Knives: origin???

[ariel]

I got them in a moment of moral weakness....
They are just too pretty.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=360075222426

Now, the question: are they truly Tibetan or more Northern, such as Dzhungar, Buryat etc?

[Dom]

Originally Posted by ariel

I got them in a moment of moral weakness....
They are just too pretty.

don't need for a weakness moment
they are very attractive, it's true
even if in my case, they 'r not very old
I got them 15 years ago for 2 or 3 peanuts ... no more

Originally Posted by ariel

Now, the question: are they truly Tibetan or more Northern, such as Dzhungar, Buryat etc?

no idea ... so sorry

à +

Dom

[ariel]

Guys,
Sorry for bumping it up: bad manners
But I just cannot believe that nobody here knows more about these knives!
How about some effort to help an ignorant friend? ( I am being a bit manipulative, I know...)

[David]

Well Ariel, the pictures aren't all that good to go on....however, from what i can tell, and i know little on the subject, Tibet could well be the origin of these knives. Here's a link to a thread on a knife i own which i believe to be Tibetan. Note the similarities in the hilt construction.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5669

[ward]

Those are from the Black Sea area Ariel.
No really they are Tibetan probably around Chinese takeover period

[ariel]

Originally Posted by ward

Those are from the Black Sea area Ariel.
No really they are Tibetan probably around Chinese takeover period

South Ossetia?
I just saw the "pics" from e-bay... Indeed, horror....
But, still, I did not mean Dom's knives...
I'll have to make my own pics and post them. They look much older than Dalai Lama's silverware.
And, as the origin goes, I was thinking exactly along the lines of Ausjulius in the earlier thread.