Another Bhutan Dagger

[Lew]

Just picked this up on Ebay. Hair pin pattern steel blade and an interesting horn hilt.


Lew

[spiral]

Very nice Lou, Hairpin folding I always realy like. ;)

I wonder if its yak horn?

I have never found an example I know to be 100% identified as such. But there must plenty of it thats been used.

Any particular texture to the horn?


Spiral

[Lew]

I will have the dagger in a few days will let you know then.

Lew

[spiral]

Cool, I look forward to your in hand perusal of it.

Spiral

[Lew]

The dagger arrived today and it's a beauty :) I Restored the leather with a dab of Kiwi brown shoe polish. Btw the spine is .250" thick. Spiral I think the horn is from the bharal sheep and not yak seems like rams horn to me.




Lew