Identification & thoughts on Afghani knife

spiral · 16th June 2007, 09:46 PM

Well yes thats a possibility Louie, {although the sunlit photography doesnt help.}The Afghanis have always loved a bit of rehandling, it was bought back by family friends to England in 1920 after the third Afghan war along with many other Afghan trophies, but perhaps the blade is much older, I hadnt thought of that.Thankyou.

Have you ever seen a thin recurve blade like that before though? most are much wider, & how about the handle? any similar examples?

Spiral

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16th June 2007, 09:46 PM	#4
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	Well yes thats a possibility Louie, {although the sunlit photography doesnt help.}The Afghanis have always loved a bit of rehandling, it was bought back by family friends to England in 1920 after the third Afghan war along with many other Afghan trophies, but perhaps the blade is much older, I hadnt thought of that.Thankyou. Have you ever seen a thin recurve blade like that before though? most are much wider, & how about the handle? any similar examples? Spiral