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16th August 2014, 11:13 PM
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Indian??? knife
This one just finished on eBay. I'm having trouble placing its origin. Thoughts?
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17th August 2014, 12:40 AM
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Congratulations, I was was hoping nobody would notice this. If I am correct, it is a 19thC Indian Jamdhar Katari.
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17th August 2014, 01:04 AM
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Thanks Russell. Yes, I think you are correct.
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17th August 2014, 05:57 AM
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Russell is on the money - an Indian katari.
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17th August 2014, 03:35 PM
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I apologize for my bad English. This Afghan knife worn tribes living in the Hindu Kush. |
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17th August 2014, 06:40 PM
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I tried to identify the origin of a similar one [image attached] last year. The British Museum Handbook to Ethnographic collections illustrates an example (plate 42 s) and says it "is the national dagger of the Kafirs of the Hindu Kush" - so I put the locality down as Kafiristan. Does anybody know more about them ?
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