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Posted: **Tue Dec 30, 2025 2:37 pm**

We're on holiday, and these are in the Bargello museum...

Posted: **Tue Dec 30, 2025 2:38 pm**

And a few other knives from their collection...

Posted: **Tue Dec 30, 2025 3:23 pm**

beresman wrote: ↑Tue Dec 30, 2025 2:37 pm We're on holiday, and these are in the Bargello museum...

Those are amazing, Brent! Thanks for showing those historical pieces!

Posted: **Tue Dec 30, 2025 3:30 pm**

Are the dragon heads ivory ? thanks for the great pics

Posted: **Tue Dec 30, 2025 4:27 pm**

yes, they are ivory. And the one retains a bit of the gilding on the blade.

Posted: **Tue Dec 30, 2025 6:31 pm**

Very cool, thanks for posting them.

I wonder if there's any human DNA on any of these? The Medici were ruthless in a dark time period.

Posted: **Wed Dec 31, 2025 9:08 am**

1967redrider wrote: ↑Tue Dec 30, 2025 6:31 pm Very cool, thanks for posting them.

I wonder if there's any human DNA on any of these? The Medici were ruthless in a dark time period.

True enough! They wouldn't let me take a DNA sample, so I can't tell you...

Posted: **Wed Dec 31, 2025 9:15 pm**

beresman wrote: ↑Wed Dec 31, 2025 9:08 am
1967redrider wrote: ↑Tue Dec 30, 2025 6:31 pm Very cool, thanks for posting them.

I wonder if there's any human DNA on any of these? The Medici were ruthless in a dark time period.
True enough! They wouldn't let me take a DNA sample, so I can't tell you...

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Table knives from the Medici era in Florence, Italy

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