Ottoman Turkish (?) Dagger

Conogre · 18th May 2005, 03:36 PM

Thanks Rick....I had been told that the chain-hilted dagger/knife with the curved blade was the "modern" (for the past 150 years or so) symbolic incarnation of the sword as the Sikhs had become more civilized and carried by them much in the same context that a rosary might be carried by a Catholic or prayer beads by many muslim or Tibetan sects.
Which brings me back to my original question....are Aurangzeb's and Ian's knives/daggers versions of a kirpan, made the same as the kards with that same hilt that is more commonly/usually seen and that lacks the chain and guard altogether (I've had approximately a half-dozen over the past 7 or 8 years)?
Mike

18th May 2005, 03:36 PM	#11
Conogre Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Clearwater, Florida Posts: 371	Thanks Rick....I had been told that the chain-hilted dagger/knife with the curved blade was the "modern" (for the past 150 years or so) symbolic incarnation of the sword as the Sikhs had become more civilized and carried by them much in the same context that a rosary might be carried by a Catholic or prayer beads by many muslim or Tibetan sects. Which brings me back to my original question....are Aurangzeb's and Ian's knives/daggers versions of a kirpan, made the same as the kards with that same hilt that is more commonly/usually seen and that lacks the chain and guard altogether (I've had approximately a half-dozen over the past 7 or 8 years)? Mike