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Originally Posted by Manolo

Thanks for the pic!
I can see the resemblance...but your scabbard has geometric motifs tooled into the leather and wood it seems, and the nib at the tip is much like my own kurdish khajar.
Now that I look at this weird scabbard, it looks like it's coated in pitch or something to make it hard...it isn't bear leather like on my khukri scabbards.

-some more comparative pics...
Emanuel

Bear leather??? I have many kukris and always thought they were yak, sheep, or goat leather. Please post one of bear leather.

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