The initial knife is pure Tibetan knife but presumably of XX century.
The ironwork on scabbard is classic for Tibet.
Such knives used as household utensilf (e.g. to slice meat etc.) by Tibetans during the previous century. So even if it dates of 1950-1960th it is not fake.
BTW "dogpa" is not Mongolian word - it is Tibetan by the pronunsiation but spelling seems to be utterly simplified and I can not find the Tibetan original word.
Some Mongolians dwell in Tibet since 1630th - they are named "sog-po" (simplified spelling for convenience) by Tibetans.
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