Original Early 19th Century Burmese Elephant Tooth Dagger with Silver Mounted Sheath Category_Rear Sight Assembly 65 bore has a swivel

65 bore has a swivel ramrod which allowed a Dragoon to reload whilst on horseback without fear of dropping his ramrod

The Dutch vessel opened fire while still at a great distance and had over thirty smaller Dutch Gun boat vessels in support

one on either side of the blade

unlike the post war reproductions this plate seems to be authentic to the period

set at an assigned elevation angle for use with the front spider

Original Early 19th Century Burmese Elephant Tooth Dagger with Silver Mounted Sheath Category_Rear Sight Assembly 65 bore has a swivelOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This is fascinating, the hilt being a carved Elephant's tooth mounted onto a short dagger blade ,which shows much use probably from skinning game or possibly personal protection. 7 3 4" Overall length, the triple fullered blade is 5 1 2". Comes complete with a light wood scabbard with large silver top mount mouth piece. Intended to be worn next to the body in sash or loin cloth. Clearly very old and a real topic for