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Old 19th July 2022, 04:02 PM   #1
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Default Help with knife IDs, please

I'd welcome advice on the origins of these two knives, please. Unfortunately I only have these images:

The first knife is about 7 inches long, with a leather sheaf. I understand the hilt is bone.

The second knife is a little shorter and the sheaf (wooden underneath) has a separate round compartment.

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Old 19th July 2022, 04:38 PM   #2
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Your Top one is a Cretan typical hunting knife. Most come with an engraved Greek message on the blade. (mine below) Yours looks like an older version.

Your Bottom one is a Celanese (Sri Lanka) Pia Kaetta, a knife carried by royal courtiers.
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Old 19th July 2022, 08:26 PM   #3
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Your Top one is a Cretan typical hunting knife. Most come with an engraved Greek message on the blade. (mine below) Yours looks like an older version.

Your Bottom one is a Celanese (Sri Lanka) Pia Kaetta, a knife carried by royal courtiers.
Kronckew,

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