I personally, like Pesho, am a textbook type of guy.
His is an excellent description of what he has identified as two "textbook" types of daggers. That is what I prefer.
But there are too many examples of variations in not only Bulgarian but Yugoslav, Romanian and German that are totally legitimate and totally not "textbook".
In the end, it comes down to price. How much a person is willing to pay. To me the textbook examples are worth more. Others may see different.
Paulj, in my opinion the lack of the leaf decoration is not a detraction. MOre of a variation to justify buying another one.
This is all just my conjecture guys so your opinion is as good as mine.
Jim
