Victorian Scottish Young Man's Dirk, engraved blade, sold

A very good young man's Victorian Scottish dirk with finely etched blade in very good condition.

This is a very well made youth's Scottish dirk. The 22.5 cm tapering blade, some small amounts of patina, notched along the back and etched with thistles over its entire length on one side, and with foliage over the other, ebonised baluster grip (old split) cut with trelliswork set with silver studs on the outside, and silver mounts including pommel set with a piece of faceted glass against foil, in original wood-lined black leather scabbard with silver mounts engraved with thistles, the by-knife and fork en suite, all in good to very good condition, overall length 33cm when sheathed.

A very lovely dirk at a bargain price. Further / full sized pictures available upon request. Please quote item reference number E74 (843).