Anyone can tell me how old are these ?
 

Hi! Can anyone please help to identify the age of these ? Are these antiques ?Thanks

How old ?
 

How old ? Thanks

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HI THESE ARE KURDISH DAGGERS FROM NORTHERN IRAQ,BUT DIFFICULT TO SAY AGE,SOME OTHER EXPERTS HERE WILL TELL YOU THAT,CHEERS

Yep, Kurdish and in my opinion antique. Nice find.

It could be and Albanian hanjar(jambiya)(photos) but the issue is their age .
I thought the bones to handle dichnei Which new as construction , perhaps to fool the eye from the photos .
Stelios

To me the last one with walrus ivory is Albanian.
The others are so-called Kurdish.
So-called Kurdish because I suspect some of them to be Turkish.
And this is a sensitive subject...
They are all from the 19th c.
But I was thinking that we cannot discuss objects for sale...

Kubur
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I was thinking the same thing myself, Kubur .

Of course one could always ask for a Private Message to gather such information . :)

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Thanks for the information and feedback

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He was just asking about age, not value, we should be able to at least help someone who may not be extremely knowledgable on the subject from making a costly mistake.

I say they are at least from the early 1900s to 1800s so that would make them antiques, just my personal opinion.

Dagger
 

Thanks very much!

Lovely daggers and not modern IMHO. I see no reference anywhere requesting value, or that these are for sale. I see the owners display cabinet with lots of other interesting things in it! The daggers are simply sitting on top for photo purposes.
Stu

Salaams All...

You could narrow that down and say late 19th to early 20th Century...in a bracket of say 30 years but unless you know the makers stamp...and that is not a reliable guide... Look at Assad Ullah Swords ! It is also quite difficult to tell... since an item worn on the belt would age and develop patina much faster than an item stored inside a building... :shrug: I think the addage "old enough" would suffice. :shrug:
Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.

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