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Old 20th January 2008, 06:12 PM   #1
Tatyana Dianova
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Default Tibetan dagger

Finally I've bought a real Tibetan knife (I hope at least) - last time a Tibetan knife offered to me was in reality a Wootz Persian dagger which was discussed last summer on this Forum

The fittings are steel, brass and ray skin; total length in scabbard is 45 cm. The blade is made from the pattern welded steel with the pattern resembling a hairpin pattern. There are three iron cones side by side on the top of the handle which look like a tang extensions (because they go through the top sheet). Does somebody know their meaning or is it only a decoration? Can somebody give their opinion on the age of this dagger? Another strange thing: the suspension ring is on the front side of the dagger (look carefully at the pictures of the both sides). Was a Tibetan dagger carried in some funny fashion or was this one incorrectly assembled later?
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