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21st May 2020, 11:19 AM | #1 |
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19th century bone knife
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total length: 17,8 cm blade: 8cm handle: 8 cm further info: 2 rivets in handle wooden scabberd coverd by iron remark: - same marks at both sides of the blade - metal does not go to the end of the handle but 2 cm below ( as one can see from the last 2 bottom piucture unlike Balkan daggers/ knives or bichaqs) |
21st May 2020, 01:39 PM | #2 |
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Nice little knife! Yes, Balkan, Greece, in this direction I would look. I think that others will be able to give you better informations as I am.
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21st May 2020, 01:49 PM | #3 |
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Interesting, what are the "stones" in the handle ? teinted glass, semi or precious stone ?
That's nice to see that kind of pieces ! |
21st May 2020, 02:19 PM | #4 | |
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but they look like the stones some Bosnian yataghans are decorated with and very small approx Ø of 0,15 cm Remarkable For such a small knife that both sides of the blade have the same mark an eyelid kind of form Accompanied by 3 dots left and right. Last edited by gp; 21st May 2020 at 09:58 PM. |
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22nd May 2020, 03:08 AM | #5 |
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Hard to tell from the pictures, but the "gems" could also be colored bone, which I have seen on hilts like this before.
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22nd May 2020, 08:40 AM | #6 |
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29th September 2022, 07:33 PM | #7 |
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