Knife for ID

Iliad · 13th January 2013, 10:39 PM

Hi all,

Here is a recent purchase. The seller thought that it is Indo-Persian in origin.
Can anyone identify it?
Thanks in advance.
Brian

Henk · 14th January 2013, 10:04 PM

I think the seller is right. It is a Pesh Kabz. Do you have a scabbard?

Maybe one of the forumites is able to translate what is written on the blade.

kahnjar1 · 14th January 2013, 11:03 PM

.......I thought a Pesh Kabz had a pronounced T shaped spine to the blade?

Dom · 15th January 2013, 01:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Henk

Maybe one of the forumites is able to translate what is written on the blade.

Hi
identification, much more difficult than the translation

the general shape reminds me of the Central Asia knives ...
for instance ... "pichok" Uzbek (?)
YA QADI AL HAJAA either "O ALLAH, I ASK YOU BY THE RIGHT OF THOSE WHO ASK YOU" (hadith of Abu Sa`id al-Khudri)
funny knife

all the best

à +

Dom

Henk · 15th January 2013, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kahnjar1

.......I thought a Pesh Kabz had a pronounced T shaped spine to the blade?

Apparently not. A khyber knife has a T shaped spine to the blade.

chregu · 15th January 2013, 09:12 PM

Hi
in the collection of the castle Ingolstadt (Germany), a knife is issued. it is given as "Charay from the tribe of Afridi" (Hermann Historica, Dolche und Messer aus dem Persischen Kulturraum, picture 86)
or it is a Choora, the knife of the Mashud.
chregu

Iliad · 17th January 2013, 09:17 PM

Thank you for the replies.
I now have a translation of the inscription, which is great.
I also now know that the knife is either a Pesh Kabz, a Charay or a Choora.
All of the above is more than I knew before posting pics and asking for advice!
Thanks heaps, guys.
Brian

Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 18th January 2013, 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iliad

Thank you for the replies.
I now have a translation of the inscription, which is great.
I also now know that the knife is either a Pesh Kabz, a Charay or a Choora.
All of the above is more than I knew before posting pics and asking for advice!
Thanks heaps, guys.
Brian

Salaams It looks like a Mussandam "Shehi" work knife ... which also look like Baluch daggers ... which probably take their form from Afghanistans daggers...which....The puzzling part is the decorative strip running up and over the pommel.

Please see http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ighlight=shehi

Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.

13th January 2013, 10:39 PM	#1
Iliad Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 187	Knife for ID Hi all, Here is a recent purchase. The seller thought that it is Indo-Persian in origin. Can anyone identify it? Thanks in advance. Brian Attached Images

14th January 2013, 10:04 PM	#2
Henk Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,209	I think the seller is right. It is a Pesh Kabz. Do you have a scabbard? Maybe one of the forumites is able to translate what is written on the blade.

14th January 2013, 11:03 PM	#3
kahnjar1 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND Posts: 2,741	.......I thought a Pesh Kabz had a pronounced T shaped spine to the blade?

15th January 2013, 09:12 PM	#6
chregu Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: switzerland Posts: 298	Hi in the collection of the castle Ingolstadt (Germany), a knife is issued. it is given as "Charay from the tribe of Afridi" (Hermann Historica, Dolche und Messer aus dem Persischen Kulturraum, picture 86) or it is a Choora, the knife of the Mashud. chregu

17th January 2013, 09:17 PM	#7
Iliad Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 187	Thank you for the replies. I now have a translation of the inscription, which is great. I also now know that the knife is either a Pesh Kabz, a Charay or a Choora. All of the above is more than I knew before posting pics and asking for advice! Thanks heaps, guys. Brian