Please help to identify this dagger

Tatyana Dianova · 28th April 2009, 09:49 PM

Here is a mysterious short sword/large dagger. Its blade has three fullers; the handle is made of wood, decorated with steel nails; the coastguard and ‘pommel’ are steel too. The scabbard is original to the blade: black leather over wood, made exactly like Kukri scabbards.
I haven’t seen anything like this before. To me it looks like an Oriental version of yataghan rifle bayonet, with Afghani guard and Nepali scabbard :-) Any comments are extremely welcome.

28th April 2009, 09:49 PM	#1
Tatyana Dianova Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 743	Please help to identify this dagger Here is a mysterious short sword/large dagger. Its blade has three fullers; the handle is made of wood, decorated with steel nails; the coastguard and ‘pommel’ are steel too. The scabbard is original to the blade: black leather over wood, made exactly like Kukri scabbards. I haven’t seen anything like this before. To me it looks like an Oriental version of yataghan rifle bayonet, with Afghani guard and Nepali scabbard :-) Any comments are extremely welcome. Attached Images