Fight Medieval: The Boarstooth Fight School

Every now and then, I am going to try and post a short review of something that the school or myself personally have bought. I’m not going to fill pages with negative/positive comments on things,simply, if I don’t like it I won’t talk about it, if I really really like it, I will say so… this is the first of our “really likes”

Enjoy…

I went to the Herstmonceux festival last year where Todd had a stall and, although most of his work is of either functional (plain, well made no frills) or very nice, two pieces stood out to me. One a small German knife, I was, sadly, unable to obtain, but is in my opinion one of the finest feeling knives I’ve ever held. Fortunately, it is the possession of a friend so I at least get to see it every now and then.

This bollock dagger however, is the knife I chose.

It stood out for it’s fine finish, feel and general heft, the look too is very pleasing, with both the Ebony handle and scabbard a very rich deep black. It is clearly a stabbing dagger, the blade being a strong triangle, the base of which is 2cm and the other sides 1cm each(tapering of course) this gives it an exceptionally acute point. The finish of the blade is spotless and finely finished.

The hilt is fantastic, the carving on the Ebony handle smooth and even, the tang is finished with a small rounded washer and is again finished smoothly and well.
And much to my delight the bollocks are even.

The fit of the blade to the hilt is immaculate with no visible junction on the flat, and the smallest possible spacing on the sides (tiny, too small to slip a slither of paper into).

The scabbard/sheath, is well finished, the stitching good and even.

It’s rare that “I have to have” an item, this is one such, I came back to the dagger seven or eight times, over the course of the day. The finish, the workmanship, the feel, are all of the highest standard, I could not be happier with my purchase.