Middle Eastern Mystery Dagger #2 - Bird Head

broadaxe · 9th January 2012, 07:32 PM

Glad I could be of help. How long is this khanjar? regular size is about 25cm or 10" overall. I think the bird hilt was ragarded as presentation, rather a daily carry dagger. To my best knowledge the personal arm in Lebanon and Upper Galilee (northern Israel) was a broader khanjar with a flat hilt, sometimes in the shape of simplified horsehead, like in the attached photo.

Martin Lubojacky · 9th January 2012, 11:10 PM

Here is a folding version I brought from Damascus a few years ago. I am glad to know where it is really comming from, now. Thanks
Regards,
Martin

NovelsRus · 18th January 2012, 04:20 PM

Broadaxe -- the dagger is 11" overall in the scabbard; out of it, the knife's 10.5".

As for the folding version, that has to rank as one of the coolest little folding blades I've ever seen. How long is that, when open? I must have one.

Martin Lubojacky · 19th January 2012, 12:54 AM

It is nit with me now, nevertheless not more than 14 cms open. I is very small pocket knife

Devadatta · 20th January 2012, 04:41 AM

These are mine

NovelsRus · 24th January 2012, 08:15 AM

Very cool daggers, Deva. In great shape, too. Now I've got to have another like your dark one. Can't have enough Jezzine Khanjars, can we?

Thanks for the post!

twdroppoint2 · 27th September 2013, 08:04 PM

Thread bump ... and first post

I thought I would add to an already existing thread, rather than start my own

I owned one of these knives (a fork and knife set, not a dagger) as well at one point ... I got mine from an individual who had served in Iran/Persia before the Revolution, and even knew the Shah. So I assumed it was a Persian trousse type of set.

Members from a knife forum I'm part of helped me with the Jezzine id however. My question is ... when did the bird motif first begin in that area ? Or in other words, at what point did they first start focussing on it iconically ? I'd like to know because I'm curious which came first ... the chicken or the egg so to speak. Did the design of the bird originate with them, or did they borrow it ? I've seen similar designed handles on so called "Bosnian" made knives, so I'm assuming a country like that copied the style as well, for example.

Thanks for any help

9th January 2012, 07:32 PM	#1
broadaxe Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 334	No problem Glad I could be of help. How long is this khanjar? regular size is about 25cm or 10" overall. I think the bird hilt was ragarded as presentation, rather a daily carry dagger. To my best knowledge the personal arm in Lebanon and Upper Galilee (northern Israel) was a broader khanjar with a flat hilt, sometimes in the shape of simplified horsehead, like in the attached photo. Attached Images

18th January 2012, 04:20 PM	#3
NovelsRus Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 41	In answer to Broadaxe, Re: Birdheaded Khanjar Broadaxe -- the dagger is 11" overall in the scabbard; out of it, the knife's 10.5". As for the folding version, that has to rank as one of the coolest little folding blades I've ever seen. How long is that, when open? I must have one.

24th January 2012, 08:15 AM	#6
NovelsRus Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 41	Nice! Very cool daggers, Deva. In great shape, too. Now I've got to have another like your dark one. Can't have enough Jezzine Khanjars, can we? Thanks for the post!

27th September 2013, 08:04 PM	#7
twdroppoint2 Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 10	Thread bump ... and first post I thought I would add to an already existing thread, rather than start my own I owned one of these knives (a fork and knife set, not a dagger) as well at one point ... I got mine from an individual who had served in Iran/Persia before the Revolution, and even knew the Shah. So I assumed it was a Persian trousse type of set. Members from a knife forum I'm part of helped me with the Jezzine id however. My question is ... when did the bird motif first begin in that area ? Or in other words, at what point did they first start focussing on it iconically ? I'd like to know because I'm curious which came first ... the chicken or the egg so to speak. Did the design of the bird originate with them, or did they borrow it ? I've seen similar designed handles on so called "Bosnian" made knives, so I'm assuming a country like that copied the style as well, for example. Thanks for any help Attached Images Last edited by twdroppoint2; 27th September 2013 at 09:50 PM.

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9th January 2012, 11:10 PM	#2
Martin Lubojacky Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 860	Here is a folding version I brought from Damascus a few years ago. I am glad to know where it is really comming from, now. Thanks Regards, Martin Attached Images

19th January 2012, 12:54 AM	#4
Martin Lubojacky Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 860	It is nit with me now, nevertheless not more than 14 cms open. I is very small pocket knife

20th January 2012, 04:41 AM	#5
Devadatta Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 118	These are mine