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8th September 2014, 12:31 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Michigan, U.S.A.
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Yak bone?
This was my low-cost impulse buy Saturday at the Michigan show. I was told it was from Tibet. Otherwise I know nothing of it. Judging by the use of aluminum for one pin & part of the hilt decoration I would guess mid-20th century. The sheath is wood lined, apparently covered with German silver, although I've not had it analyzed. Scales are bone. Overall length 18.6 cm, and the 9 cm blade is quite capable of cutting butter. The decoration on the hilt end is made of a layer of copper atop the bone, followed by aluminum, leather, aluminum, copper and finally steel.
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8th September 2014, 09:26 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Nova Scotia
Posts: 7,250
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I would say Tibetan is a safe call. There is obviously some cultural overlap in the area. Probably post WWII, but certainly vintage. Here's mine.
 http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...=Tibetan+knife |
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8th September 2014, 06:18 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Germany, Dortmund
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Agree with David. We have recently dicussed this sort of knives here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=18997
There you can see my one also. Regards, Detlef |
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