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23rd December 2012, 02:20 AM
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The dagger arrived today so here are a few pictures. The hilt material does not look like the water buffalo horn that I am used to seeing. There are a couple of pictures of the blade where I tried to show the pattern in the steel that did not turn out very well but will still give an idea of what it looks like. There are also a couple pf pictures that show the decorations on the top and bottom scabbard bands. I hope that these might help in placing where this dagger originated. Thank you all for your help so far and I am looking forward to any other comments anyone would like to offer.
Regards, Robert |
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23rd December 2012, 02:22 AM
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Last of the pictures.
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23rd December 2012, 02:22 AM
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Yup those are tusks and the material seems to be horn.
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23rd December 2012, 02:32 AM
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Jose, do you have any thoughts on where this might have originated from ?
Regards, Robert |
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23rd December 2012, 04:40 AM
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Well I am leaning toward Southeast Asian peninsula. I have seen scabbard work like this from Cambodia, etc. (as well as the Philippines).
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24th December 2012, 01:49 AM
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Location: Paris (FR*) Cairo (EG)
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Hi
the general shape of this dagger remind me yours unfortunately, no picture for the blade anyway, could be an indication I was looking for something else in my book, when I saw that and I did a scan  à + Dom |
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27th December 2012, 04:44 AM
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Hello Dom and thank you for your help. Sorry it has taken so long to reply to your post but with the holiday and all the family visiting it was hard to find any time to respond. I have spent the last day looking up information on the type of dagger you have shown in your reply only to find that the blade shape on all that I could locate are of a cleaver style and shape. Hopefully someone will recognize this strange dagger and can identify where it originates from. Again, thank you again for your help.
Regards, Robert |
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