TURKISH kindjal

stelio · 29th May 2017, 02:17 PM

Hello Martin!
The total length is 67 cm to 50 cm the length of the blade.It has two studs/rivets in the top of the handle( look photo) and there is some kind of glue inside.I think it's a mix of resin along with other materials.

Stelios

TVV · 29th May 2017, 06:13 PM

Here is a much more mundane example, which I believe is purely Turkish.

Teodor

Martin Lubojacky · 30th May 2017, 12:36 PM

Thanks Stelio. I asked, because till now I saw this kind of Ottoman (and I would say from Anatolian territory ?) rhino hilt (exactly the same shape - I mean especiall the upper part) without any rivets. In one case there were rivets, but attached only from decorative reason (it did not go through the steel tongue ; BTW - the steel tongue inside the hilt used to go to cca mid length of the hilt in these concrete cases). It may be that in your case the rivets were "supplemented" additionaly to reinforce the old dagger)

Also, very often it these cases, the blade used to taper immediately from the hilt (like very long triangle), which is not common in another qama styles.

29th May 2017, 02:17 PM	#1
stelio Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 97	Hello Martin! The total length is 67 cm to 50 cm the length of the blade.It has two studs/rivets in the top of the handle( look photo) and there is some kind of glue inside.I think it's a mix of resin along with other materials. Stelios Attached Images

29th May 2017, 06:13 PM	#2
TVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,602	Here is a much more mundane example, which I believe is purely Turkish. Teodor Attached Images

30th May 2017, 12:36 PM	#3
Martin Lubojacky Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 836	Thanks Stelio. I asked, because till now I saw this kind of Ottoman (and I would say from Anatolian territory ?) rhino hilt (exactly the same shape - I mean especiall the upper part) without any rivets. In one case there were rivets, but attached only from decorative reason (it did not go through the steel tongue ; BTW - the steel tongue inside the hilt used to go to cca mid length of the hilt in these concrete cases). It may be that in your case the rivets were "supplemented" additionaly to reinforce the old dagger) Also, very often it these cases, the blade used to taper immediately from the hilt (like very long triangle), which is not common in another qama styles.