KURDISH JAMBIYA/DAGGER

[BANDOOK]

JUST BOUGHT THIS KURDISH JAMBIYA DAGGER,WOULD LOVE TO KNOW ITS AGE AND ANY INFORMATION RELATED TO IT.WOOD AND SILVER KIND OF SHEATH??
MEASUREMENTS
SIZE SHEATH AND KNIFE -41 CM
KNIFE-41 CM
HANDLE -14 CM X 5 CM WIDE

[Kubur]

Hi Rajesh,

It's a good one. It's so funny that you have a brown and black leather sheat.
I don't know which one is the oldest one: the black or the brown. But I know that the tip of your scabbard is a basic Turkish/Ottoman silver work. Maybe useful to locate the origin of your Kurdish dagger...

Best,
Kubur

[BANDOOK]

Hi Rajesh,

It's a good one. It's so funny that you have a brown and black leather sheat.
I don't know which one is the oldest one: the black or the brown. But I know that the tip of your scabbard is a basic Turkish/Ottoman silver work. Maybe useful to locate the origin of your Kurdish dagger...

Best,
Kubur
THANKS KUBUR SOMEONE CAN TELL US MORE,MANY TNX,CHEERS

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

see http://www.saradistribution.com/kurdish_jambiya.htm and http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=6307 :shrug:

[kronckew]

brown sleeve over the black leather/metal chape may have been a repair shrunk/glued on to hold them together.

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

See also http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=90276 :shrug:

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

See also http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=2381

and below some characterful artwork..

[BANDOOK]

THANKS IBRAHIIM FOR THE LOVELY PICTURES,CAN YOU TELL ME THE AGE OF THIS DAGGER,AM SURE IT BEEN WELL USED AND REPAIRED
REGARDS RAJESH

[BANDOOK]

brown sleeve over the black leather/metal chape may have been a repair shrunk/glued on to hold them together.
THANKS MATE AM SURE ITS A REPAIR,USED BY THE CULTURE,SO ANYTHING WILL DO AS LONG AS IT SERVES THE PURPOSE
REGARDS
RAJESH

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

THANKS IBRAHIIM FOR THE LOVELY PICTURES,CAN YOU TELL ME THE AGE OF THIS DAGGER,AM SURE IT BEEN WELL USED AND REPAIRED
REGARDS RAJESH

It is always difficult to stick the tail on the donkey over the question of age. Its old in my view looking at the wear on the hilt and clearly the blade is not new...thus likely to be original. It has running repairs...adding to age... but how much age? You would have to be a genius to figure it out exactly... I would be happy with something between 100 years and 150.

[BANDOOK]

THANKS IBRAHIIM AGREE
REGARDS RAJESH