long persian dagger / wootz blade ? - Ethnographic Arms & Armour

chiefheadknocker long persian dagger / wootz... 7th October 2018, 11:59 AM

AJ1356 Nice find. It is an a Pesh... 7th October 2018, 02:59 PM

chiefheadknocker Hi thanks for your reply , I... 7th October 2018, 03:23 PM

Jens Nordlunde Why dont you try to etch it? 7th October 2018, 03:43 PM

Martin Lubojacky Interesting structure of the... 7th October 2018, 03:52 PM

chiefheadknocker Hi , I have tried etching... 7th October 2018, 04:05 PM

AJ1356 Try something stronger or... 7th October 2018, 04:38 PM

chiefheadknocker I have taken a couple of pics... 7th October 2018, 06:10 PM

mariusgmioc Your Pesh-kabz is, in my... 7th October 2018, 10:22 PM

shayde78 Looks like very nice... 8th October 2018, 02:31 AM

chiefheadknocker Thanks for your reply , im... 8th October 2018, 06:53 AM

Kmaddock In my opinion leave... 8th October 2018, 08:08 AM

chiefheadknocker Hi ken ,thanks for your tip... 8th October 2018, 08:53 AM

mariusgmioc You are talking about... 8th October 2018, 09:36 AM

ALEX How about restoring the... 8th October 2018, 10:28 AM

chiefheadknocker Hi , I have just read your... 8th October 2018, 10:33 AM

ALEX Agree with Marius, A lovely... 8th October 2018, 08:44 AM

asomotif Maybe sperm whale :shrug: ... 8th October 2018, 10:42 PM

T. Koch Hi, I would need better... 9th October 2018, 08:47 AM

chiefheadknocker I have taken a few close up... 9th October 2018, 09:13 AM

T. Koch Yup, it's elephant. :) 9th October 2018, 10:53 AM

mariusgmioc In the photo of the tip of... 9th October 2018, 04:22 PM

chiefheadknocker That's interesting to know... 9th October 2018, 04:51 PM

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8th October 2018, 08:44 AM

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ALEX

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mariusgmioc

Your Pesh-kabz is, in my opinion, north Indian from early 19th century and certainly wootz. For etching, you can find a lot of information on this forum. I documented the process step by step.
Congratulations for such a nice piece!

Agree with Marius,
A lovely Pesh-Kabz, wootz blade and ivory handle. As Martin noted, could well be hippo, hard to tell the difference by photos. A Fine dagger!!!

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