19th October 2012, 02:32 PM | #1 |
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Help with identification
Your thoughts on this item would be appreciated please. Personally I think it reminds of one of the daggers that you sometimes see in the Sudanese trousse sets. Although this dagger does not have Thuluth script on the blade. I have also seen daggers from india using this type of horn for their handles. Apologizes for the lack of good close ups, I need to get a digital camera with a good macro facility or lens.
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19th October 2012, 11:10 PM | #2 |
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Hey TaffJones,
These are tourist knives. I remember buying some in Egypt at alHussain market. They are probably made in Sudan but could be any part of Africa. Lotfy |
19th October 2012, 11:22 PM | #3 | |
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you seems knowing very well the Egyptian market and, I confim your comments, Sudanese dagger, for touristic market à + Dom |
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19th October 2012, 11:36 PM | #4 |
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Salam Dom,
I have been in Cairo 3 times. Crazy place but has some feeling attached to it :P |
20th October 2012, 11:12 AM | #5 |
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Thanks for everybodys help once again
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20th October 2012, 12:32 PM | #6 | |
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or, you don't tell me nothing .... I joke Cairo ... crazy ... the word is weak I does some pictures (I'll put them soon), when I visited the "museum Islamic Cairo" but very few "edged weapons" ... as well as to Military Museum of Cairo, at the Citadel Salah el Din, I went some years ago to visit this last museum, and I've been very disappointed à + Dom |
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