Odd Asian dagger

tom hyle · 23rd April 2005, 03:03 PM

Yeah, and I don't directly know if the wooden sheath with its obvious missing bindings, but without metal oversheath nor hide covering, is unkown for Tibet, but I haven't seen it, and the scabbard slide seems odd for there, too; I usually see theirs on the back of the sheath, but similar to those on.....oh, heck, I foget the name; those N Arab jambiyas/jambiyesques with the recurved point....shabria.......which may be hand-n-hand with the metalness, though, and may be a more Western (Arab?) influence, for all I know; oh, round and round I go..............The only other nonhelpful thing I can add at the moment is that most if not all human cultures seem to have at least some chisel bevelled knives for special purposes. I supose this could as well be a fancy-handled work knife as a dagger.

Radu Transylvanicus · 23rd April 2005, 08:52 PM

Well, I say the key is the triangular motif (which looks incredibly cool, I almost decided that thing qualifies as my first tatoo) so you elude that , you cracked the safe ! I would avoid pointing the finger towards the Malay world in this case, Ill rather go for Sino-Tibetan apartnence.
I have not seen many like that but the artwork done on, the flat grip and the circular upper guard (with a little clemency, we can call it ferrule) is helping me shift my opinion to a certain area at least vaguely so far ...
So, any ,,Thumb Raiding Indiana Jones,, around that can share anything about the triangle (the chrysantemum motif is way too common to make a decision based on it, I say ...)

23rd April 2005, 03:03 PM	#1
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	Yeah, and I don't directly know if the wooden sheath with its obvious missing bindings, but without metal oversheath nor hide covering, is unkown for Tibet, but I haven't seen it, and the scabbard slide seems odd for there, too; I usually see theirs on the back of the sheath, but similar to those on.....oh, heck, I foget the name; those N Arab jambiyas/jambiyesques with the recurved point....shabria.......which may be hand-n-hand with the metalness, though, and may be a more Western (Arab?) influence, for all I know; oh, round and round I go..............The only other nonhelpful thing I can add at the moment is that most if not all human cultures seem to have at least some chisel bevelled knives for special purposes. I supose this could as well be a fancy-handled work knife as a dagger.

23rd April 2005, 08:52 PM	#2
Radu Transylvanicus Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: 2008-2010 Bali, 1998-2008 USA Posts: 271	Well, I say the key is the triangular motif (which looks incredibly cool, I almost decided that thing qualifies as my first tatoo) so you elude that , you cracked the safe ! I would avoid pointing the finger towards the Malay world in this case, Ill rather go for Sino-Tibetan apartnence. I have not seen many like that but the artwork done on, the flat grip and the circular upper guard (with a little clemency, we can call it ferrule) is helping me shift my opinion to a certain area at least vaguely so far ... So, any ,,Thumb Raiding Indiana Jones,, around that can share anything about the triangle (the chrysantemum motif is way too common to make a decision based on it, I say ...)