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Just picked up this interesting item from epray and now need everyones help in its identification. It was listed as "Antique Indo Persian Mughal Ottoman Turkish Ram Dagger Knanjar Knife Scabbard" but if it is I have never seen one like it. It has a carved horn hilt with a 9 inch blade and an overall length of 13 inches. A few auction pictures below. Any and all help that is offered will be greatly appreciated.
Regards, Robert Last edited by Robert Coleman; 17th December 2012 at 12:14 PM. |
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i've really a big doubt about the classification as ; - Indo Persian Mughal Ottoman Turkish as you said; I have never seen one like it ... me too ![]() i'm watching it ... more from Asia, even, from Far-East ![]() interresting and pleasant knife anyway, good catch ![]() all the best à + Dom |
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Hello Robert,
uups, you did it again! ![]() ![]() BTW, very nice and interesting knife! ![]() Best regards, Detlef Last edited by Sajen; 17th December 2012 at 02:04 PM. |
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Look for example the scabbard from my tenegre, very similar brass attachments.
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Hello Dom, and thank you for your kind words. To say the least the description is very misleading. I too believe that this is from South-East Asia, possibly the Philippines.
Detlef, I am sorry if I out bid you on this but because of the way epray is hiding the bidders identity I did not know that you were bidding on it. I use a bidding service and placed a bid on this when it was first listed and do not check back until the auction is over. This keeps me from getting caught up in the bidding and possibly bidding more than I want or can afford on an item. What caught my eye on this piece is that it looks to be sharpened on the longer of the two sides of the blade and the strange carving of the hilt. The horn itself on this piece also looks a bit odd. While the scabbard does look like it might be from the Visayans I believe that I have also seen scabbards of this style on Thai pieces. I too am waiting to see what the experts have to say about this interesting knife. I am adding a couple of somewhat clearer pictures of the hilt that will hopefully help show the carving and the graining of the horn better. Thank you both for your help and interest. Regards, Robert Last edited by Robert Coleman; 17th December 2012 at 03:46 PM. |
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Interesting to see an elephant depicted on a Philippine knife if that is where it came from .
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Good point Rick. The scabbard is like many from Burma. There be elephants?
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I know that I have seen this blade profile before but as usual I cannot remember where.
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Hello Rick, I am not sure if it should be an elepfant. ![]() ![]() Tim, yes there are elephants in Burma. That it could come from there is an option. Regards, Detlef |
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Hello Detlef, Like Rick I am pretty sure that this is supposed to represent an elephants head with the trunk and the short tusk shown quite clearly. The small ears would be an Asian elephant if memory serves me correctly. How the seller could see a rams head in this carving is beyond me.
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have to agree, I have seen in the tusks the mouth of the figure. So is Tim maybe correct, Thailand, Burma seems a very good point. Hope that someone will be able to tell us more. Regards, Detlef |
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the scabbard looks Burmese or Thai...nice win!
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The dagger arrived today so here are a few pictures. The hilt material does not look like the water buffalo horn that I am used to seeing. There are a couple of pictures of the blade where I tried to show the pattern in the steel that did not turn out very well but will still give an idea of what it looks like. There are also a couple pf pictures that show the decorations on the top and bottom scabbard bands. I hope that these might help in placing where this dagger originated. Thank you all for your help so far and I am looking forward to any other comments anyone would like to offer.
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Last of the pictures.
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Yup those are tusks and the material seems to be horn.
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Jose, do you have any thoughts on where this might have originated from ?
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Well I am leaning toward Southeast Asian peninsula. I have seen scabbard work like this from Cambodia, etc. (as well as the Philippines).
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Hi
the general shape of this dagger remind me yours unfortunately, no picture for the blade anyway, could be an indication I was looking for something else in my book, when I saw that and I did a scan ![]() à + Dom |
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Hello Dom and thank you for your help. Sorry it has taken so long to reply to your post but with the holiday and all the family visiting it was hard to find any time to respond. I have spent the last day looking up information on the type of dagger you have shown in your reply only to find that the blade shape on all that I could locate are of a cleaver style and shape. Hopefully someone will recognize this strange dagger and can identify where it originates from. Again, thank you again for your help.
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