Jade hilted khyber knife

[Sajen]

Would agree with Gustav!

[Marius66]

Thank you for your messages !

Yes it is fine wootz , that's what said the auctionhouse,
Said too it was not common to have a high quality blade and hilt on a ''fighting'' or ''military'' model .
Maybe made for an high rank army member...
I will post pictures when I'll receive it.

[Marius66]

I finallyreceived it,
I'm going to clean it soon and see what's going on with the blade.

Interesting on the scabbard the first 7 holes with fake rubies or some kind of resin. Have any of you ever seen something like this ?

Another thing I wanted to highlight was the small size of this Khyber, 48 cm long. Could it not be a large Indian kard which would then have been mounted with an Afghan military type scabbard at the end of the 19th century?

[Marius66]

A kard like this one ?

[Tim Simmons]

I don't think these grips are of true jade. More likely what is known as Jade Onyx.

[Marius66]

The one I get oh yes,
nephritic jade, certified by the gemologist of the auction house i personnally know since a decade.

I already cleaned it and polished the blade,
Just need to receive etchant to finish the job...

[Marius66]

Here some results using ferric chloride,
few time...

Not the best
but we can see on both side an
homogeneous fine grain structure.
I hope to get some Nital but there are problems with
customs 😬🙃..

[Interested Party]

Originally Posted by Marius66

The one I get oh yes,
nephritic jade, certified by the gemologist of the auction house i personnally know since a decade.

To me the pictures look like nephrite handles. Nice polish on this pretty knife. What grit did you take it to?