Thanks Queequeg, it seemed the logical choice to me given the Indian subcontenant rather than African location & use of the term Afridi in that case meaning Pathan & that the often interchageability of both descriptive knife/dagger terms in common usage. [As i thought!}
Great stuff David! Thank you! I live & learn, I was always brought up to belive a knife was single edged for cutting & a dagger double edged for stabbing{although obviously knives can still stab etc.} & must admit I have never actualy researched into it.
Those lessons mostly came from my father & other WW2 mostly Burma & Chindit or Royal marine veterans. I wonder if that was how the British army/Navy used to name them? or perhaps just commen usage in the area I grew up? {Thames Valley, England.] It would be fascinating to know!
Interesting that Queequeg had the same understanding too.
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