Ottoman hancer / court dagger?

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Originally Posted by Kubur

Ah ah, clever, I was interested by this one!
You should post the scabbard too.
It's an interesting piece done only with old and original parts.
Hilt ottoman jambiya 19th c.
Blade Ottoman so-called court dagger 18th c.
and scabbard Ottoman kinjal 19th c.
It's really a nice object, but it's a combinaison of stuffs.
You can see that the blade is too small for the scabbard.
The hilt is too big for the blade and the hilt is too big for the scabbard.
Plus a nail in the hilt to fix the blade.
The question is when this strange combinaison was done?

You may be right, but I don't find the hilt too big relative to the blade.

Also the checkered pattern of the koftgari is the same style both on the hilt and on the blade, and appears to be contemporary with both.