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			I got them in a moment of moral weakness....  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	They are just too pretty. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=360075222426 Now, the question: are they truly Tibetan or more Northern, such as Dzhungar, Buryat etc?  | 
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   they are very attractive, it's true   even if in my case, they 'r not very old I got them 15 years ago for 2 or 3 peanuts ... no more ![]() Quote: 
	
    no idea     ... so sorryà + Dom  | 
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	Sorry for bumping it up: bad manners   But I just cannot believe that nobody here knows more about these knives! How about some effort to help an ignorant friend? ( I am being a bit manipulative, I know...)  | 
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			Well Ariel, the pictures aren't all that good to go on....however, from what i can tell, and i know little on the subject, Tibet could well be the origin of these knives. Here's a link to a thread on a knife i own which i believe to be Tibetan. Note the similarities in the hilt construction. 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5669  | 
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			Those are from the Black Sea area Ariel. 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	No really they are Tibetan probably around Chinese takeover period  | 
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 I just saw the "pics" from e-bay... Indeed, horror.... But, still, I did not mean Dom's knives... I'll have to make my own pics and post them. They look much older than Dalai Lama's silverware. And, as the origin goes, I was thinking exactly along the lines of Ausjulius in the earlier thread.  | 
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			Ariel, here is another thread where we discussed this Bao An vs. Tibetan ID. I feel fairly confident that my example, and probably yours as well, are not Bao An and are probably Tibetan, but again, this is not my area of knowledge. 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...=tibetan+knife  | 
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			I also think they are Tibetan.   Link to Similar on Auctions Imperial site
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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