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hi y'all;
ethnic (?) mystery knife:
Scabbard is wood with quite heavy gauge brass ends, throat appears to be german silver. held to brass by a small silver flathead screw on reverse. Center portion is leather covered; wooden end of scabbard protrudes about 1/8 in. past the brass & is blackened. knife fits the scabbard perfectly though the scabbard looks older than the knife.
Knife grip is a well polished reddish brown wood, no carving but fits the hand nicely. There is a ¼ of either hard leather or horn seemingly held on to the grip by some hardened gunk at the blade end, there is a brass bolster of sorts with two 3/16 brass pins which may go thru the blade. The 8 x 1 x 1/8 partial tang double edged blade appears to be stainless steel in that it is only mildly magnetic, I thus cannot use the magnet to see how far the tang extends into the grip.. The edges are unsharpened but convexly ground to a dull but not flat edge. No engraving or markings. Has a substantial feel to it and does not shout tourist decorator to me, but is not an old blade or an obvious user either. putting some bend stress on it., I could not get any movement .
I got it real cheap from someone who had no idea where it came from. i passed this by steve ferguson via email, and stumped him as well. he suggested not2sharp may have an idea what this might be.
Looks a bit Arabic or indo European to me .but?
ethnic (?) mystery knife:
Scabbard is wood with quite heavy gauge brass ends, throat appears to be german silver. held to brass by a small silver flathead screw on reverse. Center portion is leather covered; wooden end of scabbard protrudes about 1/8 in. past the brass & is blackened. knife fits the scabbard perfectly though the scabbard looks older than the knife.
Knife grip is a well polished reddish brown wood, no carving but fits the hand nicely. There is a ¼ of either hard leather or horn seemingly held on to the grip by some hardened gunk at the blade end, there is a brass bolster of sorts with two 3/16 brass pins which may go thru the blade. The 8 x 1 x 1/8 partial tang double edged blade appears to be stainless steel in that it is only mildly magnetic, I thus cannot use the magnet to see how far the tang extends into the grip.. The edges are unsharpened but convexly ground to a dull but not flat edge. No engraving or markings. Has a substantial feel to it and does not shout tourist decorator to me, but is not an old blade or an obvious user either. putting some bend stress on it., I could not get any movement .
I got it real cheap from someone who had no idea where it came from. i passed this by steve ferguson via email, and stumped him as well. he suggested not2sharp may have an idea what this might be.
Looks a bit Arabic or indo European to me .but?
