Unknown dagger need to get identified.

Tim Simmons · 16th December 2018, 07:49 PM

It looks old and a construct. The thimble in the handle is a little odd. The blade looks aggressive but the handle with grapes and vines looks more like the handle of a table knife or bread knife.

kronckew · 17th December 2018, 08:04 AM

Some of the script on the blade looks Georgian.

Cool bread knife handle. The marriage looks like a success.

Kubur · 17th December 2018, 10:15 AM

To me it's an Ottoman blade reused for an European hunting knife

Sajen · 22nd December 2018, 03:14 PM

Hello, thank you all for comment and please apologize that I join in late like this, I've been very ill.
The owner thought byself that the handle is most probably not original to the blade and that it is a bread knife handle.
It would be very useful to know if the inscription is indeed Georgian!

Thank you again,
Detlef

motan · 22nd December 2018, 05:55 PM

Hi Detlef, sorry to hear you were ill and I wish you full and quick recovery. The writing is 100% Arabic, though it is somewhat unclear here and there. I will not try to read it because I would make too many mistakes. Ask a native speaker and he could read it. I am not familiar at all with this type of dagger, but without an example, it is very hard to say if it is a construct. The guard, ferules and the hilt seem to fit well together, so I am not convinced.

Sajen · 23rd December 2018, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by motan

Hi Detlef, sorry to hear you were ill and I wish you full and quick recovery. The writing is 100% Arabic, though it is somewhat unclear here and there. I will not try to read it because I would make too many mistakes. Ask a native speaker and he could read it. I am not familiar at all with this type of dagger, but without an example, it is very hard to say if it is a construct. The guard, ferules and the hilt seem to fit well together, so I am not convinced.

Hi Eytan, thank you very much for both, the get well soon wishes and the identification that the writing is Arabic.

I hope that someone will be prepared to translate the inscription!

Best regards,
Detlef

16th December 2018, 07:49 PM	#1
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,925	It looks old and a construct. The thimble in the handle is a little odd. The blade looks aggressive but the handle with grapes and vines looks more like the handle of a table knife or bread knife.

17th December 2018, 08:04 AM	#2
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,259	Some of the script on the blade looks Georgian. Cool bread knife handle. The marriage looks like a success.

17th December 2018, 10:15 AM	#3
Kubur Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 2,145	To me it's an Ottoman blade reused for an European hunting knife

22nd December 2018, 03:14 PM	#4
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 9,417	Hello, thank you all for comment and please apologize that I join in late like this, I've been very ill. The owner thought byself that the handle is most probably not original to the blade and that it is a bread knife handle. It would be very useful to know if the inscription is indeed Georgian! Thank you again, Detlef

22nd December 2018, 05:55 PM	#5
motan Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Jerusalem Posts: 274	Hi Detlef, sorry to hear you were ill and I wish you full and quick recovery. The writing is 100% Arabic, though it is somewhat unclear here and there. I will not try to read it because I would make too many mistakes. Ask a native speaker and he could read it. I am not familiar at all with this type of dagger, but without an example, it is very hard to say if it is a construct. The guard, ferules and the hilt seem to fit well together, so I am not convinced.