Help wanted for my Khanjar!

[chregu]

hello together
I need help for the accurate determination of the cultural area (Ottoman is clear)
the approximate age?
and I know, you see it almost does what for a kind of wootz that? He is all black, Kara ...........?
Many thanks for any information.
greeting Chregu

[ALEX]

This is Kurdish jambiya (from East Turkey or North Iraq), late 19th Century, with typical, and good quality wootz blade.

[Dom]

your are a lucky man, beautiful Kurdish jambiya
and very nice "johar"

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Dom

[Battara]

Yup Kurdish............

[chregu]

Thank you for your help.
why is the Kurdish dagger jambiya and not Khanjar?
which means johar?
chregu

[Dom]

Originally Posted by chregu

Thank you for your help.
why is the Kurdish dagger jambiya and not Khanjar?
which means johar?
chregu

Hi chregu
- why Kurdish ?
because our background or expertise, give us that answer,
with a margin of 0% error ... at least, as far as this dagger it's concerned

- why jambyia and not Khanjar ?
because our background or expertise, give us that answer,
with a margin of 0% error ... at least, as far as this dagger it's concerned
in fact, the shape of the dagger, it's too much characteristic,
no doubt about our affirmation
the appellation could change from country to country, e.g.
with roughly the same form, an A.E.U. dagger will be a khangar, when in Yemen, we will talk about "jambiya"

- what means "johar" ? it's a Farsi word for what Indian call "wootz"
wootz - definition of wootz , meaning of wootz
a famous type of steel from India , much admired for making sword blades.

the secret to be able to recognize, and not to be lost, with all those subtleties;
- read a lot
- watch a lot of pictures
and, start a collection
also to use the function "Search" in our forum

best regards

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Dom