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16th July 2005, 01:46 PM
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PESH KABZ DAGGER FOR COMMENT
Hi Guys
This is an interesting pesh it seems to be made more like a khyber knife and it looks old but not 19th century maybe an early 20th century. It seems quite beefy to me and looks to be of good quailty. Let me know what you think? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...DME:L:RTQ:US:1 Lew |
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16th July 2005, 02:54 PM
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Hi Lew,
I think you're right. The brass washers on the pins are a nice touch, I don't remember seeing that feature on one before. -d |
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16th July 2005, 04:41 PM
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Rivets Same Style
This could be a late 19C. pesh .
I have a late 19thC. French kitchen knife with the same type of rivets that I purchased from Lee Valley Tools some years ago . They had found a large stock of unused antique cutlery and were selling it in their catalogue . The mark on the blade is a devil running with a pitchfork . 
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25th November 2005, 07:14 PM
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Hi All
Well I finally received the pesh. It is quite stout the spine measures in around 7/16" the blade is 11" long it seems old but has been cleaned up nicely. It looks like it was forged from a large file or rasp there are still remnants of the file teeth in one part of the blade. Hear are a few pics for the record. Lew |
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25th November 2005, 09:00 PM
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Nice find
Hi Lew:
Like a choora -- but not quite. I wonder if this is a relatively recent Uzbeck or Pakistan knife. Or from a group thereabout. The cloth covering on the sheath is atypical for the usual Khyber knives, which have leather-covered wooden sheaths, and may offer a clue to its origins. Interesting piece. Did this one come from Sue? Ian. |
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25th November 2005, 09:25 PM
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Yes it came from Sue. I don't think this is a recently made dagger there is quite a bit of age on the tang and the horn also has age I would place it's age around the begining of the 20th century to about 1920 but it could be as late as the 1940s its hard to say due to the cleaning. I did some tests on some heavy corrugated card board and it went through it with little effort. I would hate to be on the receiving end of this beasty  Lew Lew |
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