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laEspadaAncha · 14th July 2013, 07:58 PM

Hi Detlef,

Thanks...

I remember reading through your thread when I was combing the archives following my recent acquisition of the Bhutanese dagger.

Like this one, I always assumed those like yours - with the circumpunct motif on the bone grip slabs and the layered stacked pommel - to be Tibetan as well until reading the aforementioned thread.

I've always been drawn to the utilitarian 'user' knives, in no small part to my own accustomed habit of carrying an EDC knife for the last 30-odd years...

Cheers,
Chris

14th July 2013, 07:58 PM	#3
laEspadaAncha Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 608	Hi Detlef, Thanks... I remember reading through your thread when I was combing the archives following my recent acquisition of the Bhutanese dagger. Like this one, I always assumed those like yours - with the circumpunct motif on the bone grip slabs and the layered stacked pommel - to be Tibetan as well until reading the aforementioned thread. I've always been drawn to the utilitarian 'user' knives, in no small part to my own accustomed habit of carrying an EDC knife for the last 30-odd years... Cheers, Chris