like a "one off", perhaps period made by a jeweler?