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Sajen
19th January 2025, 03:06 PM
Hello dear members,
Here is a to me unknown knife with a lock system, on the scabbard is an inscription, is someone able to translate it or know in which language/script it's written? 14 cm long inside the scabbard.
Thank you in advance for any help! :)
Tim Simmons
20th January 2025, 06:49 AM
Blade looks like Tibet/Bhutan to me. I had a knife with a similar looking blade.
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snakeoveer
20th January 2025, 05:10 PM
The writing is in arabic letters but the words look like nonsense to me.
My best guess is that this knife originates from a muslim central asian people, maybe Uyghur ?
It could also be Persian, Kurd, Ourdou, or something else but it seems less likely to me.
Caveat, I am not knowledgeable about central asian knives, my guess is fairly educated by the not arabic language word in arabic letters.
Sajen
20th January 2025, 08:40 PM
Blade looks like Tibet/Bhutan to me. I had a knife with a similar looking blade.
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Hello Tim,
Thank you for your thoughts, it's for sure a possibility! :)
Regards,
Detlef
Sajen
20th January 2025, 11:58 PM
The writing is in arabic letters but the words look like nonsense to me.
My best guess is that this knife originates from a muslim central asian people, maybe Uyghur ?
It could also be Persian, Kurd, Ourdou, or something else but it seems less likely to me.
Caveat, I am not knowledgeable about central asian knives, my guess is fairly educated by the not arabic language word in arabic letters.
Thank you very much Snakeoveer! :) Now I know that the script is in Arabic letters and it is a good note regarding a Central Asian origin.
Regards,
Detlef
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