Impulse Buy

jswillems · 24th October 2009, 06:37 AM

I'm not usually prone to impulse buys, but this knife got me. I don't know much about it. It was advertised as an "old persian knife". I'm thinking it may be a type of jambiya, but I'm not sure. Does anyone have any information about it? These are the seller's pictures and I have not yet recieved the knife. I'll post more info and pictures as soon as I get the knife. Thanks for looking.

fearn · 26th October 2009, 12:59 AM

My grandmother had one almost identical that she used as a letter opener. Hers was a tourist piece from the Mediterranean (Morocco?). I hope yours is better quality when it comes.

jswillems · 26th October 2009, 01:57 AM

Well, I'll just have to wait until I recieve it, but I was kind of thinking it was a tourist piece since I didn't pay a much for it. I'll post more info once it comes(hopefully the end of this week or beggining of next week). Thanks anyways.

Dom · 26th October 2009, 03:12 AM

not realy a tourist piece ... better than that

from Syria, more precisely from Damas,
they are specific daggers for this area
e.i. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...5242#post75242
not very old, 60 to 80 years old
congratulations, you got a very pleasant dagger

à +

Dom

24th October 2009, 06:37 AM	#1
jswillems Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Northern California Posts: 32	Impulse Buy I'm not usually prone to impulse buys, but this knife got me. I don't know much about it. It was advertised as an "old persian knife". I'm thinking it may be a type of jambiya, but I'm not sure. Does anyone have any information about it? These are the seller's pictures and I have not yet recieved the knife. I'll post more info and pictures as soon as I get the knife. Thanks for looking. Attached Images

26th October 2009, 12:59 AM	#2
fearn Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,247	My grandmother had one almost identical that she used as a letter opener. Hers was a tourist piece from the Mediterranean (Morocco?). I hope yours is better quality when it comes.

26th October 2009, 01:57 AM	#3
jswillems Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Northern California Posts: 32	Well, I'll just have to wait until I recieve it, but I was kind of thinking it was a tourist piece since I didn't pay a much for it. I'll post more info once it comes(hopefully the end of this week or beggining of next week). Thanks anyways.

26th October 2009, 03:12 AM	#4
Dom Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Paris (FR*) Cairo (EG) Posts: 1,142	not realy a tourist piece ... better than that from Syria, more precisely from Damas, they are specific daggers for this area e.i. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...5242#post75242 not very old, 60 to 80 years old congratulations, you got a very pleasant dagger à + Dom