Strange Persian?

Oriental-Arms · 4th March 2006, 11:09 AM

Hi all

This dagger was discussed earlier in this thread. We now received it and we are still not sure of what it is.
It is a fine dagger, with rather heavy blade, well made handle with wood grips, steel bolsters and steel pommel cover:

After cleaning and etching, the blade shows a very good laminated steel back and harder steel edge:

And a close ups of the handle:

The blade shape reminds the Indian BANK sickle shaped dagger. The steel bolsters and grip strap reminds those of the Khayber sword family, but the steel forging is a mystery. All in all I still think it is of Indian origin. Age?? My intuition says late 19 to early 20 C.

4th March 2006, 11:09 AM	#9
Oriental-Arms Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Haifa, Israel Posts: 183	Indain Curved Dagger Hi all This dagger was discussed earlier in this thread. We now received it and we are still not sure of what it is. It is a fine dagger, with rather heavy blade, well made handle with wood grips, steel bolsters and steel pommel cover: After cleaning and etching, the blade shows a very good laminated steel back and harder steel edge: And a close ups of the handle: The blade shape reminds the Indian BANK sickle shaped dagger. The steel bolsters and grip strap reminds those of the Khayber sword family, but the steel forging is a mystery. All in all I still think it is of Indian origin. Age?? My intuition says late 19 to early 20 C.