Khyber Knife - Real or...?

[Stan S.]

Originally Posted by laEspadaAncha

Stan:

I picked up one that was similar to your own (aside from from additional chiseling on my own example, the scabbard is leather over wood - other then that, they're dimensionally similar) as part of a "mixed-bag" collection I acquired last year. The collection had knives & swords spanning the spectrum from high to medium to low quality. The one thing they all had in common is they had all been collected between 1977 and 1982.

Among the items from this collection were a couple European swords and dirks made by the Del Tin brothers on order for Museum Replicas, Ltd, which as I understand it has since been absorbed into Atlanta Cutlery.

Was this style Khyber knife listed in the Museum Replicas catalog from the early '80s?

I guess it would take someone with a copy of one such catalog to verify this one way or the other.

Anyway, even if it was made to be sold as a replica/repro (as opposed to having been made for domestic use), IMO it could be 30 years old or older.

You know, its funny you brought this up as the seller claims to have aquired it in the 70s. So the time line definetely adds up.

[trenchwarfare]

Late 70s, early 80s. Atlanta Cutlery offered these in two sizes. This large one, and one approx. 20" overall. At the same time, they were selling the over-sized "Ceremonial" Kukris. Wish I'd a kept some of those catalogs.