Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Ottoman/Albanian Khanjar scabbard markings

kronckew · 21st August 2023, 12:10 AM

I still think it's Kurdish. Kurds occupy a rather large part of eastern Türkiye, as well as in Iran/Iraq.

My Ottoman Kurdish jambiya/khanjar, it's wootz, by the way:

Yours is just a bigger fancier version.

21st August 2023, 12:10 AM	#16
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,205	I still think it's Kurdish. Kurds occupy a rather large part of eastern Türkiye, as well as in Iran/Iraq. My Ottoman Kurdish jambiya/khanjar, it's wootz, by the way: Yours is just a bigger fancier version. Attached Images