Identification of a dagger

[Pitt1999]

Also when I get the piece in my hands I will add photos of anything that wasn't shown in the seller's photos.

[mariusgmioc]

Definitely NOT Bulgaria nor Romania and almost certainly NOT the Balkans.

To me it looks like Caucasian qama/kindjal blade and hilt, reshaped into a dagger. I assume the tip of the original blade was badly damaged and the blade was shortened and turned into a dagger.

[ariel]

Have you ever seen a 2x2x2 pin construction and a small flat steel guard on any Caucasian kindjal? Can you show an example?

[mariusgmioc]

Originally Posted by ariel

Have you ever seen a 2x2x2 pin construction and a small flat steel guard on any Caucasian kindjal? Can you show an example?

The repurpose of the old qama could have been done anywhere, even in a trench during WWI

[ariel]

Originally Posted by mariusgmioc

The repurpose of the old qama could have been done anywhere, even in a trench during WWI

This one does not look as if either blade or, especially, the handle were remade. I doubt that trenches of WWI were the most convenient place for that. And, wouldn't the " repurposer" also require a new scabbard? And why manufacture a definitely non-Caucasian handle with a totally non-Caucasian guard? In short, how would major remake of a Caucasian kindjal into something non-Caucasian improve its function?

Look at the book of Tarik Koze "Balkan Arms": it has examples of double-edged knives with similarly short blade with central ridge.

Time-venerated Occam's rule would be in favor of the original dagger from an area different from Caucasus.


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