Help ID the little knife I bought several years ago.

Burt · 16th February 2012, 10:14 PM

Sorry, pictures are now posted...
Burt....

ariel · 17th February 2012, 12:11 AM

My best guess, it is a souvenir letter-opener from the Middle East.

Dom · 17th February 2012, 02:30 AM

to be from Middle-East ... should be, but
I never saw a dagger, or letter opener with that look

about the "fish",
in Libya, many bedouin silver bracelets have that pattern
but in 3 years residence in this country,
I never saw, one single dagger, or one sword

otherwise ... guns, as well as pistols, revolver ... plenty

à +

Dom

Andrew · 17th February 2012, 03:11 PM

Tourist piece.

Henk · 17th February 2012, 07:31 PM

I have to agree with the others. Tourist stuff.

Burt · 17th February 2012, 08:10 PM

Can anyone read the script that is on the sheath?????? At least that may give me some idea where the knife came from...Thanks...Burt..

Dom · 18th February 2012, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Burt

Can anyone read the script that is on the sheath??????

Hi Burt
I will try the best to get it, hope so, that somebody else will do it,
because my translator is in Cairo until mid of March
I ll forward a pic, and request her help,
but it's under reserve

to illustrate my comments about fish design on Libyan silver bracelet,
here, I add pic's
on spot, the explanations about that "fish" was "mark of the jeweler" (?)
but could be also, a sign of prosperity (?)

à +

Dom

broadaxe · 17th February 2012, 10:42 PM

Touristic 'khanjar' in the Syrian style, overall brass construction, nickel plated. Same construction pieces may be found either straight like this one or the more common curved, janbiyah style, sometimes with a fish tail sheath. Very popular in the markets of Jerusalem, Jaffa, Nazareth, Damascus...

16th February 2012, 10:14 PM	#1
Burt Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 4	pictures posted Sorry, pictures are now posted... Burt....

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Burt Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 4	can you read the script.... Can anyone read the script that is on the sheath?????? At least that may give me some idea where the knife came from...Thanks...Burt.. Attached Images

17th February 2012, 12:11 AM	#2
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	My best guess, it is a souvenir letter-opener from the Middle East.

17th February 2012, 02:30 AM	#3
Dom Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Paris (FR*) Cairo (EG) Posts: 1,142	to be from Middle-East ... should be, but I never saw a dagger, or letter opener with that look about the "fish", in Libya, many bedouin silver bracelets have that pattern but in 3 years residence in this country, I never saw, one single dagger, or one sword otherwise ... guns, as well as pistols, revolver ... plenty à + Dom

17th February 2012, 03:11 PM	#4
Andrew Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: USA Posts: 1,725	Tourist piece.

17th February 2012, 07:31 PM	#5
Henk Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,209	I have to agree with the others. Tourist stuff.

17th February 2012, 10:42 PM	#8
broadaxe Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 334	Touristic 'khanjar' in the Syrian style, overall brass construction, nickel plated. Same construction pieces may be found either straight like this one or the more common curved, janbiyah style, sometimes with a fish tail sheath. Very popular in the markets of Jerusalem, Jaffa, Nazareth, Damascus...