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Old 08-27-2018, 1:33 PM
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Question WHAT is this knife, & WHERE did it come from?!

What I know about knives, you could store in a thimble... with room left over for a Subway 6' party sub ... SOOOOO...


WHAT in the freep IS this - and WHERE could it have come from?!?! Iraqi/Afghani bring-back from the wars? Something made in somebody's garage? Your guess is as good as any - feel free to throw some out!










Apologies in advance for my craptacular photography. If you want a pic of some other part of it, let me know. Can't find a maker's mark, serial #, or other sort of identifying emblem on it, so I DO think it's 'homemade.'


Beyond that?!
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Old 08-27-2018, 6:34 PM
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Looks like some sort of Persian ceremonial knife.
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Old 08-27-2018, 7:17 PM
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It's probably a Kirpan, worn by the Sikhs.
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Old 08-27-2018, 7:27 PM
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Genie knife you should not have unsheathed it!
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Kirpan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirpan
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Old 08-27-2018, 7:53 PM
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Looks like a indo-Persian style hilt and sheath, but blade seems odd and looks as though someone took a grinder to it. Maybe it had rust but I would see if under hilt if any markings.
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Old 08-27-2018, 9:17 PM
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It's a paperweight or a letter opener, nothing more.
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It looks like a Moroccan Jambiya.

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Old 08-28-2018, 10:41 AM
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Old 08-28-2018, 11:55 AM
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Doesn't look as NICE as the wikipicture model!


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Looks like a indo-Persian style hilt and sheath, but blade seems odd and looks as though someone took a grinder to it. Maybe it had rust but I would see if under hilt if any markings.

Can't find any markings, and the metal IS certainly well-ground. Really can't tell what kind of metal it was BEFORE it was ground. Definitely ferrous/steel (magnet sticks to it), but was it a car fender, I-beam, T-34 piece, et.al. in a previous life? I'm thinking "knife blade" is NOT it's FIRST incarnation.


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It's a paperweight or a letter opener, nothing more.

If not a ceremonial blade, than that's my next guess. Seems it'd be awfully SLIPPERY in combat, given the handle's smooth finish.


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It looks like a Moroccan Jambiya.

Doesn't look that nice, either!
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Agree with others. My money is on a kirpan. Largely symbolic & not utilitarian.
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It looks like a Moroccan Jambiya.
Looks like something BUSSE might release in the next few years if the trends continue.
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Old 09-01-2018, 7:55 AM
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It's a tourist piece made to be sold in the little markets to people looking for souvenirs. It's not a Kirpan. It is a Jambiya, an Arab styled knife like the one in Lawrence of Arabia. They are found all over the Arab world from Morrocco to Yemen and differ a lot from the Turkish and Persian knives. Yours looks like the Morroccan style. I have several.
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