small knife/dagger from India

VANDOO · 21st February 2012, 06:01 PM

NOT MY FIELD BUT THE TYPE STRIKES AS CLOSEST TO A KARD AND THE HANDLE LOOKS PERHAPS BOSNIAN IN FORM TO ME. OVERALL LESS INDIAN AND MORE ARABIC/TURKISH TO MY EYE. I CAN'T SEE THE STEEL AND YOU WILL HAVE MUCH MORE KNOWLEGE THAN I IN THAT. JUST OBSERVATIONS HOPEFULLY SOMEONE WITH MUCH MORE KNOWLEGE THAN I WILL GIVE YOU A POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION.
ITS ALWAYS NICE TO FIND SOMETHING GOOD WHILE TRAVELING

VERY NICE KNIFE!!

Stan S. · 21st February 2012, 06:11 PM

You are lucky. Upon my two visits to Mumbai (one lasting a whole month), I literally spent days looking to find genuine antiques and failed miserably. The excuse most shop-keepers gave me is that any sword or dagger made in the "old style" is in fact an antique. They woudl bat their eyes and look at me as if I was crazy when I tried to explain that these were modern repros

Montino Bourbon · 21st February 2012, 06:11 PM

yes, it does have that "Eared" look that some Balkan daggers have. The people where I bought it claim that it came from Bikaner, a small kingdom north of Jaipur.

Montino Bourbon · 21st February 2012, 06:13 PM

Stan–I know exactly what you mean. It obviously takes patience and luck to find anything genuine. Luckily for me, I had my iPad with me and showed them what wootz looks like, as well as what a well-made dagger looks like. They had no answer to that. A picture is worth 1000 words.

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21st February 2012, 06:01 PM	#1
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	NOT MY FIELD BUT THE TYPE STRIKES AS CLOSEST TO A KARD AND THE HANDLE LOOKS PERHAPS BOSNIAN IN FORM TO ME. OVERALL LESS INDIAN AND MORE ARABIC/TURKISH TO MY EYE. I CAN'T SEE THE STEEL AND YOU WILL HAVE MUCH MORE KNOWLEGE THAN I IN THAT. JUST OBSERVATIONS HOPEFULLY SOMEONE WITH MUCH MORE KNOWLEGE THAN I WILL GIVE YOU A POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION. ITS ALWAYS NICE TO FIND SOMETHING GOOD WHILE TRAVELING VERY NICE KNIFE!!

21st February 2012, 06:11 PM	#2
Stan S. Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Brooklyn, NY USA Posts: 227	You are lucky. Upon my two visits to Mumbai (one lasting a whole month), I literally spent days looking to find genuine antiques and failed miserably. The excuse most shop-keepers gave me is that any sword or dagger made in the "old style" is in fact an antique. They woudl bat their eyes and look at me as if I was crazy when I tried to explain that these were modern repros

21st February 2012, 06:11 PM	#3
Montino Bourbon Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Santa Barbara, California Posts: 301	yes, it does have that "Eared" look that some Balkan daggers have. The people where I bought it claim that it came from Bikaner, a small kingdom north of Jaipur.

21st February 2012, 06:13 PM	#4
Montino Bourbon Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Santa Barbara, California Posts: 301	Stan–I know exactly what you mean. It obviously takes patience and luck to find anything genuine. Luckily for me, I had my iPad with me and showed them what wootz looks like, as well as what a well-made dagger looks like. They had no answer to that. A picture is worth 1000 words.