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Ian 16th August 2014 10:13 PM
Indian??? knife
 
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This one just finished on eBay. I'm having trouble placing its origin. Thoughts?

Ian.

russel 16th August 2014 11:40 PM
Congratulations, I was was hoping nobody would notice this. If I am correct, it is a 19thC Indian Jamdhar Katari.

Russel

Ian 17th August 2014 12:04 AM
Thanks Russell. Yes, I think you are correct.

Battara 17th August 2014 04:57 AM
Russell is on the money - an Indian katari.

mahratt 17th August 2014 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Ian
This one just finished on eBay. I'm having trouble placing its origin. Thoughts?

Ian.

I apologize for my bad English.
This Afghan knife worn tribes living in the Hindu Kush.

LJ 17th August 2014 05:40 PM
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I tried to identify the origin of a similar one [image attached] last year. The British Museum Handbook to Ethnographic collections illustrates an example (plate 42 s) and says it "is the national dagger of the Kafirs of the Hindu Kush" - so I put the locality down as Kafiristan. Does anybody know more about them ?


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