Middle Eastern Knife??

[David]

Originally Posted by Dom

you are absolutely forgiven
I wrote; "for me this dagger, could be Syrian, 20th century ... modern version for "Magdali"
- the scripts as you may compare, are enough near
- the "Soliman" seal, is more "Arab" than something else, in this contexte

if I put a picture for daggers, it was to illustrate the origin of "ricassos" proposed
not to compare them daggers, that would have been a "nonsense" at evidence,
they don't have similitude, others than I mentioned

best regards

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Dom

Dom, markings on the ricasso of a blade is pretty common in many cultures. So is the Seal of Solomon. As has been pointed out, it was even used by the very British company of Wilkinson in that very area of their blades. Though i would agree that in combination with the written inscription this blade was no doubt owned at sometime by a Muslim. However, beyond that you reasoning for placing origin in Syria seems completely baseless. This looks nothing like any blades i have ever seen from that area.