Wondering what this is

ariel · 5th February 2008, 03:15 PM

It is a regulation military Khyber: Afghani Military, end of the 19th-beginning of 20th cen.
I like non-regulation, peasant-type Khybers more.

CourseEight · 6th February 2008, 10:06 PM

Thanks a lot. I like it, but I'm glad I didn't bid more than I did. On the subject of khybers, I recently thought I was purchasing a decent one, but when I received it it appears to be chrome or nickel plated. It is rather plain otherwise, an inscibed design near the base. Are there plated tourist khybers, akin to the lion-headed tourist kukri? I can post a picture, but it might not be worth photographing...

--Radleigh

5th February 2008, 03:15 PM	#1
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	It is a regulation military Khyber: Afghani Military, end of the 19th-beginning of 20th cen. I like non-regulation, peasant-type Khybers more.

6th February 2008, 10:06 PM	#2
CourseEight Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Coral Springs, FL Posts: 222	Thanks a lot. I like it, but I'm glad I didn't bid more than I did. On the subject of khybers, I recently thought I was purchasing a decent one, but when I received it it appears to be chrome or nickel plated. It is rather plain otherwise, an inscibed design near the base. Are there plated tourist khybers, akin to the lion-headed tourist kukri? I can post a picture, but it might not be worth photographing... --Radleigh