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blue lander · 19th November 2013, 05:05 PM

I bought this as a "maharani safety dagger" from Jodhpur. Obviously the maharani part isn't true, but it was cheap and I liked the way it looked so I bought it. Now I'm wondering what it is, exactly. It's very small and thin, about 10 inches total in length. It looks a little like a seax but it does curve up slightly towards the end. The serrations on the back are more like waves than serrations, not sure what use they might have served. They're all worn down and many are bent over a little, so it must have been used heavily at some point. The handle looks like brass and horn.

There's three different grinds on the dagger which you can't see from the picture, so I drew them on in the second picture. The primary edge is still fairly sharp but the false edge on the back doesn't look like it was ever sharpened. Any ideas what it might be besides a rusty old knife?

19th November 2013, 05:05 PM	#1
blue lander Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 456	Indian Dagger for ID I bought this as a "maharani safety dagger" from Jodhpur. Obviously the maharani part isn't true, but it was cheap and I liked the way it looked so I bought it. Now I'm wondering what it is, exactly. It's very small and thin, about 10 inches total in length. It looks a little like a seax but it does curve up slightly towards the end. The serrations on the back are more like waves than serrations, not sure what use they might have served. They're all worn down and many are bent over a little, so it must have been used heavily at some point. The handle looks like brass and horn. There's three different grinds on the dagger which you can't see from the picture, so I drew them on in the second picture. The primary edge is still fairly sharp but the false edge on the back doesn't look like it was ever sharpened. Any ideas what it might be besides a rusty old knife? Attached Images