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 and back-edged, as though they were intended in emergency to receive the blow of a sword in the manner of the main gauche blades of the XVIIth century. The smaller daggers à rondelles appear generally to have had blades of flattened diamond-shaped section; but towards the close of the century it is not uncommon to find the section of the blades varying. Some were back-edged in combination with a double-edged point, and others are to be seen reinforced at the point, in the manner of the Indian peshkabz.

Of uncertain age, but in the style of the early years of the XVIth century Collection: the late M. Edmond Foulc, Paris

Showing the mid-XVIth century case of the rondel dagger Collection: Mr. George Durlacher

Before quitting the subject of the rondel dagger we must mention those of a hybrid nature, which, while retaining the "besague" form of guard, vary