Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1450 - 1500; Classification(s): weapons, ballock dagger, casting (process), blade and lobes cast, the hilt carved; Acquisition: bequeathed by Henderson, James Stewart, 1933-03-16 [HEN.M.302-1933]
Description: Dagger of Balloak form, the hilt of wood. No pommel or cap, just rounded at the top. Very phallic in shape. The lobes are furnished with a deep ferrule of steel, with latten inserts, between them and the top of the blade, which is of very stout, back-edged triangular section, the faces hollowed.