Caucasian Kindjal for comment

[Gavin Nugent]

Outstanding Fernando ;-)

Originally Posted by fernando

Indeed so Gav .
Look for item # dag_0065 in this link.
http://www.collectiblefirearms.com/Daggers.html
A piece also with the mountings in German ( nickel) silver, with a decoration somehow resembling yours ... however a bit more well finished, i would say ?
Mind you, the earlier date atributed to it could be a bit optimistic, though
Fernando

After reading Ariel's views of it being a one off, it re-enforced my views on it's nature and origins as being from someone near the turn on the 19/20th century, taking enough interest in their traditions and culture to create this piece the best they knew how, so that they own their own traditionally made Kindjal or as the link indicates, maybe to offer a friend or assosiate, much like goverments today and of old offer traditional gifts wether they be in the high or low end of the market.
I did notice too, even the examples offered up by Jeff from the oriental arms website, although of better quality still showed a lack of perfect symmetry in the embellishments. I am guessing unless really closely viewed you wouldn't notice them at first glance as the camera did not zoom as close as I did to show detail.
Nice find, I will continue to look for other examples too.


regards

Gav