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.
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Fig. 789. Rondel dagger and sheath with Renaissance decoration
Of uncertain age, but in the style of the early years of the XVIth century Collection: the late M. Edmond Foulc, Paris
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Fig. 790. From a portrait attributed to Colin de Neufchâtel
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
