Asian dagger for comment

dennee · 1st March 2008, 03:37 PM

I have photos of one very much like it, but as the item does not belong to me, I will not post it here. I'm guessing this comes from the northeast of Tibet. Likely Chinese and/or Mongolian influence. Some resemblance to trousse knives, and some resemblance to some eastern Tibetan swords with iron butt caps (one of my Chinese-influenced Tibetan swords has a similar diamond-shaped "washer" helping secure the peened tang over the pommel cap). I'll let you know if I find any historic photos showing such knives. I don't think it's Bhutanese; although it has a waisted hilt, it is substantially different in form to those of Bhutanese swords and daggers.

1st March 2008, 03:37 PM	#2
dennee Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: College Park, MD Posts: 186	I have photos of one very much like it, but as the item does not belong to me, I will not post it here. I'm guessing this comes from the northeast of Tibet. Likely Chinese and/or Mongolian influence. Some resemblance to trousse knives, and some resemblance to some eastern Tibetan swords with iron butt caps (one of my Chinese-influenced Tibetan swords has a similar diamond-shaped "washer" helping secure the peened tang over the pommel cap). I'll let you know if I find any historic photos showing such knives. I don't think it's Bhutanese; although it has a waisted hilt, it is substantially different in form to those of Bhutanese swords and daggers.