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18th March 2023, 11:50 AM
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Hello
For me, it is a capador knife. I don't know if camels or dromedaries get rid of... Affectionately |
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18th March 2023, 11:53 AM
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....castrate.....
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18th March 2023, 02:06 PM
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the shape seems indeed very common in Europe ( all cardinal points ) too and with general purpose functions, not only castration it could certainly be used to skin animals.
So I think this may mean that there is parallel evolution and that there are only so many variations that can happen to a blade before it repeats itself somewhere else without any apparent connection. |
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18th March 2023, 02:24 PM
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Does the engraving on the sheath offer any insights? The man appears to be doing something.
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18th March 2023, 02:29 PM
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he has a bag full of misty knives thrown over his shoulder
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18th March 2023, 08:58 PM
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I enlarged and inverted the scabbard bit. Makes it easier to see the figure. Still have no idea what he is doing...
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18th March 2023, 09:42 PM
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To me it looks as if he is walking along with a basket over his shoulder. From what I can see it looks very like baskets used for tea/tobacco picking so maybe the original idea that the knife is used for that purpose could be correct. The dress of the man looks Chinese to me.
Stu Last edited by kahnjar1; 19th March 2023 at 01:47 AM. |
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