Unknown knife, Coachman knife?

stelio · 11th January 2017, 11:29 AM

Hello Sajen!!!

We could say bichaq, if you thought that was in the era of the Ottoman Empire.
Has many similarities with Ottoman and Balkan bichaq.The symbol in blade is purely greek and frequently encountered in greek knife.
The strange would say it is the grip,maybe have been added later but this does not do it he loses in beauty

my best wishes !!!
Stelios

Sajen · 11th January 2017, 07:11 PM

Hi Stelio,

have received the knife and was able to remove carefully the rust. Since the blade is very tiny is the inlay work outstanding. Soon as possible I will take pictures and show they here. I am correct that this will have been a dagger for someone with wealthy status?
I think the handle is original, it shows much use. And also when the seller was very good not to show the repaired handle by his pictures is it good visible but well repaired. The scabbard is pure thick metal without wooden inlay.

Can you tell me more about this sort of daggers? And maybe examples?

Regards,
Detlef

drac2k · 11th January 2017, 08:26 PM

First let me commend you on your outstanding purchase ! If the handle was made of ivory or bone, I would swear, in my poorly uninformed opinion that it was an Indonesian dha or something of that nature.

Sajen · 11th January 2017, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by drac2k

First let me commend you on your outstanding purchase ! If the handle was made of ivory or bone, I would swear, in my poorly uninformed opinion that it was an Indonesian dha or something of that nature.

Thank you Drac2k, but you will hardly find an Indonesian dha! But go up to the thread and you will see that I also was on a wrong way by searching for the origin.

Here two pictures of greek blade engravings from old threads.

Regards,
Detlef

Ian · 11th January 2017, 11:36 PM

Detlef, do you think perhaps this was a woman's knife given its small size? Or maybe a child's knife? The quality of workmanship is apparent from the seller's pictures. There may well be a reasonable amount of silver in the sheath if it is made from solid sterling silver. Nice find.

Ian

Sajen · 11th January 2017, 11:52 PM

Hi Ian,

yes, very good possible. And it seems to be a pure stabbing weapon, the edge isn't sharpened.

Regards,
Detlef

11th January 2017, 11:29 AM	#1
stelio Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 97	Hello Sajen!!! We could say bichaq, if you thought that was in the era of the Ottoman Empire. Has many similarities with Ottoman and Balkan bichaq.The symbol in blade is purely greek and frequently encountered in greek knife. The strange would say it is the grip,maybe have been added later but this does not do it he loses in beauty my best wishes !!! Stelios

11th January 2017, 07:11 PM	#2
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 9,269	Hi Stelio, have received the knife and was able to remove carefully the rust. Since the blade is very tiny is the inlay work outstanding. Soon as possible I will take pictures and show they here. I am correct that this will have been a dagger for someone with wealthy status? I think the handle is original, it shows much use. And also when the seller was very good not to show the repaired handle by his pictures is it good visible but well repaired. The scabbard is pure thick metal without wooden inlay. Can you tell me more about this sort of daggers? And maybe examples? Regards, Detlef

11th January 2017, 08:26 PM	#3
drac2k Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,267	First let me commend you on your outstanding purchase ! If the handle was made of ivory or bone, I would swear, in my poorly uninformed opinion that it was an Indonesian dha or something of that nature.

11th January 2017, 11:36 PM	#5
Ian Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Aussie Bush Posts: 4,452	Detlef, do you think perhaps this was a woman's knife given its small size? Or maybe a child's knife? The quality of workmanship is apparent from the seller's pictures. There may well be a reasonable amount of silver in the sheath if it is made from solid sterling silver. Nice find. Ian

11th January 2017, 11:52 PM	#6
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 9,269	Hi Ian, yes, very good possible. And it seems to be a pure stabbing weapon, the edge isn't sharpened. Regards, Detlef