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Old 11th January 2013, 04:39 PM   #1
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Hello to all
can you give me the origin of these two knives
the largest measuring 33 cm long, blade 18 cm
There is a marking on the blade rest
the handle is in ivory

the small measuring 24.5 cm long, the blade 13 cm
a marking on the blade
the handle is in ivory
the scabbard is made of leather with drawings
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Old 11th January 2013, 04:41 PM   #2
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Old 11th January 2013, 06:01 PM   #3
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We have had a thread on these knives sometime in the past year. Not sure if the origins were definitely decided. Anyone have the link?
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Old 11th January 2013, 09:42 PM   #4
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We have had a thread on these knives sometime in the past year. Not sure if the origins were definitely decided. Anyone have the link?

It may be this thread ....

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5314

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Hmmm, I've seen several attributions for these knives. All with some merit. But I've never seen one with a scabbard, until now.
The scabbard on this example reminds me of some Khodmi scabbards.
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Old 11th January 2013, 10:47 PM   #6
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It may be this thread ....

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5314

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That's one of them, but i think there was also a thread just on the knife in that thread that is like the ones in this thread...
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Old 12th January 2013, 07:40 AM   #7
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that might be this one: Thread link

do a search on 'khodmi', there are more threads with this style. on this particular knife style the opinions vary from scandanavia to north africa, and to tibet and burma on the other side. it might even BE a khodmi. or not.

i'd be safe to say it is probably NOT n. or s. american.

the red dotted circle motif seems to be universal, or worldwide.
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Old 11th January 2013, 07:34 PM   #8
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My guess is that these are from Tibet. I saw the same type of knives on the border area between Nepal and Tibet when I was trawelling there on 2007.
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Old 5th August 2013, 07:18 PM   #9
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Question likely origin?

hi,

i recently got two of these on eBay. the seller seemed to think they were from Assam.

rather mysterious given all teh comments.

cheers,
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Old 6th August 2013, 12:35 PM   #10
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We have had discussions on a number of knives and a Ram Dao with similar markings . This Ram Dao is attributed to Assam notice the markings on the blade .....click the appropriate pic to enlarge..

Regards David

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