Khanjar for comment

[Emanuel]

Well the one in the pictures with the beige/brown scabbard has very tight stitching, you don't see the stitches. On the black one they are blatantly exposed and very large. Does this occur on other types of scabbards? Again, my mention of khukri scabbards is due to them being the closest thing I can think of to compare with this black khanjar scabbard.

Emanuel

[BBJW]

I should have seen that "bear" was suposed to be "bare". It's hell getting old.

bj

[Rick]

Originally Posted by Manolo

Well the one in the pictures with the beige/brown scabbard has very tight stitching, you don't see the stitches. On the black one they are blatantly exposed and very large. Does this occur on other types of scabbards? Again, my mention of khukri scabbards is due to them being the closest thing I can think of to compare with this black khanjar scabbard.

Emanuel

Yes, the wire stitching is fairly common in older pieces; it is made quite wide in your example.

Yataghan scabbard.

[Emanuel]

Thanks Rick, that looks just like mine, the stitching looks almost like coils/springs. So we have a similar Ottoman example then...that could put my khanjar somewhere within Ottoman territory, so Balkans sounds plausible. The dagger could also be Turkish.

Emanuel