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Hello to all
can you give me the origin of these two knives the largest measuring 33 cm long, blade 18 cm There is a marking on the blade rest the handle is in ivory the small measuring 24.5 cm long, the blade 13 cm a marking on the blade the handle is in ivory the scabbard is made of leather with drawings |
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the small knife
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We have had a thread on these knives sometime in the past year. Not sure if the origins were definitely decided. Anyone have the link?
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It may be this thread .... http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5314 Kind Regards David |
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Hmmm, I've seen several attributions for these knives. All with some merit. But I've never seen one with a scabbard, until now.
The scabbard on this example reminds me of some Khodmi scabbards. |
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that might be this one: Thread link
do a search on 'khodmi', there are more threads with this style. on this particular knife style the opinions vary from scandanavia to north africa, and to tibet and burma on the other side. it might even BE a khodmi. or not. i'd be safe to say it is probably NOT n. or s. american. ![]() the red dotted circle motif seems to be universal, or worldwide. |
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My guess is that these are from Tibet. I saw the same type of knives on the border area between Nepal and Tibet when I was trawelling there on 2007.
Regards, Timo |
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hi,
i recently got two of these on eBay. the seller seemed to think they were from Assam. rather mysterious given all teh comments. cheers, skip |
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We have had discussions on a number of knives and a Ram Dao with similar markings . This Ram Dao is attributed to Assam notice the markings on the blade .....click the appropriate pic to enlarge..
Regards David Last edited by Robert; 6th August 2013 at 06:26 PM. Reason: Links to items being offered for sale are expressly prohibited by forum rules. |
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