What is this: a Kard or a Pesh Kabz?

Tatyana Dianova · 1st August 2007, 10:25 PM

I've got this knife at the antique shop in Leipzig, where it was labeled as "Tibetian knife"

Well, to me it lookes pretty Persian: the carved bone handle with typical men and women figures, the golden koftgari, also the steel after cleaning and etching appeared to be Wootz. But the form of this dagger really puzzles me: it is something between a Kard and a Pesh Kabz. Have anybody seen something like this before? How should I call it, maybe a Pesh Kard

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1st August 2007, 10:25 PM	#1
Tatyana Dianova Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 695	What is this: a Kard or a Pesh Kabz? I've got this knife at the antique shop in Leipzig, where it was labeled as "Tibetian knife" Well, to me it lookes pretty Persian: the carved bone handle with typical men and women figures, the golden koftgari, also the steel after cleaning and etching appeared to be Wootz. But the form of this dagger really puzzles me: it is something between a Kard and a Pesh Kabz. Have anybody seen something like this before? How should I call it, maybe a Pesh Kard ? Attached Images