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Old 21st May 2020, 11:19 AM   #1
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Default 19th century bone knife

dimensions:

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)
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Old 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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Old 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 !
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Old 21st May 2020, 02:19 PM   #4
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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 !
no precious stones I would say but then again I am not a specialist on precious stones and semi precious stones ...
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.

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Old 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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Old 22nd May 2020, 08:40 AM   #6
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I suggest to read carefully this thread

http://vikingsword.com/vb/showthread...t=bosnian+pala


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Old 29th September 2022, 07:33 PM   #7
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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.
cornelian: a translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony = transparent quartz
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