4 new daggers for comment

Lew · 13th June 2005, 04:41 AM

Hi Guys

Thus auction just ended I know one is a dha and the other maybe Hausa but what is that tusk hilted thing and what type of jambiya is it?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=6537683286

Lew

TVV · 13th June 2005, 05:23 AM

Congratulations Lew, I was watching this one as well but did not even get a bid in as I went for something else earlier today. I think the jambiya is of a type typical for Southern Iraq. As for the tusk hilted thing, I would also love to learn what it is, but it looks SE Asian to me, as its scabbard is similar to the scabbard of the dha dagger, which by the way is really nice.
Regards,
Teodor

Andrew · 13th June 2005, 05:28 AM

Wow! Great lot of knives, Lew. Congrats.

The small dha is really sweet. Mark has a few like this, and I believe he had Philip Tom polish one (two?). These come in a wide range of quality.

I'm with Teodor on the tusk-hilted knife. The scabbard and ferrule treatment really do look like a dha. The blade profile is a bit unusual for a dha, but not terribly. When you get it, if you could post some close-ups of the scabbard base and silver treatment, identification might be easier.

The tusk makes this something I now covet.

Ian · 13th June 2005, 05:32 AM

Hi Lew:

The tusk-hilted knife looks like a rehilted small dha. The tusk is from a boar. I've not seen a similar example before, and I suspect it is just an unusual replacement for the usual silver or ivory. Everything else about that one looks like northern Thai or Burmese work, usually lumped as "Hilltribe" craftmanship.

Ian.

Oriental-Arms · 13th June 2005, 04:27 PM

The Jambiya is indeed Iraqi, southern Iraq, from around Basra. Sometime called Marsh Dagger after the many marsh area around Basra

Lew · 19th June 2005, 02:31 AM

Hi Guys

Snapped off a few pics after I clean the daggers up so here they are.

Lew

RobT · 19th June 2005, 06:35 AM

The arm dagger that you show has the same type of scabbard drag as the one in Flavio's thread of June 7 (Sudanese Dagger for Comment). The blade and hilt shapes however are very different. I also have a number of pieces with this same type of drag and widely varient hilt and blade styles (one isn't even an arm dagger). Does anyone know why this one feature should be found on so many different hilt and blade types?
Sincerely,
RobT

Flavio · 19th June 2005, 11:47 AM

Hello guys. Rob is right, the sudanese dagger is quite similar to mine but in Spring's book there is an identical one.

13th June 2005, 04:41 AM	#1
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	4 new daggers for comment Hi Guys Thus auction just ended I know one is a dha and the other maybe Hausa but what is that tusk hilted thing and what type of jambiya is it? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=6537683286 Lew

13th June 2005, 04:27 PM	#5
Oriental-Arms Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Haifa, Israel Posts: 183	Marsh Dagger The Jambiya is indeed Iraqi, southern Iraq, from around Basra. Sometime called Marsh Dagger after the many marsh area around Basra

19th June 2005, 02:31 AM	#6
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Hi Guys Snapped off a few pics after I clean the daggers up so here they are. Lew Attached Images

19th June 2005, 06:35 AM	#7
RobT Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 493	The arm dagger The arm dagger that you show has the same type of scabbard drag as the one in Flavio's thread of June 7 (Sudanese Dagger for Comment). The blade and hilt shapes however are very different. I also have a number of pieces with this same type of drag and widely varient hilt and blade styles (one isn't even an arm dagger). Does anyone know why this one feature should be found on so many different hilt and blade types? Sincerely, RobT

19th June 2005, 11:47 AM	#8
Flavio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Italia Posts: 1,243	Hello guys. Rob is right, the sudanese dagger is quite similar to mine but in Spring's book there is an identical one. Attached Images

13th June 2005, 05:23 AM	#2
TVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,624	Congratulations Lew, I was watching this one as well but did not even get a bid in as I went for something else earlier today. I think the jambiya is of a type typical for Southern Iraq. As for the tusk hilted thing, I would also love to learn what it is, but it looks SE Asian to me, as its scabbard is similar to the scabbard of the dha dagger, which by the way is really nice. Regards, Teodor

13th June 2005, 05:28 AM	#3
Andrew Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: USA Posts: 1,725	Wow! Great lot of knives, Lew. Congrats. The small dha is really sweet. Mark has a few like this, and I believe he had Philip Tom polish one (two?). These come in a wide range of quality. I'm with Teodor on the tusk-hilted knife. The scabbard and ferrule treatment really do look like a dha. The blade profile is a bit unusual for a dha, but not terribly. When you get it, if you could post some close-ups of the scabbard base and silver treatment, identification might be easier. The tusk makes this something I now covet.

13th June 2005, 05:32 AM	#4
Ian Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Aussie Bush Posts: 4,200	Hi Lew: The tusk-hilted knife looks like a rehilted small dha. The tusk is from a boar. I've not seen a similar example before, and I suspect it is just an unusual replacement for the usual silver or ivory. Everything else about that one looks like northern Thai or Burmese work, usually lumped as "Hilltribe" craftmanship. Ian.