Middle-Eastern Dagger?

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by kahnjar1

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...kurdish+dagger
Check this post from earlier on the Forum. There are pics here of Kurdish daggers. You will see what I mean about the possible (and likely)wear on the hilt.
Stu

Hello Stu,

all shown Kurdish daggers have a blade with middle rib while Tom's dagger hasn't this feature. But frankly said I know nothing about Kurdish daggers.

Regards,

Detlef

[tonil]

hi stu and detlef,
thank you detlef that was my next question,why is it the blade is flat on this dagger. the only one that looks as if it might be flat on the post from kahnjar 1 is the one on the far left. the middle rib could not have been sharpened off somehow could it many thanks tom

[kahnjar1]

Originally Posted by Sajen

Hello Stu,

all shown Kurdish daggers have a blade with middle rib while Tom's dagger hasn't this feature. But frankly said I know nothing about Kurdish daggers.

Regards,

Detlef

Hi Detlef,
I agree but then this one has a lot of wear on the hilt so it could follow that the blade has also been worn down over time, or could have been replaced.
Stu

[A.alnakkas]

they come with flat blades (have seen one with a flat wootz blade once) and multifullered ones too. So nothing out of the ordinary.

[Sajen]

Thank you both for clarification!

Regards,

Detlef

[tonil]

thank you , a alnakkas,
for confirming about the flat blade, i was beginning to think the dagger was a misfit, but looking at where the end of the blade fits into the hilt it does not seem to be tampered with.
sorry to ask so many questions but could anyone tell me about the hilt, maybe what its made of. many thanks tom