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1st June 2007, 09:07 PM | #1 |
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Curved Kinjal ? Any good ?
Hi, just acquired this Kingal, not so certain about the age ...seems OK though.
Is it a reasonable basic example. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...DME:L:RTQ:UK:1 |
1st June 2007, 09:25 PM | #2 |
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It sure looks like a jambiya to me and not a kindjal. Her is one I owned some time ago which is more kindjalish than the one you have I like yours and would place it late 19th or early 20th century the scabbard looks Balkin or Kurdish to me.
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2nd June 2007, 01:50 AM | #3 | |
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Hi Lew and thanks, for some reason I....like the seller....ID'ed it as a Kindjal... me because of the kindjalish ( nice technical term Lew) hilt. Still, hopefully its better than the picture. Kronckew's Kard (another thread) came from the same source and looks like a nice example Thats a nice knife Lew , so now the quest is to find a 'proper' Kindjal Regards David |
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2nd June 2007, 07:24 AM | #4 |
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i always think of mine as a bendy kindjal
because of the grips studded on one side. guess they are a form of jambiya, but as i do not like yemeni or arabian jambiya, i'll have difficulty of thinking its related to one of these: saw quite a few of them in saudi shops in al khobar and dammam over the years, always thought they were crude & overdressed....and the silver is a bi**h to keep clean. (i gather there are a few better shops in riyadh but i never got that far west) |
2nd June 2007, 05:52 PM | #5 |
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OK guys,
I think your bendy sort of kindjalish dagger has a blade that looks sort of Black Sea yataghanish (although daggerish size)with the subtle recurve and the hilt looks kind of Kurdish-ish. Since the Black Sea 'yataghans' ( also Laz bichagi) are also identified as Kurdish-Armenian, maybe this might be Kurdish-Armenianish janbiyya? Best regards, Jim |
3rd June 2007, 09:03 PM | #6 |
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Kronc, to me it looks typical of a ww2 or earlier Bedouin Shibria or shibrya Ive had quite a few & lots of them were fairly much identicle to yours.
They usualy turn up around the Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Syria & sinai area They are related to Jambia in a way but I often wonder if they were originaly made from tips of yataghan bayonets? Ive still got a couple but ones a silver & nielo scabbard & grip & a brass wrapped one with a blade made from a file, but they have the 2 prong top rather than the triangle tip of yours. But many have the triangle tip as well. Spiral |
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