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Old 16th August 2014, 10:13 PM   #1
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This one just finished on eBay. I'm having trouble placing its origin. Thoughts?

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Congratulations, I was was hoping nobody would notice this. If I am correct, it is a 19thC Indian Jamdhar Katari.

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Old 17th August 2014, 12:04 AM   #3
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Thanks Russell. Yes, I think you are correct.
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Russell is on the money - an Indian katari.
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Old 17th August 2014, 02:35 PM   #5
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This one just finished on eBay. I'm having trouble placing its origin. Thoughts?

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I apologize for my bad English.
This Afghan knife worn tribes living in the Hindu Kush.
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Old 17th August 2014, 05:40 PM   #6
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I tried to identify the origin of a similar one [image attached] last year. The British Museum Handbook to Ethnographic collections illustrates an example (plate 42 s) and says it "is the national dagger of the Kafirs of the Hindu Kush" - so I put the locality down as Kafiristan. Does anybody know more about them ?
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