Rick is correct. This knife appears to have some age and is a nice example of a knife that seems to have been well used. These don't come up very often. Quite a reasonable price for what it is IMO.
The Coorgi are renowned warriors who live on the east coast of India in the north of the state of Karnataka. Their homeland has been defended vigourously (and successfully) for two millenia. Some people believe they are descendants of part of Alexander the Great's army. These men in Alexander's army may have come from what is now Syria.
The
pichangatti is still worn by Coorg men on special occasions.
Ian.
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Originally Posted by RSWORD
It might be a lot of knife for a small amount of money. I suspect it fetched the price due to the rarity of knife versus the amount or quality of silver decoration. This is a knife refered to as a "pichangatti" and is of the Coorg. Like the Ayda Katti they just are not that common.
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