My eastern kindjal ;)

[francantolin]

Hello,

I just received this kindjal with silver sheath and niello,
small-medium piece: 51cm long overall.
Interesting with his small ''chain''

Do you think it's a russian kindjal ? an armenian- caucasian qama-kindjal ??,

I only found one stamp-signature-date ?

What do you think about his age-origin ?

Kind regards

[francantolin]

Here a date ( 91 ?? ) - signature ?
On the basis of the blade
and the chiseled scabbard

[francantolin]

Or read in this side :

Two arabic letters ?
'' Ta '' + '' Ha ''?

Initials of the owner ? the bladesmith ?


( + a picture of the nice horn hilt for share )


Kind regards

[ariel]

A plank connecting handle bosses is seen often on Turkish kindjals. Decorative element on the scabbard do not look Caucasian to me.

[francantolin]

Hello Ariel,

Thank you for your comment !

So the ''flowers'' decoration scabbard can be ottoman/turkish ?

I can explain what I found a little weird:

when I looked for all silver/metal scabbard kindjal,
I only found pieces combined with all silver/metal hilts.

I saw this kind of hilt only associated with ''two chapes scabbards '' ( and leather or velvet in the middle )...

So I thought about a kindjal not associated with his original scabbard...

But the blade fits perfectly in and the reverse hilt decoration seems good too with the scabbard...

[Kubur]

First very nice piece
It's not Turkish and it's not rhino. IMHO