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5th February 2008, 03:13 PM
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Location: Coral Springs, FL
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Wondering what this is
Hi all --
Didn't win this, but I don't know what this is: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=330208096267 Thanks! --Radleigh |
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5th February 2008, 03:17 PM
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It looks like Khyber short sword but with added crossguard and re-shaped/sharpened tip. Afghanistan/Pakistan is likely origin.
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5th February 2008, 03:47 PM
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Thanks!
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5th February 2008, 04:15 PM
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Location: Ann Arbor, MI
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It is a regulation military Khyber: Afghani Military, end of the 19th-beginning of 20th cen.
I like non-regulation, peasant-type Khybers more. |
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6th February 2008, 11:06 PM
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Location: Coral Springs, FL
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Thanks a lot. I like it, but I'm glad I didn't bid more than I did. On the subject of khybers, I recently thought I was purchasing a decent one, but when I received it it appears to be chrome or nickel plated. It is rather plain otherwise, an inscibed design near the base. Are there plated tourist khybers, akin to the lion-headed tourist kukri? I can post a picture, but it might not be worth photographing...
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