17th November 2006, 08:18 PM | #1 |
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Another Bhutan Dagger
Just picked this up on Ebay. Hair pin pattern steel blade and an interesting horn hilt.
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17th November 2006, 10:19 PM | #2 |
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Very nice Lou, Hairpin folding I always realy like.
I wonder if its yak horn? I have never found an example I know to be 100% identified as such. But there must plenty of it thats been used. Any particular texture to the horn? Spiral |
17th November 2006, 11:04 PM | #3 |
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I will have the dagger in a few days will let you know then.
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18th November 2006, 12:45 AM | #4 |
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Cool, I look forward to your in hand perusal of it.
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24th November 2006, 06:18 PM | #5 |
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The dagger arrived today and it's a beauty I Restored the leather with a dab of Kiwi brown shoe polish. Btw the spine is .250" thick. Spiral I think the horn is from the bharal sheep and not yak seems like rams horn to me.
Lew Last edited by LOUIEBLADES; 25th November 2006 at 12:39 AM. |
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