Afghan Peshkabz

Aurangzeb · 6th July 2005, 01:07 AM

Hi Jens!

Very nice, I am filled with envy!

I might be wrong but this looks to be a khanjarli dagger from India or some sort of khanjar. Nice gold work on it, is it a wootz blade? Hopefully this chould be of some help.

Maah as-salaama!
(good-bye in arabic)

RobT · 6th July 2005, 03:25 AM

Jens,
I would call it a drop dead gorgeous pesh kabz. That is the most beautiful recurved dagger I have ever seen. It's more deeply recurved than the one on pg 494 of Stone's but the general look is the same.
Lew,
I don't believe it's a khanjar. None of the blades so named in Stone's (pg 353) show a T-rib. On the other hand, I believe khanjar just means knife so there might be T-rib versions.
Aurangzeb,
If Stone is to be believed on pgs 352 and 354, the khanjarli is a double edged recurved dagger with a large lunette pommel.
Sincerely,
RobT

Rick · 6th July 2005, 03:31 AM

Karud , Pesh , Choora ?
And why ?

Jens Nordlunde · 6th July 2005, 02:24 PM

Aurangzeb, the one I showed is not a Khanjarli, it looks like this.

derek · 6th July 2005, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rick

Karud , Pesh , Choora ?
And why ?

Karud. From Bhukara?

BTW, I have asked a dozen afghan antique dealers and none have heard of the term "choora". But then again, they were city folk from Kabul........

Jens Nordlunde · 6th July 2005, 04:35 PM

Aurangzeb, I am sorry that I did nor answer your question about the Pesh Kabz. Yes the blade is of wootz. Her is another picture of the blade.

Aurangzeb · 6th July 2005, 11:37 PM

Hi Jens!

In the book I was looking in it has no pictures so I was going off the description, I was too lazy to find my other book with pictures in it!

So I grabbed the closest one! Thanks for corecting my mistake about the khanjarli. That really is a butiful dagger I like the gold work on it and the bulb shaped tip for piercing chainmail.

P.S.- What is this "Stones" book I hear so much about anyway?

Rick · 7th July 2005, 01:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aurangzeb

Hi Jens!

In the book I was looking in it has no pictures so I was going off the description, I was too lazy to find my other book with pictures in it!

So I grabbed the closest one! Thanks for corecting my mistake about the khanjarli. That really is a butiful dagger I like the gold work on it and the bulb shaped tip for piercing chainmail.

P.S.- What is this "Stones" book I hear so much about anyway?

http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/...L?bi=528094009

6th July 2005, 03:25 AM	#2
RobT Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 548	What a blade Jens, I would call it a drop dead gorgeous pesh kabz. That is the most beautiful recurved dagger I have ever seen. It's more deeply recurved than the one on pg 494 of Stone's but the general look is the same. Lew, I don't believe it's a khanjar. None of the blades so named in Stone's (pg 353) show a T-rib. On the other hand, I believe khanjar just means knife so there might be T-rib versions. Aurangzeb, If Stone is to be believed on pgs 352 and 354, the khanjarli is a double edged recurved dagger with a large lunette pommel. Sincerely, RobT

6th July 2005, 03:31 AM	#3
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,339	So What Shall We Call This Karud , Pesh , Choora ? And why ? Attached Images

6th July 2005, 02:24 PM	#4
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Aurangzeb, the one I showed is not a Khanjarli, it looks like this. Attached Images

6th July 2005, 04:35 PM	#6
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Aurangzeb, I am sorry that I did nor answer your question about the Pesh Kabz. Yes the blade is of wootz. Her is another picture of the blade. Attached Images

6th July 2005, 01:07 AM	#1
Aurangzeb Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 306	Hi Jens! Very nice, I am filled with envy! I might be wrong but this looks to be a khanjarli dagger from India or some sort of khanjar. Nice gold work on it, is it a wootz blade? Hopefully this chould be of some help. Maah as-salaama! (good-bye in arabic)

6th July 2005, 11:37 PM	#7
Aurangzeb Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 306	Hi Jens! In the book I was looking in it has no pictures so I was going off the description, I was too lazy to find my other book with pictures in it! So I grabbed the closest one! Thanks for corecting my mistake about the khanjarli. That really is a butiful dagger I like the gold work on it and the bulb shaped tip for piercing chainmail. P.S.- What is this "Stones" book I hear so much about anyway?