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Lew · 14th November 2007, 11:40 PM

Ariel

Can you explain the wire binding? I have only seen this on kindjal scabbards could this be a Syrian or Turkish piece? Here is a small dagger with a kindjal style hilt? The scabbard seems Kurdish to me?

Lew

14th November 2007, 11:40 PM	#4
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Ariel Can you explain the wire binding? I have only seen this on kindjal scabbards could this be a Syrian or Turkish piece? Here is a small dagger with a kindjal style hilt? The scabbard seems Kurdish to me? Lew Attached Images Last edited by LOUIEBLADES; 15th November 2007 at 12:00 AM.