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Originally Posted by BANTARU
Hey Everyone. Hope you are well. I am the terminator. lol
ok so I recently came into acquisition of the beautiful, old 9-ringer Khanjar, from the late-18th to early-19th Century. It has a Rhino horn hilt, silver and leather scabard.
Ive searched a lot online for pictures of original (by this I mean 'antique'. ofcourse new ones are original as well) Khanjars , but the maximum number of rings I found were 8, and even these were not so common.
ofcourse if you have come across 9-ringers, feel free to share the pics with me and disappoint me. 
and ofc, I would like to hear your experienced opinions about this dagger.
so here are the pics. Ill take more later. |
Salaams BANTARU ~ Interesting. Hmmm.... Oh welcome to the forum by the way...
This is an odd one... aren't they all? The 4 rings along the top forming the main belt section ~ and the biggest of the rings...in a straight line look original..so if I was looking for the added ring it has to be one of the others... Firstly this looks like an 8 ringer Muscat Khanjar not a Royal Khanjar though the scabbards are similar.. It looks like it has spent a decade or two in Salalah...in the mountains on a Jebali waist...but the additional 9th ring... who can tell...? Nice one ... it should clean up very nicely. I would be more cautious with the date ... 60 years old or 80 perhaps?
For a broad look at Khanjars see
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...omani+khanjars
and an 8 ringer with similar design features see
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...omani+khanjars
Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.