|
17th September 2024, 10:12 PM | #1 |
Member
Join Date: Jun 2019
Posts: 116
|
Jade hilted khyber knife
Dear members,
Here the khyber knife I had the chance to get , These are the pictures of.the auctionhouse I hope I will receive it soon. The jade hilt is interesting , I saw a lot of 1900 and recent peshkabz with this kind of hilt of average quality but I hope this one is a good one and I just found one indian ''khyber knife'' with jade hilt. The blade seems good too but has no special decorations or engravings, or damascening . ''Just' a good fighting weapon more than a parade tchi tchi one ?? |
17th September 2024, 10:28 PM | #2 |
Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 1,253
|
There is a chance this might be wootz.
|
17th September 2024, 11:29 PM | #3 |
Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Germany, Dortmund
Posts: 8,892
|
Would agree with Gustav!
|
18th September 2024, 12:26 AM | #4 |
Member
Join Date: Jun 2019
Posts: 116
|
Thank you for your messages !
Yes it is fine wootz , that's what said the auctionhouse, Said too it was not common to have a high quality blade and hilt on a ''fighting'' or ''military'' model . Maybe made for an high rank army member... I will post pictures when I'll receive it. |
27th September 2024, 11:53 AM | #5 |
Member
Join Date: Jun 2019
Posts: 116
|
I finallyreceived it,
I'm going to clean it soon and see what's going on with the blade. Interesting on the scabbard the first 7 holes with fake rubies or some kind of resin. Have any of you ever seen something like this ? Another thing I wanted to highlight was the small size of this Khyber, 48 cm long. Could it not be a large Indian kard which would then have been mounted with an Afghan military type scabbard at the end of the 19th century? |
27th September 2024, 11:56 AM | #6 |
Member
Join Date: Jun 2019
Posts: 116
|
A kard like this one ?
|
|
|