Jambiya-kindjal combination?

Rivkin · 18th September 2005, 04:43 PM

"Etched damascene" or "etched leaf pattern" in fullers is something extremely common for post 1850 kindjals and quite rare for older examples. I'm not an expert, but if my memory does not betray me, squarish hilt for example can be characteristic for certain cossack patterns, but this one does not strike me as a cossack thing. Fullers are typically turkish (lacking only star and crescent to be 100% turkish). Scabbard is very simplistic and uncharacteristic for major caucasian producers.

It's indeed a rare kindjal type, but I've seen blades like this one. My diagnosis would be that it's something southern - turkish or even more southernish, with slight possibility that's it some rare Dagestan pattern made for Cossacks (the blade's shape is also sometwhat characteristic for cossack patterns).

I hope to be corrected by a real expert.

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18th September 2005, 04:43 PM	#4
Rivkin Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 655	"Etched damascene" or "etched leaf pattern" in fullers is something extremely common for post 1850 kindjals and quite rare for older examples. I'm not an expert, but if my memory does not betray me, squarish hilt for example can be characteristic for certain cossack patterns, but this one does not strike me as a cossack thing. Fullers are typically turkish (lacking only star and crescent to be 100% turkish). Scabbard is very simplistic and uncharacteristic for major caucasian producers. It's indeed a rare kindjal type, but I've seen blades like this one. My diagnosis would be that it's something southern - turkish or even more southernish, with slight possibility that's it some rare Dagestan pattern made for Cossacks (the blade's shape is also sometwhat characteristic for cossack patterns). I hope to be corrected by a real expert.