Syrian, Lebanese dagger

[drdavid]

Hi all
just bought this, it looks reasonably modern and somewhat 'loud' but would like to hear what you all think. Scabbard is described as brass over wood and handle is said to be horn. Seller describes as handle looks like 30 years but blade looks 50+, so not sure what age to put on it.
cheers
Drdavid

[drdavid]

Well this one obviously has not triggered any thoughts/opinions in anyone, so I will wait until it turns up and then post some more pictures (but feel free to comment before hand if you like :cool:

[Justin]

This knife is from Lebanon looks like a nice ,older one.I would say early-mid 20th cent,probably more towards the mid 20th.It seems that in the last year or so the older ones like yours have dried up,there was a post on the old forum about these,Ill have to see if I can find it,heres a dagger called a Majdali,from Syria made about the same time as yours,for comparison:

[Justin]

http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/002216.html