camel-dagger

corrado26 · 2nd April 2016, 05:08 PM

Finally I got the camel dagger for my collection and made some fotos. After having examined the grip and the explanations by Helleri in mind I'm nearly sure that is elephant ivory. The total length of the dagger is 291mm, the blade is 191mm and is wide 22mm.

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mariusgmioc · 2nd April 2016, 07:47 PM

In my opinion, the hilt is almost certainly very old elephant ivory but I am not very sure about the blade. I believe the blade is not new but much more recent than the hilt (my guess for the blade would be 20 century).

But this is just my opinion.

Blacksmith · 2nd April 2016, 08:38 PM

[QUOTE=mariusgmioc]In my opinion, the hilt is almost certainly very old elephant ivory but I am not very sure about the blade. I believe the blade is not new but much more recent than the hilt (my guess for the blade would be 20 century).

Agreed, blade and the koftgari looks a little bit like new, like the blades that are coming from India at the moment.

2nd April 2016, 05:08 PM	#1
corrado26 Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Black Forest, Germany Posts: 1,240	Finally I got the camel dagger for my collection and made some fotos. After having examined the grip and the explanations by Helleri in mind I'm nearly sure that is elephant ivory. The total length of the dagger is 291mm, the blade is 191mm and is wide 22mm. corrado26 Attached Images

2nd April 2016, 07:47 PM	#2
mariusgmioc Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Austria Posts: 1,911	In my opinion, the hilt is almost certainly very old elephant ivory but I am not very sure about the blade. I believe the blade is not new but much more recent than the hilt (my guess for the blade would be 20 century). But this is just my opinion.

2nd April 2016, 08:38 PM	#3
Blacksmith Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Finland Posts: 98	[QUOTE=mariusgmioc]In my opinion, the hilt is almost certainly very old elephant ivory but I am not very sure about the blade. I believe the blade is not new but much more recent than the hilt (my guess for the blade would be 20 century). Agreed, blade and the koftgari looks a little bit like new, like the blades that are coming from India at the moment.