Khanjar hilted knife'': ID wanted...:)

[francantolin]

Hello,
Thank you for your message,
I totally agree with you, something of a ''french- north european'' art déco knife mixed with a turkish-kurdish style hilt or some kindjal like hilt.

For me it is european made with orientaiist influence
but, it is made like a knife but large as a khanjar dagger: 44cm/17,3 inches long and the blade seems laminated,
I'll try to etch it a little....
Maybe a rehilted blade ?
I agree again, it is nice but something strange and not well balanced between the blade length and shape and the hilt...

[francantolin]

The knife

[francantolin]

And the blade

[Richard G]

To me, it has a hint of tableware about it. Either a carving knife made in an orientalist style, or even a Turkish\Ottoman kindjal refitted with a cutlery blade to make a 'conversation' piece?
Best wishes
Richard

[kronckew]

The blade has signs of Turkish linear laminations, which would not likely appear in a common table knife. A proper clean & etch with FeCl or even instant coffee might be more definitive.

[Tim Simmons]

The silver ? on the pommle looks like Yemen work. To me it looks like a rather nice well made knife of unusual form, like many not immediately recognised examples will remain a mystery for some time and often scorned.

[Bob A]

Hilt is reminiscent of Kurdish work. I can't argue with Yemen silver work, but the turquoise in silver setting reminds me of Central Asian jewelry.

All the parts have a certain elegance, but the blade/hilt contrast is a bit jarring, as mentioned above. Even so, I like it.