A lot of money for small knife?

[spiral]

Originally Posted by Tim Simmons

This example of these not so rare knives is pretty much the same size as the last. The sellers info seems to show that many of these, and dare I say it those knives from Ceylon are not as old as often said. Often being early 20th century.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA:IT&ih=010

Not so rare? 2 on ebay close together doesnt mean that i think Tim? sellers, dealers collectors etc. see one fetch more money than they thought they were worth & so turn theres out. It happens all the time on things i watch.

Lets see how many more turn up in next 6 months. i doubt more than 2.

Could be early 20th century, might be much older, the sellers says the source not its age when presented.

Ive only had one, it looked just like the one you link to. Artzi bought it for 3x that, he snapped it up,

Someone just got a top deal I think £75 ! wish Id spotted it, thats a top result in my book.

In India today it would fetch many times that.

Spiral

[Runjeet Singh]

I quite like these daggers, and have to agree with Spiral, they are quite rare. I think the one shown by Tim in this recent auction is right.

Although the chiselling on the scabbard pommel makes me think this particular example not as early as most. Hard to say without handling it. Could even be that the scabbard is later than the knife? Am I seeing right....or is the scabbard pommel Brass and the throat piece Silver? If that is the case, then the pommel is a later addition.

A nice thing, I would have liked to have bought it.

Runjeet.

[spiral]

To me Runjeet the double cross work looks clearly brass but, throat & chape look siilver with gilding work?

But as you say it needs to be in the hand to truly appraise.

Spiral