WHAT DID I JUST BUY?? and Happy Easter for those who celebrate it.

kahnjar1 · 21st March 2008, 11:05 PM

Described as Tibetan but is it. Sorry pics not good but best I have until item arrives.
Regards Stu

Battara · 21st March 2008, 11:31 PM

I would say it was later Tibetan or later Bhutanese.

Happy Easter!

David · 22nd March 2008, 06:32 PM

I bought something very similar last Thanksgiving. Here is the link to the thread about it:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5669

kahnjar1 · 22nd March 2008, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by David

I bought something very similar last Thanksgiving. Here is the link to the thread about it:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5669

Thanks for the thoughts, and after seeing that link, I am wondering what the scabbard is actually made of! There is obviously some sort of corrosion on it so am really keen to investigate!!
Will post better pics when it arrives.

ZhenjieWu · 25th March 2008, 07:58 AM

I thinks this is probably a dagger widely used in North West of China, whose name is "Bao An" dao (Bao An is the name of one minority of China).

josh stout · 26th March 2008, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ZhenjieWu

I thinks this is probably a dagger widely used in North West of China, whose name is "Bao An" dao (Bao An is the name of one minority of China).

Please tell me more about the Bao An people and their weapons if you can. A friend of mine found me a knife like this in Qinghai province in 1993 while pretending to be an ethnic Moslem to escape travel restrictions on westerners. I understood the knife to be made by ethnic Tibetans. In general, the layered pattern of metals and horn in the handle and pommel is quite similar to Eastern Tibetan styles such as this one:

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j6...E5AEB600-1.jpg

Are the Bao An ethnic Tibetans, or are they a separate ethnic group, perhaps like the Yi with a Tibetan influence?
Thanks,
Josh

Battara · 26th March 2008, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by kahnjar1

I am wondering what the scabbard is actually made of!

Just based on these pctures alone, it looks like there is brass, white metal, and horn.

kahnjar1 · 26th March 2008, 04:12 AM

It is on the way so will post better pics when it arrives. Should have it tomorrow or next day.
Stuart

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