Strange Indo persian dagger info needed.

[mjamerks]

Originally Posted by Ibrahiim al Balooshi

Lebel Model 1886 ? That has 4. It could perhaps be a cut down sword stick... or some variant gilded bayonet used in hunting..?

The ridges of a lebel bayonet are much thicker,compared with this blade the ridge is very thin almost sharp also the point is different compared with a lebel bayonet.
Maybe it is not a bayonet at all but made in the shape it is specially.

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

Originally Posted by mjamerks

The ridges of a lebel bayonet are much thicker,compared with this blade the ridge is very thin almost sharp also the point is different compared with a lebel bayonet.
Maybe it is not a bayonet at all but made in the shape it is specially.

Could be.. but doubtful... I suggest either a hunting bayonet remodelled as a dagger or one of the other weapons... a lancehead or snapped sword or sword stick fashioned into a dagger. see http://www.truefork.org/Photography/...ant_Angelo.php for a quadrangular blade...but there many possibilities.

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

Then again~ what we could be looking at may be related to "Dague Miséricorde" style...

Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.

[ALEX]

The blade could be something similar to this. This one is not bayonet's, could be a spear, alam or something similar. I've seen another Ottoman dagger with a huge ivory handle and short 4-edged blade - an obvious old retrofit. these types are not common and likely old put-togethers from different parts.