qsy-complains-a-lot:Caux ‘Snake-Head’ French nail daggerManufactured c.1915~18 by Henri Caux in Hesd
qsy-complains-a-lot:Caux ‘Snake-Head’ French nail daggerManufactured c.1915~18 by Henri Caux in Hesdin, France.All-steel construction, three-bar hilt, cross guard, flat diamond cross section.Also starting as no more than a bent 11mm thick piece of rebar, bent into a handle and flattened into a leaf blade, the French nail was quickly made into an exquisite work of cutlery by its main producer Henri Caux. This example labelled ‘the Trench Cleaner’ features the distinctive and elaborate snake head handle that could be find on the most high-end knives.Sauce : fabnatcyr, passionmilitaria.com -- source link