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JBG163 · 3rd September 2022, 06:02 PM

It seems you have a Taotie depicted on the upper part of the scabbard.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taotie

The guard seems an unusual feature for Bhutanese weapons

I would rather say a vintage or touristic knife.
For the origine .... Difficult to say. You pointed out some nepali features. Taotie are depicted in Nepal, Tibet and China. Coral and turquoise mostly used in Tibet/Nepal.
We can probably narrow to Nepal/Tibet

3rd September 2022, 06:02 PM	#4
JBG163 Member Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: France Posts: 203	It seems you have a Taotie depicted on the upper part of the scabbard. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taotie The guard seems an unusual feature for Bhutanese weapons I would rather say a vintage or touristic knife. For the origine .... Difficult to say. You pointed out some nepali features. Taotie are depicted in Nepal, Tibet and China. Coral and turquoise mostly used in Tibet/Nepal. We can probably narrow to Nepal/Tibet Last edited by JBG163; 3rd September 2022 at 06:34 PM.