Indo persian ? Arabic curved 'working' knife

A. G. Maisey · 16th February 2007, 10:29 AM

Yeah, maybe. Also, maybe not. I just don't like to guess about things without a really solid foundation to build the guesses on. With no knowledge of exactly where this thing came from, when it was made, what its provenance is, and no illustrated example, as well as no cultural nor societal knowledge of the place where it might have come from, I would seriously hesitate to hypothesise about what it might be. That's what I said a little while ago:- when we start to guess about these things we can have hours of endless fun. Lots of fun, but no real, supportable conclusions.

A tool to scrape the rust off 44gallon drums?

Maybe it doesn't come from the middle east at all, maybe it comes from Africa, and they use to castrate rogue elephants.

16th February 2007, 10:29 AM	#19
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,019	Yeah, maybe. Also, maybe not. I just don't like to guess about things without a really solid foundation to build the guesses on. With no knowledge of exactly where this thing came from, when it was made, what its provenance is, and no illustrated example, as well as no cultural nor societal knowledge of the place where it might have come from, I would seriously hesitate to hypothesise about what it might be. That's what I said a little while ago:- when we start to guess about these things we can have hours of endless fun. Lots of fun, but no real, supportable conclusions. A tool to scrape the rust off 44gallon drums? Maybe it doesn't come from the middle east at all, maybe it comes from Africa, and they use to castrate rogue elephants.